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  • Mentorship Session #1 - Advice on career, thesis and research for climate action

    You as a KTH student are welcome to this drop-in mentorship session where Francesco Fuso-Nerini will give advice on career, thesis or research within climate action and sustainability. Advice will also be given on his specific research fields, mainly within energy systems and SDGs. 

  • Give your idea one year!

    Do you have an idea you’ve been pouring your passion into, or a low-key project on the side? Could you use a supportive community and someone to point you and your idea in the right direction? Then the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program might be for you.

  • KTH Climate Action Centre students visit ENGIE in Paris

    The KTH students Siddharth and Jithin develop an assessment tool for energy practitioners. As part of their education, they traveled to Paris for a collaboration with the French energy company ENGIE.

  • Climate Politics in Action #5 Journalism, Climate and reporting on crises with Erika Bjerström

    On Wednesday March 15 Erika Bjerström, global climate correspondent at SVT, visited the Climate Action House for the fifth Climate Politics in Action event. Many different topics were discussed during the dialogue, led by student employee Samantha Arpas, and KTH students were free to join the discussion.

  • Climate Politics in Action #5 Erika Bjerström, Global Climate Correspondent at SVT

    In the digital media landscape of today, journalism is changing. How does this affect the reporting of climate change? What should current climate journalism look like? How can the rise of misinformation and polarisation be reduced? Students are welcome to a seminar with Swedish National Television's Global Climate Correspondent Erika Bjerström.

  • Sustainable Innovation Workshop with the H+Forest Project

  • Climate Politics in Action #3 Cities, EU and the elections with Katarina Luhr

    Wednesday 7th September Katarina Luhr (MP), vice-mayor for Climate and Environment in the municipality of Stockholm, came to the Climate Action house for the third Climate Politics in Action event. Many different topics were discussed during the dialogue, led by student employee Oscar Stenström and KTH students could freely join the discussion.

  • Right to Water with Right Livelihood and WaterCentre@KTH

    In belated honor of World Water Day, KTH Climate Action Centre invites everyone to partake in our event together with Right livelihood and WaterCentre@KTH! The event will be available both online and live at the Climate Action house, featuring talks from Maude Barlow and Zahra Kalantari on how access to water can be secured for all.

  • Water and Agriculture with Right Livelihood

    Want to learn more about artificial glaciers, blue economy and the production of marine biomass? KTH Climate Action Centre invites everyone to partake in our event together with Right livelihood! The event will be available both online and live at the Climate Action house, featuring talks from Rizgin Gurmet and Jean-Baptiste Thomas on the effects of climate change and water issues on agriculture.

  • Student project initiates collaboration with UNOPS

    In the first collaboration between KTH Climate Action Centre and UNOPS, students from the centre are developing a climate action module for UNOPS' sustainABLE tool. The module will help engineers, managers and operators align projects with the Sustainable Development Goals.

  • Lunch session with the Exponential Roadmap Initiative

    Come have lunch with us on 25 April, and meet the Exponential Roadmap initative's CEO and Head of Climate Performance, as well as researchers from KTH Climate Action Centre. The initiative is KTH-based and has the goal to unite innovators, transformers and disruptors to halve all emissions by 2030 through exponential climate action and solutions.

  • Supply Chain Hackathon with KTH Foodtech

    Ready for an exciting challenge? Together with KTH Foodtech, we are thrilled to announce our upcoming Supply Chain Hackathon!

  • Brown Bag Seminar with Andreas Roos on Solar Power and Environmental Justice

    The KTH Environmental Humanities Lab presents a seminar with their researcher Andreas Roos! He will give you a presentation of his monograph "Solar technology and global environmental justice: The vision and the reality" followed by a conversation on the why and how of academic book publishing. Vegan ciabattas are served for everyone that register!

  • The Antarctic Mindset: an opportunity to deal with the unexpected in our daily life

    The Embassy of Italy in Sweden will celebrate the 6th edition of the Italian Research Day in the World, organizing, together with the Climate Action Centre of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and the Italian Cultural Institute, an event hosting Chiara Montanari in Stockholm.

