By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 20 March 2023 The Aurora case is an example of a climate lawsuit playing out both within and beyond the courtroom. Their work aims not only to influence climate policy in Sweden, but also to raise public awareness according to Salvatore Paolo De Rosa. 2023 is set to be a watershed year for climate litigation cases globally. Al

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-litigation-cases-explained-what-their-purpose-and-what-their-impact-within-and-outside - 2025-05-19

By Cecilia [dot] von_Arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 28 March 2023 Join LUCSUS at this year's Sustainability Week. We are organising and participating in events on climate litigation, science and activism, and the role of the arts in the climate crisis. Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund muni

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/join-lucsus-sustainability-week-17-22-april - 2025-05-19

By Cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 28 March 2023 By relying on large scale carbon dioxide removal to compensate for residual emissions there is a risk that mitigation efforts will slow down – making it even more difficult to limit global warming to 1,5°C, says Wim Carton. A review of 50 countries' long term climate strategies to reach net zer

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/countries-climate-strategies-include-large-levels-residual-emissions-and-rely-unsustainable-carbon - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 30 March 2023 Lennart Olsson believes that it was the project's visionary approach that convinced the ERC panel, and that the research can pave the way for a new agricultural revolution. The European Research Council's (ERC) mission is to promote research of the highest quality through extensive and long-term funding. The gran

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/professor-lennart-olsson-awarded-prestigious-erc-advanced-grant-visionary-research-perennials - 2025-05-19

Published 14 February 2017 LUCSUS’ researcher Torsten Krause reflects on why the study about ocean acidification - of which he is a co-author - was selected to feature in an article in Science for Environment Policy.Science for Environment Policy is a new service published by the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General, and is sent out to over 20,000 policymakers, academics and busin

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-feature-science-environment-policy - 2025-05-19

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 4 May 2023 On 9 May, we will have the honour to have the Right Livelihood Award Laureate, Marthe Wandou, joining us for a dialogue on human rights education, the environment, and the prevention of violence against children. Jurist Marthe Wandou is a Cameroonian gender and peace activist who has worked to pre

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/right-livelihood-award-laureate-marthe-wandou-visits-lucsus - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 12 May 2023 In her research, Mine Islar is mapping social, economic and ecological impacts in relation to glacial change in the region. Photo: Pixabay. 29th of May, it will be 70 years since one of the world’s tallest mountains, Mount Everest, was climbed for the very first time. An important moment to bring attention to how g

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/70-years-mount-everest-was-climbed-first-time-glacial-melt-now-threatens-more-just-tourism-industry - 2025-05-19

Published 10 May 2023 Christine Wamsler is pictured with the other coordinators of the initiative, Martin Garwicz and Max Liljefors. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Professor Christine Wamsler is co-coordinating the new Existential Resilience Collaboration Initiative, ERiCi, at Lund University. It aims to explore methods that support meaning-making and strengthen our inner resilience in education and practic

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-initiative-support-meaning-making-and-inner-resilience-education-and-practice - 2025-05-19

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 7 June 2023 Explore highlights from our research, education and external engagement in 2022, and read about LUCSUS development as a centre in our annual report. LUCSUS’ work during 2022 was positive and productive, but still set against a backdrop of tumultuous global events. We focused on substantial new re

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-2022 - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 5 June 2023 Using resistance as a lens can shed light on entrenched vulnerabilities that underlie climate risks, and on continuing power struggles, according to researchers Ebba Brink, Ana Maria Vargas Falla and Emily Boyd. Why do some people oppose interventions meant to protect them from climate hazards, and what forms of re

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-maps-how-and-where-people-resist-climate-adaptation - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 26 June 2023 Falsterbo, outside Malmö, is one of the places the researchers will focus on as part of the ITACHA project, which examines immobility as an adaptation strategy. A new research project led by LUCSUS will examine immobility as an adaptation strategy. Through a novel research approach, and field work in different are

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-project-examines-immobility-adaptation-strategy - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 26 June 2023 Join LUCSUS staff of engaged and innovative researchers! We are looking for a PhD candidate to work with us on a research project exploring power dynamics in cross-scale adaptation for more resilient and just futures. The focus of the research will be on Skåne, Sweden! The successful candidate will work within LUC

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/come-work-lucsus-phd-position-sustainability-science-open - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 26 June 2023 Join LUCSUS staff of engaged and innovative researchers! We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work with us on a research project exploring power dynamics in cross-scale adaptation for more resilient and just futures. The project, ICARUS - Illuminating power dynamics in cross-scale adaptation for more re

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-position-institutional-analysis-climate-change-adaptation-open-lucsus - 2025-05-19

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 30 June 2023 LUCSUS is part of organising next year's Political Ecology Network conference (POLLEN24) in Lund. The unfolding and entwined social-ecological crises make the challenge of how to move towards more plural and just futures more pressing than ever. Political ecology provides an important toolbox to

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/next-pollen-conference-lund - 2025-05-19

Published 1 December 2016 Les Cayes, southern Haiti, October 5 2016. Following Hurricane Matthew. Photo: Jetrho J. Sereme / American REd Cross Emily Boyd, LUCSUS and Colin McQuistan, Practical Action hosted a side event on the first day of the COP22 in Marrakech on the emerging critical issue of Loss and Damage. In recent years, Loss and Damage (L&D) has gained enormous traction in international c

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-and-practical-actions-cop22-marrakech - 2025-05-19

Published 10 February 2017 – working with action research and film in sustainability scienceThe short film  – “Making research matter – from knowledge to action with farmers in Uganda” – builds on a PhD project in sustainability science (Andersson 2014) and is part of our research outreach efforts at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. It represents one attempt to explore and pursue

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/make-research-matter-more-working-action-research-and-film - 2025-05-19

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 18 August 2023 There has been a recent proliferation of research and practice on the interior dimensions of sustainability, such as values, beliefs, worldviews and inner capacities. In a new article published in Sustainability Science, LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler and colleagues systematise the core co

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/key-characteristics-and-contribution-emerging-field-inner-transformation-sustainability - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 12 September 2023 Lina Lefstad is pictured in front of a carbon dioxide injection-site on Iceland. PhD student Lina Lefstad is passionate about working towards just climate change mitigation. She is excited about how we as a society can use CCS technology in the most just and effective way for the technology to genuinely contr

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-lina-lefstad-studies-how-carbon-capture-and-storage-technology-used-and-envisioned - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 14 September 2023 Based on their comparison, the researchers want the next global agenda to be based on more dynamic goals and targets with more options for follow-up - that can be adjusted based on new information, such as how specific weather events impact societies. A new study from LUCSUS shows that the UN's sustainable de

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/scientists-critical-uns-sustainable-development-goals-do-not-make-us-resilient-withstand-changing - 2025-05-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 19 September 2023 PhD student Juan Antonio Samper hopes that his research some day can play a role in emancipatory causes currently happening in the territory of Putumayo, and make a difference for social life in specific places. He explores the relationship between collective identity and place, and the ways in which this rel

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-juan-antonio-samper-explores-relationship-between-collective-identity-and-place - 2025-05-19