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A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on five profile areas for Lund University. One of the areas is ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Thirty researchers from over a dozen departments at Lund University were behind the profile area application for Sustainable solutions in the climate change – biodiversity – social nexus – ClimBioSis. “The application is based on a fantastic

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-says-yes-climbiosis-profile-area - 2026-01-11

New data by the research infrastructure ICOS confirms that natural carbon sinks such as the ocean and forests are not stable. Climate change makes these sinks more vulnerable, in some cases even turning them into carbon emitters. This compromises current climate targets and action plans, reserachers say. Fluxes, the European Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, is a new publication by the reserach infrastruct

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-makes-carbon-sinks-more-vulnerable - 2026-01-11

A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fewer bird species in urban forests compared with forests in the countryside – even if the forest areas are of the same quality. The researchers examined 459 natural woodlands located in or near 32 cities in southern Sweden. They counted the occurrence of different bird

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2026-01-11

Effects of a warmer Arctic are not only negative for the climate, according to a new thesis from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University, Sweden. Modelling showed that moving the tree line upwards could increase carbon storage, as trees sequester more carbon in their biomass than tundra plants. But the results are uncertain. The Arctic – the area north of the Arctic Cir

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/complex-consequences-warmer-arctic - 2026-01-11

The machines have started rolling in at Norunda and are cutting down trees, one by one. Norunda is Sweden’s oldest measuring station for greenhouse gases and it is unique. Following several decades of being surrounded by a hundred-year-old forest, it will instead be surrounded by a clear-cut. - We expect a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions, says professor Natascha Kljun at CEC. The

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/clear-cut-forest-provides-essential-information-climate-research - 2026-01-11

The UN’s annual climate change conference takes place this year in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and contribute to the climate transition. At this year’s COP, the focus will be on topics such as climate finance, loss and damage, adaptation to climate change a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda - 2026-01-11

The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a lot about changes to the Skåne coastline is Caroline Hallin. She is a coastal engineer whose research focuses on erosion, storm surges and nature-adapted coastal protection at th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2026-01-11

Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agreement is in place – something that many people hope the December summit in Montreal will rectify. It i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/it-time-put-biodiversity-agenda-five-lund-researchers-challenges-cop15 - 2026-01-11

Life in the city is tough – if you are a baby bird you are markedly affected by a certain type of air pollution and by which trees are close to the nest, new research from Lund, Sweden shows. Underlying the study is a new more detailed way of investigating what factors in an urban environment impact birds and animals. Cities are generally a harsh environment for birds and other animals to live in,

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nestling-birds-city-clearly-affected-air-pollution-and-which-trees-surround-them - 2026-01-11

The COP15 summit is over, and the world has received a sister deal to the "Paris Agreement", a global framework to protect biodiversity on the planet.  – It is a great moment for biodiversity. We needed this set of goals and hope. But there is lots of work to be done and only a few years left, says CEC researcher Maria Blasi, who was present during the negotiations in Canada. These are her five ke

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cop15-key-outcomes-biological-diversity - 2026-01-11

Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the national ‘Operation: Save the Bees’ campaign, and their results indicate that what private individuals do in their gardens really can make a positive difference. The fact that pollinat

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works - 2026-01-11

Forests are important for climate change mitigation, both as raw material for biofuels and for carbon storage. At the same time, forests are under pressure from a changing climate and more intensive forestry. A new thesis by Klas Lucander at Lund University shows the possible consequences for forests of fertilisation, and how this could lead to eutrophication and acidification instead of tree grow

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/risk-eutrophication-and-acidification-if-forest-fertilization-introduced-southern-sweden - 2026-01-11

In the end of April, SASNET co-organised a symposium addressing the importance of sustainable water management in India, Bangladesh, and Sweden. The symposium was organised in collaboration with the non-governmental organisation Svalorna India/Bangladesh and Peder Hjorth, Associate Professor at the Division of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University.  The symposium took place at Eden Lecture

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/symposium-sustainable-water-management - 2026-01-11

Last Wednesday, Niladri Chatterjee and Eleonor Marcussen, held a joint lecture in line with the SASNET Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, titled: “Shaken and Stirred: Politics of Disasters and Aid in South Asia”. Ted Svensson, Director of SASNET, opened the seminar and introduced the two researchers: Eleonor Marcussen, a researcher in History in the Department of Cultural Sciences and member of Linnaeus Uni

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/seminar-about-politicisation-natural-disasters-south-asia - 2026-01-11

SASNET has been rewarded 100 000 SEK from the Crafoord Foundation with which to expand the Sweden–South Asia Media Project that began in 2015. The grant will be used to arrange conferences and workshops dealing with online harassment in India and Sweden. Threats and harassment over the internet are increasing worldwide. Social media accounts are being hijacked, private pictures distributed without

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-receives-100-000-sek-crafoordska-foundation - 2026-01-11

At the end of May, SASNET organised a two-day workshop at Lund University on Hindu Majoritarianism, Caste Politics, and Minoritisation. The workshop brought together scholars from a range of disciplines, including social anthropology, history, psychology, and political science. The workshop took place at the Old Bishop’s House at Lund University and was divided into four sessions: Majoritarian Nat

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/workshop-hindu-majoritarianism-caste-politics-and-minoritisation - 2026-01-11

In May, SASNET organised its first annual lecture. It was given by Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, King’s College London. In case you missed the lecture, the recording is now available on our website.  On 4 May, SASNET arranged its inaugural annual lecture in collaboration with the Association of Foreign Affairs (UPF) at Lund University. Professor Jaffrelot – a political scientist who is specialis

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/christophe-jaffrelot-hindu-vigilantism-and-making-deeper-state-india - 2026-01-11

During the annual Almedalen Week in Visby, SASNET co-organised a panel debate, together with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). The panel debate "What Does India Want in Global Politics and How Does it Affect Sweden?" took place on 28 June at the Almedalen Week in Visby. The event was co-organised with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and was held as part of Lu

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-almedalen-week-what-does-india-want-global-politics-and-how-does-it-affect-sweden - 2026-01-11

Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are the recipients of this year's SASNET travel grant for journalism students at Lund University. The students plan to travel together to work on their individual projects in Mumbai this September. Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are in their final year of journalism studies at Lund University and plan to travel to Mumbai for their final projects. Jönsson aims to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/journalist-students-linn-jonsson-and-maria-lundstrom-receive-sasnet-travel-grant - 2026-01-11

The Institute of Area Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands, organizes an international conference on waste in Asia on 9–11 June 2016. The organizers invite proposals on the broad theme of ‘Waste in Asia’ from the humanities and social sciences regarding both the present days and the past. Possible topics may include, but need not to be limited to, waste collection and recycling, food wast

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/leiden-conference-waste-asia - 2026-01-11