  • Climate Politics in Action #7 with Marcus Lindeberg Goñi

    Students are welcome to join us for "Climate Politics in Action #7" with Marcus Lindeberg Goñi, a Research Associate at Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). He currently works with quantifying climate transition costs and benefits for cities in the Viable Cities Finance project.

  • KTH Climate Action Centre at Forskarfredag 2023

    Every year, Forskarfredag (Researcher's Friday) takes place, a fair where students from 9th grade and high school get the opportunity meet researchers, and learn about their research projects. This year KTH Climate Action Centre was present to discuss the climate and the Climate Qs project.

  • Call for student applications: Global University Climate Forum 

    Multidisciplinary teams of students at all levels from all parts of the world are invited to submit their ideas for climate action projects. 

  • Climate Politics in Action #3 - Katarina Luhr (MP)

    How can climate politics facilitate net-zero cities? And how is the climate agenda developing, in light of the crises in Europe and the upcoming Swedish elections? In her role as Vice Mayor for Climate and Environment, Katarina Luhr (MP) has been invited to meet KTH students for discussions and insights on these and related topics.

  • Mentorship Session #2 - Advice on career, thesis and research for climate action

    You as a KTH student are welcome to this drop-in mentorship session where Åsa Svenfelt and Daniel Adshead will give advice on career, thesis or research within climate action and sustainability. Advice will also be given on the specific research fields of sustainable consumption, strategy, SDGs and climate adaptation.

  • Researchers and high school students discussed the Global Goals during Stockholm Summit 2022

    Francesco Fuso-Nerini, director at KTH Climate Action Centre, recently participated in an interdisciplinary event focused on the Global Goals (SDGs). The event took place during Stockholm Summit 2022 and brought together high school students and scholars from different universities to discuss climate and sustainability agendas.

  • Climate Politics in Action #2 with Rickard Nordin

    Swedish 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 spokesperson, Rickard Nordin.

  • Climate Politics in Action with Pär Holmgren

    Climate 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 politics with EU parliamentarian Pär Holmgren (MP).

  • KTH launch of the 2022 IEA World Energy Outlook

    The KTH Climate Action Centre is hosting the KTH launch of the 2022 IEA World Energy Outlook (WEO). This hybrid event covers indispensible analyses and insights on the global energy system and linked environmental and economic developments.

  • Project Café with KTH Students for Sustainability

    Drop-in project café with KTH Students for Sustainability and KTH Climate Action Centre. Welcome to discuss your project or ask us about sustainability.

  • Project Café with KTH Students for Sustainability

    Drop-in project café with KTH Students for Sustainability and KTH Climate Action Centre. Welcome to discuss your project or ask us about sustainability.

  • Round table discussion: The role of youth in pushing implementation of science-based climate solutions

    Discussion on the role of young people in driving the implementation of science-based climate solutions, based on Klimatstudenterna's Third Task project.

  • Mentorship Session #4 - Advice on career, thesis and research for climate action

    You as a KTH student are welcome to this drop-in mentorship session where Elina Eriksson and Christophe Duwig will give advice on career, thesis or research within climate action and sustainability. Advice will also be given on the specific research fields of sustainability and human-computer interaction, ICT for sustainability, as well as process and energy engineering.

  • COP27 hub on Campus

    During the UN's annual climate conference COP27 on November 8–17, KTH Climate Action Centre hosts a hub in Stockholm together with the organisation We Don't Have Time. A series of seminars and activities will be arranged in the hub, involving industry, researchers, students, and the public.

  • Smarta Kartan, workshop around sharing economy

    Do you know the local tool library or bike rental service in your area? Have you visited a co-working space or community garden recently? Or do you want to find more places like this? Come to the Mapjam!

  • The Climate Fresk workshop

    As part of the program of COP27, KTH Students for Sustainability arrange a workshop about the science behind the IPCC reports.

