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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 forest is one of the world’s largest CO₂ sinks. Over the past few thousand years it has removed around 1 trillion tonnes of carbon from the air, storing it in the t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2025-11-15

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 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 also shows that na

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-circumstances-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2025-11-15

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, Colombia. What is Sweden’s position ahead of this meeting, and what policy processes are underway for the implementation of the framework? And where does research fit into all of this? We posed a f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/policy-insights-ahead-cop16-colombia - 2025-11-15

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 efficient use of existing pastures and alternative livelihoods are some of the factors needed to protect the rainforest, according to a new thesis by Jesica López. Colombia's rainforest is part of the Amazon and i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-thesis-highlights-sustainable-solutions-protect-amazon-rainforest - 2025-11-15

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 Environmental Science. Note: It is the supervisor who applies for this funding, not the student.The doctoral student will be employed at and have their main workpl

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/funding-doctoral-student-projects-environmental-science-0 - 2025-11-15

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.cec.lu.se/article/collaboration-led-methods-can-protect-our-coastal-environments-erosion - 2025-11-15

On 11th of June, Emma Johnson successfully defended her PhD dissertation titled "Towards Circular Business Models for Sustainability: Exploring Innovation, Implementation, & Environmental Impact." The faculty opponent was Professor Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck from Luleå University of Technology. Members of the Examination Committee were Professor Fenna Blomsma from Hamburg University, Professor Hervé Co

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/emma-johnson-has-successfully-defended-her-doctoral-degree - 2025-11-15

On 29 March, IIIEE researcher Alvar Palm published a debate article on VAT and second hand: "Slopa momsen på second hand". The article was published in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researcher-alvar-palm-debate-article-svenska-dagbladet - 2025-11-15

This year, Lund University climbed three spots higher than last year making it Sweden’s top-ranked university. Lund University continues to score high in the QS World University Rankings 2026 - now ranked 72nd globally.QS has evaluated over 8,400 institutions, ranking 1,501. Lund has consistently placed among the world’s top 100 universities and has advanced 23 spots in three years, marking its be

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-continues-climb-international-university-rankings - 2025-11-15

AI offers powerful tools to support this transformation across sectors such as energy, industry, consumption, and urban development. The IIIEE is now looking for an Assistant Professor (Associate Senior Lecturer) in AI for Sustainable Transformation. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Transformation is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary research field that plays a critical role in addressing

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/soon-closing-call-assistant-professor-ai-sustainable-transformation - 2025-11-15

The 32nd batch of our EMP programme (Master in Environmental Management and Policy) has arrived! They now begin their journey at the IIIEE. The group consists of  33 students from various parts of the world including Indonesia, China, Germany, Finland, Thailand, India, US, Italy, Lithuania, Denmark, France, Korea, Brazil, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, UK, Sweden, South Africa and Ireland. Together th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-32-our-emp-programme - 2025-11-15

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has finalised the selection of authors for its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and two of the appointed authors are from IIIEE. Among the 664 international experts chosen, ten are based in Sweden, including two researchers from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University.Professor Aleh Cherp has

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/two-iiiee-researchers-appointed-ipccs-seventh-assessment-report - 2025-11-15

We are celebrating a milestone with MESPOM B20 arriving to Lund! This week we welcome the anniversary group of MESPOM-students – Batch 20! The group has spent their first year at CEU in Vienna and Uof Aegean on Lesvos and are now here for business & policy courses and to prepare for their thesis projects that they will do in Spring. We are delighted to have this skilled group from all around the w

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/anniversary-mespom-batch-has-arrived - 2025-11-15

IIIEE researcher held a presentation at Roads to the Future focusing on the findings from a recent publication "Circular Economy Integration in Smart Grids: A Nexus for Sustainability | Circular Economy and Sustainability". On 27th of August, Professor Carl Dalhammar gave a presentation titled 'Towards circular vehicles and circular grids: Recent developments in Europe' at Roads to the Future, arr

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-smart-grids-can-integrate-ce-considerations - 2025-11-15

On 8 April 2016, Nora Smedby at the IIIEE will defend her Doctoral thesis with the title: Local Environmental Governance: Assessing proactive initiatives in building energy efficiency.Oponent is Professor Matthew J. Hoffmann and supervisor is Professor Lena NeijView press release here (Swedish only) 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-8-april - 2025-11-15

The IIIEE Energy Blog sheds some new light on heating as lived practice. When we think of heating transitions, we often imagine new technologies replacing old ones, wood stoves giving way to oil boilers, district heating networks, and more recently heat pumps. However, heating transitions are not just about adopting new technologies but also about how households adapt, persist, and improvise. Thes

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-blog-heating-practices-across-time-what-we-remember-keep-and-revive - 2025-11-15

On September 11, IIIEE researcher Sofie Sandin Lompar featured as a one of the leading voices in the event "A Sustainable Tomorrow", the largest annual and digital sustainability event in the Nordic region. The event “A Sustainable Tomorrow” was recently held for the 13th time and this year's focus was 'Mobilizing with Courage and Diversity'. The 2025 event featured a robust lineup of high profile

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-discussing-mobilization-largest-digital-sustainability-event-nordic-region - 2025-11-15

The 2015 Annual Report of the IIIEE has been completed! Please view the full report here: Annual Report 2015

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/2015-annual-report - 2025-11-15

Climate change education in schools and universities tends to focus on environmental facts, whilst little room is given to inner dimensions of change and to collective action. The CLARITY project co-led by IIIEE launches a coached self-paced course to address these challenges by enhancing educators’ skills. Teachers & educators! Our new training on teaching climate change with both care and impact

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/clarity-project-launches-new-training-teaching-climate-change - 2025-11-15

IIIEE researcher Carl Dalhammar has been promoted to professor in environmental law.  We proudly note that our Carl Dalhammar has been promoted full professor – as high as you can go in the Swedish system. His research focus lies in product regulation to achieve sustainability goals, with specialities in topical issues such as product repair, eco-design, planned obsolescence, etc. He has a long hi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-professor-iiiee - 2025-11-15