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Finding Solutions to the Combined Consequences of Land-use and Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services During the 13 years BECC has existed as a research environment, it has been under constant development to meet the aims to perform excellent science, be at the forefront of establishing new research directions, and make significant societal impact. We are a research environment that
Members 2023Lund UniversityUniversity of GothenburgBECC Principal Investigators (PI:s): 109BECC Principal Investigators (PI:s): 29BECC Researchers: 69BECC Researchers: 19Doctoral Students: 69Doctoral Students: 18Research Coordinators: 3 Research Administrator: 1 Communications Officers: 2 External funding 2022/2023Number of new projects granted by most common funders in 2022/2023.Formas29Vetenska
Scratching the Surface In the Spotlight: Bringing Biodiversity to Policy and Society Policy Councils and moreOne of the main aims of BECC is to bring state-of-the-art science into policy processes to support evidence-based decision-making regarding biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing climate. As a member of the Swedish Climate Policy Council since 2022, our coordinator Professor He
– Scratching the Surface In the Spotlight: Fundamental Research for Keeping Carbon in the GroundBECC’s role in fostering successful young researchersSoils store more carbon than the atmosphere and living biomass together, making carbon compounds entering or leaving the soil carbon storage system of considerable importance for greenhouse effect mitigation. As a result, soil microbial ecology and ch
– Scratching the Surface In the Spotlight: Using Nature-based Solutions for Climate AdaptationUrban areas are and will be severely hit by the effects of climate change where the specific impacts on each city will depend on the actual changes in climate experienced. Sudden effects include extreme weather events such as flooding, and incremental long-term effects could be warmer summers. By explorin
Networks of Researchers and Societal ActorsLU Land – unique networking opportunity for researchers and stakeholdersStarting off as a thematic collaboration initiative initiated by Professor Henrik Smith at CEC and the Department of Biology, financed by LU to contribute to land-use for a sustainable future, LU Land has grown to become a well-known platform connecting academia and stakeholders mainl
A major mission of BECC, has been to, together with MERGE, initiate and being deeply involved in operating and financing the interdisciplinary research school ClimBEco. For BECC, ClimBEco ensures that new generations of BECC-associated PhD students acquire both general skills and the specific skills needed to, in interdisciplinary settings, tackle our identified challenges.ClimBEco is a two-year g
BECC Grand Seminars constitute a place where different perspectives of a topic, often related to current policy development or of other societal relevance, are brought up and discussed. That is, the seminars link either research and policy development or different research fields. In 2022-2023 the seminars focused on the IPCC AR6 new reports, the CBD COP15 and on environmental policy development a
As an effort to connect researchers at Swedish universities and authorities, MERGE and BECC proposed a national conference on climate research to be conducted in collaboration with the Bolin Centre for Environmental Research of Stockholm University and the Swedish Meteorological Institute (SMHI). A grand opening with the presence of her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Sweden, a plenary with I
Project GrantsAnne Bjorkman for receiving an ERC starting grant: ERC-grants - gu.seMilda Pucetaite for receiving an ERC starting grant: Milda Pucetaite on receiving the ERC-grant - becc.lu.seAnna Runemark for receiving an ERC consolidator grant: Två biologer får 20 miljoner var från Europeiska forskningsrådet - biologi.lu.seMargareta Johansson for being nominated by the Swedish Research Council as
BECC boardHenrik Smith – CoordinatorProfessor, Department of Biology/Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund UniversityHenrik Smith in Lund University research portalMats Björkman – Coordinator GothenburgSenior Lecturer, Department of Biology & Environmental Sciences, University of GothenburgMats Björkman's profile at University of GothenburgAnna Maria Jönsson – Deputy CoordinatorProfes
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Register here for the reading group seminar on Mats Strandberg's Slutet. Name (required) Enter first and last name. E-mail address (required) Please enter your e-mail address. Dietary requirements Please let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements. The breakfast served will be vegetarian. Yes I want to borrow a book Leave this field blank
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Register here for the reading group seminar on Lesley Nneka Arimah's What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky. Name (required) Enter first and last name. E-mail address (required) Please enter your e-mail address. Dietary requirements Please let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements. The breakfast served will be vegetarian. Yes I want to borrow a book Leave this field blank
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Register here for the reading group seminar on Morgan C Babst's Floating World. Name (required) Enter first and last name. E-mail address (required) Please enter your e-mail address. Dietary requirements Please let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements. The breakfast served will be vegetarian. Yes I want to borrow a book Leave this field blank
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Time: Feb 5, 18.00-20.00Venue: Room 230, Eden, Department of Political Science, Lund UniversityTo kick-start your writing process, we bring you an evening with three renowned experts in the field; Wytske Versteeg (Author of the Boy & other titles), Dr Graeme Macdonald (Professor at the Department of English at University of Warwick) and Paul G Raven (post-doc at Lund University and fiction writer)
https://www.climatefutures.lu.se/form/registration-anthropo-scenes-i-introduction-climate-fiction - 2026-04-21
a reading list We often get asked to recommend literature for a wide range of interests (first encounter with climate change, want to learn more, natural scientists who are keen on learning about environmental politics. So for 2019, we decided to put it all online. This is in no way a complete list, merely a starting point with our personal favorites. If you are looking for Climate Fiction we have
https://www.climatefutures.lu.se/climate-change-101 - 2026-04-21
With Karolina Östbring & Tobias Linné.Fill in the form to sign up for the breakfast seminar on March, 21, 8.15-9.45. Name (required) E-mail address (required) Dietary requirements Please let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements. The breakfast served will be vegetarian. Leave this field blank
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Limiting livestock production to pasture and by-products in a search for sustainable diets in Sweden Name (required) E-mail address (required) Dietary requirements Please let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements. The breakfast served will be vegetarian. Leave this field blank
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