  • Project café #2 (drop-in)

  • Mentorship Session #3 - Advice on career, thesis and research for climate action

    You as a KTH student are welcome to this drop-in mentorship session where Elina Eriksson and Christophe Duwig will give advice on career, thesis or research within climate action and sustainability. Advice will also be given on the specific research fields of sustainability and human-computer interaction, ICT for sustainability, as well as process and energy engineering.

  • Climate Politics in Action #4 Cecilia Hermansson, Climate Policy Council

    The Swedish Climate Policy Council reviews how the national politics meet the Climate Goals. How is Sweden performing when it comes to reaching climate neutrality by 2045? What policy areas need to improve? What are the biggest challenges? Students are welcome to a seminar with the Chair of the Council Cecilia Hermansson, who is also a KTH researcher.

  • Climate Politics in Action #8 with Annika Jacobson

    Students are welcome to join us for "Climate Politics in Action #8" with Annika Jacobson, Climate General for the City of Stockholm.

  • Student Competition for a Climate Neutral Stockholm

    KTH Climate Action Centre, the Bolin Centre at Stockholm University and the Centre for Health Crises and the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health at Karolinska Institutet is organising this student competition to create a greener, healthier and more climate-resilient Stockholm.

  • Brown Bag Seminar with Carlos Eduardo Velasquez on Land-Use Change and CO2 Mitigation in Brazil

    Carlos Eduardo Velasquez works at the nuclear engineering department at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and is a guest professor at KTH Climate Action Centre. In this seminar, he will talk about land-use change in Brazil and its consequences, as well as potential solutions. He will hold a presentation of his work, which will be followed by a discussion. Everybody brings their own lunch.

  • KTH students received SEK 50,000 each: Here are the results

    At a time when surveys such as The Nordic youth barometer show that interest among young people in sustainability issues is on the decline, there is evidence to the contrary. Like the 12 KTH students who received between SEK 25,000 and 50,000 each for theses with an environmental focus. Now they have presented their achievements.

  • Applications for the Maggan Hub pilot programme now open

    The Maggan Hub pilot offers engaged students a unique opportunity to work with societal challenges for a more sustainable, just and fair society, coordinated by KTH Global Development Hub (GDH).

  • Arctic Seminar series: Vattenfall and the electricity production in the north

    Welcome to the third installation of our Arctic Seminar series in collaboration with Environmental Humanities Laboratory! We will hear from Mikael Nordlander at Vattenfall who will talk about Vattenfall and their role in the electricity production expansion in the north, its implications and what is done for it to be a sustainable transition.

  • New scholarship for thesis projects with environmental focus

    Urban flooding, forest wildfires and soil contamination are just some of the degree project subjects chosen to receive a 50 000 SEK scholarship from Sveriges Ingenjörer. The group of twelve students were selected in hard competition, for projects that are particularly interesting from an environmental perspective.

  • Climate Politics in Action #9 with Per Bolund, previous Swedish Green Party leader

    Welcome to the 9th edition of Climate Politics in Action! For the first time in the Climate Politics series, we have a previous member of the Swedish parliament coming to the KTH Climate Action Centre.

  • For students

    Many students, both at KTH and in high school, are strongly engaged in the climate. This is something we want to encourage with our projects and activities. Everyone is welcome to contribute to sustainable development and society's climate transition.

  • Lunch seminar on hydro-climate services with SMHI

    WaterCentre@KTH proudly invites you to a lunch seminar with Carolina Cantone, product owner for hydrological real-time information products at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI).

  • Play for the Planet: Game Night at KTH Climate Action Centre Offers Fun Spin on Climate Challenges

    Last Friday Night, students crowded the KTH Climate Action Centre for a fun night of board games. After the participants were greeted at the door, students sat down and teamed up to tackle climate action through thoughtful tabletop teachings. With an emphasis on the critical issues surrounding sustainability and climate action, the event brought together students eager to test their strategic skills while also learning more about the challenges and opportunities in building a sustainable future.

  • The US Election 2024: Climate Action Podcast #4

    Listen to environmentalist and author Bill McKibben talk about the US election and its potential impact on the climate. This is the second episode of the podcast series ”From Ballot to Biosphere”, produced by KTH Climate Action Centre together with Right Livelihood.