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The rapidly rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect plants’ absorption of nitrogen, which is the nutrient that restricts crop growth in most terrestrial ecosystems. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have now revealed that the concentration of nitrogen in plants’ tissue is lower in air with high levels of carbon dioxide, regardless of whether or not the plants’ growth is

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/increased-carbon-dioxide-levels-air-restrict-plants-ability-absorb-nutrients - 2025-12-27

On Thursday, 11 June 2015, Lund University arranged a side-event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Tobias Nielsen, BECC PhD student, was one of the speakers. The Bonn Climate Change Conference side-event "Carbon footprints for effective climate policy on international trade" was arranged by Lund University on 11 June 2015.Chair Karin Bäckstrand, Stockholm University, introduced the event. Mag

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-carbon-footprints-effective-climate-policy-international-trade - 2025-12-27

Can the loss of biodiversity slow down if one exposes its economic value? In a study recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, the scientists show that among the many thousands of species of bees in the world, only a few species are of economic importance for agriculture. The most common pollinators of crops can be promoted by relatively simple measures in agricultural la

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/putting-price-nature-difficult-new-study-nature-communications - 2025-12-27

Professor Thomas Sterner, Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg and BECC researcher, is now a member of the newly established Scientific Council for Sustainable Development. During the Almedalen Week 2015, the Swedish Government decided to establish a new council for sustainable development: the Scientific Council for Sustainable Development. The council will consist of 12 top re

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/thomas-sterner-new-member-scientific-council-sustainable-development - 2025-12-27

Welcome to BECC cluster meetings taking part in September. It is possible to join cluster meetings on e-link, please note that when you register.Register before September 7thRegister at the latest September 7th if you want to join by using this linkFor questions about pratical issues contact anna [dot] boo [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Boo). If you have questions related to a specific cluster c

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/sign-becc-cluster-meetings-september - 2025-12-27

BECC researcher and board member, Annica Kronsell, is one of the editors of the new book: Rethinking the Green State. The book analyzes the ideals and practices of the evolving green state.. Among the writers are BECC researchers Åsa Knaggård and Roger Hildingsson. About the bookThis innovative book is one of the first to conduct a systematic comprehensive analysis of the ideals and practices of t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/rethinking-green-state - 2025-12-27

Researchers from Lund University, Sweden, and USA have shown that our understanding of how organic material is decomposed by fungi and bacteria is fundamentally wrong. This means that climate models that include microorganisms to estimate future climate change must be reconsidered. When a plant dies, its leaves and branches fall to the ground. Decomposition of soil organic matter is then mainly ca

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/fungi-and-bacteria-affects-future-climate-models - 2025-12-27

BECC welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2015-16. This is a joint call between Lund University and University of Gothenburg. BECC welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2015-16.This is a joint call between LU and UGOT and aims at a continued consolidation of the collaboration between research gro

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-call-proposals-research-funding - 2025-12-27

A new report from the Swedish Board of Agriculture shows how agricultural subsidies affect the structural change in agriculture and competition for land. BECC researcher Mark Brady is one of the researchers behind the study. Different areas have different conditions and payment should be adapted to both support active farming and preserve a rich cultural landscape. This is one of the results from

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/flexible-support-needed-stimulate-active-farming-all-over-sweden - 2025-12-27

Read about new funding opportunities for BECC researchers, upcoming cluster meetings, annual meeting 2015 and much more. Some examples from the content:New call for proposals for research fundingSign up for BECC cluster meetings in September! (Sign up before 7 September)BECC Annual Meeting 2015: 2-3 NovemberFlexible support is needed to stimulate active farming all over SwedenRethinking the Green

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-newsletter-september - 2025-12-27

On November 16-17 the 1st Nordic Chapter Risk Conference will be held in Lund. The topic is The Future of Risk Analysis in the Nordic Countries. The conference is open to all researchers, practitioners and policy makers that are working with or are interested in risk research and education. The Nordic Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis in Europe and Lund University Centre of Risk Assessment

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/future-risk-analysis-nordic-countries - 2025-12-27

The course “Climate Change: a question of justice?” will be held in English and is free and open for registration now. The MOOC focuses on social science perspectives of climate change and features well-known experts and activists in the field of climate justice. Course start is September 28th. BECC researchers Johannes Stripple, Fariborz Zelli, Tobias Nielsen and Angela Oels from the Department o

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-online-course-subject-climate-change-and-justice - 2025-12-27

One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustainable way. Organic farming is one option, but the downside is that it produces lower yields than conventional farming. Studies led by Lund University now show that the yield difference between organic and conventional farming is smaller than previously thought, but the yields are still significantly smaller than fo

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/organic-farms-potential-higher-yields - 2025-12-27

A new article in Ecology Letters has shown for the first time that grassland plants dependent on insect pollination are particularly susceptible to increasing land-use intensity in the landscape. Authors are BECC researchers Yann Clough, Johan Ekroos, BECC coordinator Henrik Smith et al. The researchers investigated the effects of land-use intensity in the surrounding landscape on the distribution

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-about-grassland-plants-and-surrounding-land-use - 2025-12-27

The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. This is the finding of a new study conducted by researchers and BECC-members at Lund University, Sweden. The results run counter to the assumption that growing up in the countryside automatically increases our connection to nature, and yet the study a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-circumstances-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2025-12-27

CEC director Henrik Smith, is one of the researchers behind a debate article in Dagens Nyheter on September 8. The researchers are arguing that there is a unique possibility to use the areas that was damaged in the fire to create a new protected forest area. "The forest fire in Västmanland had disastrous consequences in human terms. But the fire opens at the same time up the possibility to create

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-coordinator-henrik-smith-about-forest-fire-area-dn-debatt - 2025-12-27

Øystein Opedal was one of 494 European researchers to receive an ERC Starting Grant for his project “POLLCLIM: Plant adaptation in a changing pollination climate“. As Øystein is a member of BECC, we were curious to know a little bit more about his grant. The ERC Starting Grant is intended for early-career researchers and the only selection criterion is scientific excellence. After undergoing peer

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/oystein-opedal-receiving-erc-grant - 2025-12-27

Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in the transition to a climate-neutral society. Although hydrogen is not a greenhouse gas with a direct climate impact, there are large knowledge gaps about its indirect impacts on the climate and environment. The Horizon Europe-funded research project HYway aims to fill these gaps. We spoke to David Wårlind from Lund University who is leading one of

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-project-fills-knowledge-gaps-climate-impact-hydrogen-emissions - 2025-12-27

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 practice in the field. The project has now come to an end with promising results. In the LIFE

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/collaboration-led-methods-can-protect-our-coastal-environments-erosion - 2025-12-27

Read the 2014 self evaluation of BECC. Some of the headlines of the report are: research output, strategic value for the society and the business sector and research and education integration. The BECC Self Evaluation is one step of the total evaluation of the strategic research environments. Before summer the final BECC self-evaluation was sent in, answering 20 questions about our performance dur

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/curious-about-how-becc-doing - 2025-12-27