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KTH Climate Action Centre mobilises forces
“At this point, we know which paths lead to a safer climate. We have most of the technologies we need to achieve the climate goals. Now we need to create a series of infrastructural and societal changes in order to reach the finish line. That is the goal of our research at KTH’s Climate Action Centre,” says Francesco Fuso Nerini, Director of the centre. (Photo: Mostphotos) Published May 11, 2022Global environmental action is headed in the right direction, but it’s progressing too slowly, states Francesco Fuso Nerini, Director of KTH Climate Action Centre. “We need a swift and radical reduct...
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KTH partners with the World Bank in supporting energy access and climate action planning
Global Electrification Platform, sample results for Ethiopia. Published May 06, 2022A new collaboration between KTH Climate Action Centre, the KTH division of Energy Systems and the World Bank will support countries working with the World Bank to align electrification targets with th...
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Climate Politics in Action #2 with Rickard Nordin
Rickard Nordin visits Climate Action House. Published May 05, 2022Swedish climate policy was the topic for the second event in the series “Climate Politics in Action”. Students had the opportunity to ask questions to the Center Party's climate and energy policy spok...
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Climate Politics in Action with Pär Holmgren
Published Apr 12, 2022Climate Action Center recently organized the first in a series of events called “Climate Politics in Action”. During the event, KTH students were able to particiapte in a conversation about climate po...
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The stock market makes a contribution to climate action
The diploma session was an opportunity for the three organisations to meet each other and the responsible for the initiative at Nordnet. Foto: ITM. Published Apr 04, 2022KTH Climate Action Centre, The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation and The Baltic Salmon Foundation have each received a third of a donation from the digital bank Nordnet and its customers. On April 1, it was...
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We know what we should be doing to solve the climate crisis, why are we not doing it?
Figure: Synergies and trade-offs between climate action and the SDGs Targets. (Source: Fuso Nerini et al, Connecting climate action with other Sustainable Development Goals, Nature Sustainability 2019) Published Apr 04, 2022Today, April 4, IPCC Working Group III has released its long-awaited Sixth Assessment Report. The report urges for system-level climate action and focuses on the transformative changes needed to achie...
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Communicating research through dance
The Energy Dance project is intended to help communicate research findings and is organized by the KTH Energy Platform. Photo: Fredrik Persson Published Mar 28, 2022Is it possible to communicate research through the medium of dance? The answer is a resounding yes if you ask participants of the Energy Dance project recently arranged by the KTH Energy Platform and ...
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Call for two postdocs with connection to Climate Action Centre
Published Mar 25, 2022We are happy to announce two 2-year postdoc positions on the environmental impacts of digitalisation based on life-cycle assessment. The positions are a cooperation between KTH Climate Action Centre, ...
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ICON Magazine interviews Francesco Fuso-Nerini
Francesco Fuso-Nerini. Photo: Anders Lindén for ICON Magazine. Published Mar 15, 2022Francesco Fuso-Nerini, director of KTH Climate Action Centre, is featured in the latest issue of the Scandinavian Lifestyle magazine ICON Magazine. In the article, Francesco discusses KTH Climate Acti...
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The role of digitalization in achieving the climate goals
Workshop participants from KTH Climate Action Centre and Digital Futures. Published Mar 11, 2022KTH Climate Action Centre has arranged its first workshop in collaboration with the interdisciplinary research centre Digital Futures. The workshop focused on how digitalization can help fight climate...
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New report from IPCC: Immediate action and collaboration needed
Image source: IPCC Published Mar 01, 2022The UN’s Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a new report on adaptations needed to stop climate change. The report present lifestyle changes and adaptations that can be implem...
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Follow Climate Action Centre on Instagram
Published Feb 18, 2022KTH Cimate Action Centre has launched an Instagram account. KTH Climate Action Centre's Instagram account will provide the latest information and updates about climate initiatives, upcoming events and...
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Meet our new student staff members
Alma Berggren Ek, Helena Glisén and Oscar Stenström. Published Feb 02, 2022KTH Climate Action has hired three students, Alma, Oscar, and Helena. The new student staff members’ work will be focused on communication around the competence centre’s activities and events. Here th...
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Climate Action Centre to host seminar during the Olympic Games
Photo: Simon Connellan, Unsplash Published Jan 27, 2022During the Olympic Games, the KTH Climate Action Centre will host a seminar at the Sweden Arena about sports and the climate. The aim of the seminar is to spread information about how sports affect th...
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Billions for innovative materials
Three different versions transparent wood, one of the innovative materials that researchers at KTH works with. Published Nov 30, 2021The Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (KAW) is investing over SEK 3 billion in materials research with the aim of enabling a more sustainable society. The money will be shared between KTH and five ...
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He examines adaptations in society to climate change during times of deep uncertainty
Per Wikman Svahn undersöker risker och däribland hur vi kan anpassa samhället till de stigande havsnivåerna. (Foto: Hanna Kalla) Published Nov 17, 2021Per Wikman Svahn is a researcher at the Division of Philosophy and examines, among other things, decision-making strategies during times of deep uncertainty, philosophical aspects of worst-case scenar...
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Economics researcher: Invest more in the climate
The expansion of charging points is a key part of the transition to electric vehicles. (PHOTO: GAMMA-MAN/Mostphotos) Published Nov 03, 2021Larger investments in the climate even if it means less money for other things now, but that can easily profit future generations. This is an important step along the way to meet Sweden’s climate goal...
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A new centre brings together climate research at KTH
Published Sep 28, 2021KTH is marshalling its forces within the climate area. The KTH Climate Action Centre has just started to map current research within climate at KTH and is holding an information meeting on October 1 f...
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'Consuming more won’t make us any happier'
“We are facing major systemic changes. We have entered a new renaissance. Sustainability is increasingly proving to be the way forward towards modern welfare, that which can result in more stable societies and by extension, more peaceful times,” says Johan Rockström, climate researcher and Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Photo: Fredrik Persson Published Jun 29, 2021As a diligent debater on environment issues, climate researcher Johan Rockström has long warned that climate changes on Earth are leading towards a global crisis. Today, he is a director of one of th...
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Francesco Fuso-Nerini receives teacher award
Published Jun 16, 2021He conducts extensive and pioneering sustainability-related education and research, and has started international collaborations spanning over many research areas. For that Francesco Fuso-Nerini at th...
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