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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Green economy depends on high national ambitionsSustainable growth, supporting a resource efficient and low-carbon economy, is a high priority for most governments today. But which way is the most effective for the transition towards a green economy? IIIEE researchers Luis Mundaca and Lena Neij are soon wrapping up a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-researcher-luis-mundaca - 2026-05-27

The IIIEE is a partner in the newly started ERASMUS+ project CLARITY that aims to help reduce climate anxiety in youth by equipping educators with tools to address the emotional and mental stress related to climate anxiety. 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 ation. T

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-project-adress-climate-anxiety-among-youth - 2026-05-27

Today it is exactly one year until SCORAI Europe Conference 2025 in Lund! April 8-10 next year, 400+ researchers and practitioners in sustainable consumption will gather in Lund to discuss how to mainstream sustainable consumption. The conference is hybrid, so even full conference participation online is possible.Make sure to keep up to date by signing up to the conference newsletter:https://www.s

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/exactly-one-year-until-scorai-europe-conference-2025-lund - 2026-05-27

This week 8-13 is the Sustainability Week 2024, an annual event in Lund organized in by Lund University and Lund Municipality. In this year's program you will find lectures, workshops, guided tours, exhibitions, and more. The IIIEE is contributing with expert input in several seminars and activities.Below in the program the circled events denote those that are run with input and participation from

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-lund-sustainability-week-2024-taking-place-week - 2026-05-27

The latest IIIEE Energy blog introduces guest researcher's Senja Laakso’s work on Sustainable Practices and Energy Transitions. In January and February 2024, Senja Laakso from the Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki, and Tampere University visited us at the IIIEE for six weeks. The latest Energy Blog is the first post of a two-part series presenting Senja and her interesti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/bridging-communities-guest-researcher-exploring-and-redefining-energy-citizenship - 2026-05-27

In an event organised by the Skåne County Administrative Board as part of the Sustainability Week in Lund, IIIEE researchers Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys presented results from the ongoing EU project 1.5°C lifestyles. About 200 decision-makers participated in the event. On Friday, 12 April nearly 200 decision-makers participated in the event organised as part of the Lund Sustainability Week by t

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/almost-200-policy-makers-heard-results-and-recommendations-eu-15deg-lifestyles - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Bioeconomy: An Introduction to the World of BioenergyBioenergy is booming around the world and with the expansion comes exciting opportunities and some disturbing risks. Learning about bioenergy – from technologies, to resources, to policies – is important to the success and sustainability of the bioeconomy. This

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-guide-bioeconomy-available - 2026-05-27

A new study shows points to the importance of political support of municipalities however also points to the common barriers among municipalities which are lack of expertise, capacity and financial resources. Half of the EU’s final energy consumption is made up by the heating and cooling sector, making this an important sector for reducing fossil fuel consumption. What role energy communities can

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-role-can-energy-communities-play-decarbonising-heating-sector - 2026-05-27

​​​​​​​What kind of knowledge is produced in social science studies on smart grids? Smart technologies, such as smart grids, are emerging as indispensable aspects of an energy transformation and come with hopes of more sustainable resource use. A substantial amount of research has examined the technical, economic, and environmental implications of these technologies, but less attention has been pa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/development-social-science-research-smart-grids - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 20 October, guest lecturer Duncan McLaren will visit the IIIEE and give a lecture on the theme: Sharing Cities for Sustainability.The lecture will cover the principles and dilemmas of sharing economy in cities and focus on what city authorities can do to promote the sharing paradigm, and manage the sharing economy

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/guest-lecture-duncan-mclaren-sharing-cities-sustainability - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. EMP 2016-2018! The application for the Master's Programme in Environmental Management and Policy (EMP) at the IIIEE is now open.The application period is 16 October 2015 - 15 January 2016.For more information, please view the university admissions' website

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/application-now-open-next-round-master-students-iiiee - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities – A Massive Open Online CourseHow can we shape urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures?This course explores sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. Sustai

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/greening-economy-sustainable-cities-massive-open-online-course - 2026-05-27

Mark this day by learning how you can make electronics more circular! Today is the official Circular Electronics Day and the IIIEE is participating. For the sixth year in a row, the 24th of January means the Circular Electronics Day. The IIIEE is a participating organisation in the Circular Electronics Initiative. The goal is to create awareness about the need for a longer life for electronic prod

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/january-24-official-circular-electronics-day - 2026-05-27

A new paper by Aleh Cherp and several co-authors published in Environmental Research Letters asks what is the fastest realistic rate of global coal phase-out and what it means for the climate.  The paper signals both good and bad news. The good news are that more and more countries promise to phase out coal, including poorer economies that rely more on coal, have younger power plants and weaker de

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-fast-can-we-stop-using-coal-power-and-what-does-it-mean-climate - 2026-05-27

Public seminar with discussions and questions around lifestyle options and structural changes. On Thursday, January 26th, Fridays for Future held their second “Ask A Researcher” event in Lund. IIIEE researcher Jessika Luth Richter introduced the EU 1.5 lifestyle project and answered questions about different lifestyle options and the structural changes needed to transition to a low-carbon society

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/15deg-degree-lifestyle-highlighted-fridays-future - 2026-05-27

Exploring unsustainable production-consumption systems and appropriate policy responses The practice of product destruction, whereby retailers or manufacturers dispose of viable consumer products such as unsold goods or customer returns, is an extreme expression of the linearity of our current production-consumption system. This qualitative exploratory study aims to uncover why companies engage in

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-product-destruction - 2026-05-27

This year's first study visit focused on the operations and environmental management work at Höganäs AB. On 8th February master's students from the program Environmental Management and Policy visited Höganäs AB to learn more about environmental hotspots and approaches to address them. Höganäs AB is an energy intense industry and struggling with extreme energy prices, which is adding to the complex

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/masters-students-learn-more-about-hoganas-ab - 2026-05-27

Phasing out coal for 2 °C target requires worldwide replication of most ambitious national plans despite security and fairness concerns. Ending the use of unabated coal power is a key climate change mitigation measure. However, we do not know how fast it is feasible to phase-out coal on the global scale. Historical experience of individual countries indicates feasible coal phase-out rates, but can

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-we-phase-out-coal-power - 2026-05-27

Economic impacts, carbon footprint and rebound effects of car sharing. Car sharing is promoted as one alternative to decrease emissions from personal transport in cities. Most emission assessments have focused on the production and use phase of car sharing, but few have focused on the impacts of changes in consumption. In this article I assess changes in the total output from various sectors and i

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-are-impacts-car-sharing - 2026-05-27

Södra Cells in Mörrum received masters' students from the IIIEE to discuss principles and methods of in environmental management. Students from batch 30 in the master's program Environmental Management in Policy recently went out for another day the in real-life class-room. Study visits are fantastic to see and discuss a lot of the things taught in class. On top the first hand visit and experienci

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/study-visit-paper-sodra-morrum - 2026-05-27