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A centre for climate action research

KTH Climate Action Centre is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative and research-focused centre aiming to advance climate mitigation and adaptation in synergy with all the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Climate action news

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View from Kebnekaise mountain station, where a study on reduced consumption has been conducted.

Living well with less – can we reduce consumption without losing quality of experience?

Reaching climate targets requires more than technological solutions. More efficient products and energy systems are crucial, but not sufficient. A growing body of research points to something more fun...

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KTH presents an anniversary professorship in green transition to the King on the occasion of his birthday. Photo: Ida Åkesson/SPA.

King receives Royal Jubilee professorship in green transition

KTH is launching a Royal Jubilee Professorship to drive the green transition in Sweden and around the world. This initiative is a gift to King Carl XVI Gustaf for his 80th birthday on 30 April 2026 an...

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An out-of-the-box approach to AI and sustainable development

New ways of working that contribute to the public good and distribute AI gains – does it sound like fiction? A commentary just published in Nature Machine Intelligence envisions precisely this future....

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KTH Climate Action Centre in the media

At Sveriges Radio: Åsa Persson about the climate conference in Santa Marta

Åsa Persson, chair of the Climate Policy Council, and Lotten Collin, Latin America correspondent at Sveriges Radio, discuss the climate conference in Santa Marta, Colombia. There, more than 50 countries have gathered to discuss climate policy outside the slow-moving UN-led negotiations and attempt to find common ground going forward.

Över 50 länder samlas för att tala klimatpolitik – utan stoppklossarna  (In Swedish)

Meeting at Sagerska

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Publications, societal outreach and public engagement

Since its inception, KTH Climate Action Centre has developed innovative climate research and worked on achieving societal impact. This hub unites over 100 multidisciplinary researchers from all KTH schools, encompassing a wide spectrum of expertise.

From the media archive

25 years of energy analysis: Lessons for the next 25 years to reach net zero

Published: 12 April, 2024

Seminar with Laura Cozzi, Director of Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks, IEA