Published 1 April 2025 Photo: Istockphoto/Maren Winter Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy me

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/high-levels-environmental-pollutants-and-heavy-metals-hedgehogs - 2025-05-07

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 April 2025 Hyltemossa celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Photo: ICOS Sweden On 15 May 2025, scientists, engineers, and environmental stakeholders will gather to celebrate a milestone for Swedish climate research: the 10-year anniversary of ICOS Sweden’s national greenhouse gas observation network; a decade of

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/celebrating-decade-data-icos-sweden-marks-milestone-climate-science - 2025-05-07

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 18 June 2024 Sweden is also increasingly affected by unusually intense storms. Here, a flooded playground in the city of Landskrona after the storm "Hans" in August 2023. Have you noticed that when scientists are asked whether or not a particular extreme weather event is due to climate change, they usually respond with somethi

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/weather-attribution-climate-scientist-wilhelm-may-helps-us-get-grips-concept - 2025-05-07

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 5 July 2024 The common reed is considered a weed, but in the farmed landscape it can benefit biodiversity as its seeds become food for insects and its pollen is a mummy for some pollinators. Here it grows beautifully in a spring barley field. One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustain

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/organic-farms-potential-higher-yields - 2025-05-07

By natascha [dot] kljun [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Natascha Kljun and Julia Kelly) - published 6 August 2024 A Swedish forest after a fire. Photo: Natascha Kljun Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe.Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a vast green belt that stretches from North America to Siberia. The boreal f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2025-05-07

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 22 August 2024 Children in areas with lower socioeconomic levels gain the most from targeted nature projects, especially if they have no direct access to nature close to where they live. Photo: Anna Avdeeva/iStockphoto The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-circumstances-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2025-05-07

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 2 October 2024 António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, speaking at COP15 in Montreal, Canada. Photo: Maria Blasi In 2022, the world's nations achieved a "Paris Agreement for nature" — the Kunming-Montreal Framework, negotiated during COP15 in Canada. Now, the follow-up meeting, COP16, is set to take place in Cali

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/policy-insights-ahead-cop16-colombia - 2025-05-07

Published 17 October 2024 Stricter environmental requirements and alternative sources of income for the population are needed to stop deforestation in the Amazon, Jesica López's thesis shows. Photo: Sara Håkansson In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-thesis-highlights-sustainable-solutions-protect-amazon-rainforest - 2025-05-07

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 15 October 2024 The Ecology building, Lund University. Photo: Sara Håkansson. CEC is responsible for the interdisciplinary PhD programme in Environmental Science. CEC now announces funding to partly finance up to three (3) doctoral student projects, where the doctoral students are admitted to the PhD programme in

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/funding-doctoral-student-projects-environmental-science-0 - 2025-05-07

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 24 October 2024 Long-term effective methods are needed to curb the negative effects of coastal erosion. Within the LIFE Coast Adapt project, researchers from Lund University, together with officials from Region Skåne and several coastal municipalities in Skåne, have tested various nature-based methods to contribute to a practi

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/collaboration-led-methods-can-protect-our-coastal-environments-erosion - 2025-05-07

By jesica [dot] lopez [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jesica López) - published 25 October 2024 Photo: Dylan Shaw/Unsplash The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/colombia-hosts-un-biodiversity-summit-its-own-amazonian-rainforest-crisis - 2025-05-07

Published 28 November 2024 What were the main outcomes of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 and what happened behind the scenes? Here are key takeaways from our webinar with negotiators, researchers, NGOs and other experts. On 21 November, some 150 people tuned into the webinar Post COP16 analysis: From biodiversity commitments to action. The event was co-organized by SIANI, Focali, Stockholm E

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/post-match-analysis-cop16-learn-what-happened-and-why-it-matters - 2025-05-07

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 December 2024 Grass fodder production in southern Sweden. Photo: Josefin Winberg. Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2025-05-07

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 December 2024 Lund University. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Lund University has achieved third place globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings, according to a press release issued by the university on Tuesday. The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability evaluates approximately 1,750 institutions worldwide on the

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-systematic-efforts-behind-lund-universitys-top-sustainability-ranking - 2025-05-07

Av ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - publicerad 26 februari 2024 Universitetshuset. Foto: Mikael Risedal I Lunds universitets svar till utbildningsdepartementet om Forskningsfinansieringsutredningen ställer sig universitetet bakom förslaget om tre nya myndigheter. Universitetet anser dock att utredningen lämnar frågorna gällande finansiering av forsknings

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/positivt-med-tre-nya-myndigheter-forutsatt-att-forskarinflytandet-starks - 2025-05-08

Av carina [dot] holmberg_pousette [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Carina Holmberg Pousette) - publicerad 4 mars 2024 Är du intresserad av att undervisa utomlands en termin eller att söka medel för att jobba med förnyelse och utveckling av internationalisering på lärosätesnivå? Välkommen till ett informations- och inspirationsmöte den 10 april om STINT-programmen Teaching Sabbatical och STINT Strategic

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/informationsmote-om-stint-programmen-den-10-april - 2025-05-08

Av par [dot] svensson [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Pär Svensson) - publicerad 8 mars 2024 I detta seminarium kommer vi att diskutera FN:s principer och hur de kan användas för att skydda och främja rätten till akademisk frihet. Seminariet kommer också att diskutera vilka möjligheter och utmaningar dessa principer innebär för svenska universitet. År 2020 fick FN:s generalförsamling en rapport om akad

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/seminarium-8-april-principles-implementing-and-safeguarding-academic-freedom - 2025-05-08

Av sylvia [dot] lysko [at] iac [dot] lu [dot] se (Sylvia Lysko) - publicerad 5 mars 2024 Odeum har beviljats 800 000 kronor av Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn under två terminer för att bygga ut sin verksamhet i Science Village Hall med start 2025. Våren 2025 kommer en ny konsertlokal, Science Village Hall, stå klar på Brunnshög. Huset kommer att kunna rymma såväl konferenser som konserter och andra even

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/odeums-konsertverksamhet-i-science-village-hall-finansieras-av-sparbanksstiftelsen-finn - 2025-05-08

Publicerad 7 mars 2024 Universitetshuset står inför en kommande renovering och nu inleds projekteringen. Första uppgiften blir att beskriva hur ett renoverat universitetshus kan fungera tekniskt med de nya funktioner som planeras, allt utifrån byggnadens kulturhistoriska förutsättningar. Målet är ett universitetshus öppet för alla, bland annat planeras en ny universitetsgemensam reception och flex

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/nu-inleds-projekteringen-av-universitetshuset - 2025-05-08

Av asa [dot] berglund [at] legal [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Berglund) - publicerad 8 mars 2024 Dags att byta ut penna på papper med e-underskrift? Universitetet har nu en underskriftstjänst, eduSign, som kan användas för interna underskrifter inom LU och även när någon från ett annat lärosäte ska skriva under. Alla med anställning inom LU kan använda eduSign. När ett dokument skrivs under genom eduSig

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/sa-har-anvander-du-e-underskrifter - 2025-05-08