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KTH researcher Zahra Kalantari Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion
Photo: Frontier Planet Prize, David Callahan/KTH Published Apr 22, 2025Zahra Kalantari, professor in environmental science and engineering for sustainability in the Anthropocene at KTH, has today on Earth Day 2025 been named Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion....
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New online course on the basics of climate adaptation
Published Apr 11, 2025A new online course in the basics of climate adaptation is now available for free.
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Call for proposals: research projects on climate mitigation and adaptation
Photo by Marc Thunis on Unsplash Published Apr 07, 2025KTH Climate Action Centre, in collaboration with the Engineers of Sweden, is now opening for project applications that contribute to climate mitigation or adaptation. Applications that are multi- or i...
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Opinion: ”Earth aligned” AI development contribute to planetary stability
Image by Anirudh, Unsplash. Published Mar 30, 2025A newly published opinion piece addresses AI’s role in sustainability amid global crises. The authors propose ”The Earth Alignment Principle for Artificial Intelligence”, encompassing controlled growt...
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KTH Welcomes Wharton Business School for a Sustainability Workshop
Francesco Fuso-Nerini (Director of KTH Climate Action Centre) presenting to Wharton and KTH students on the history and future developments of Sustainable Development Goals. Published Mar 20, 2025On March 11, students from the Wharton Business School visited KTH Royal Institute of Technology as part of the Wharton International Program (WIP), seeking to gain insights into Sweden’s leading sust...
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KTH Climate Action Centre Announces 2025 Environmental Thesis Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to Paul Zimmermann, Mattia De Serio, Anne van Oers, Mohamed Ali, Lu Yu, Songtao Xu, Monica Andrea Vargas Solla, Elliot Beskow, Luca Anna Mónus, Maximilian Eckardt, Magnus Verfürth, Nemrit Kaur, and Margarita Judina for receiving the scholarship from Sveriges Ingenjörer. Special thanks to Staffan Bjurulf and Karin Larsdotter for helping facilitate the scholarship. Published Feb 03, 2025Water Treatment Breakthroughs, Urban and Ecosystem Resilience, and Innovative Thermal Energy Storage Solutions, are just a few explored themes from this year’s scholarship recipients. Each selected pr...
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What psychology reveals about climate worry and the ensuing will to engage in sustainable action
Photo by Chris Gallagher on Unsplash Published Dec 20, 2024A new report explores how climate change impacts people’s mental health, and their subsequent ability to take action.
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Energy and climate solutions at KTH event: Insights from the World Energy Outlook 2024
Anushka Prakash, Henning Ottervald Flygare, Kieran McNamara, Karin Larsdotter, Laura Cozzi, Francesco Fuso Nerini, and Sayed Zaky Arisyi Fakhry at KTH’s ”Reaktorhallen” – Sweden’s first nuclear reactor, now repurposed as an event venue. Published Dec 10, 2024Laura Cozzi, the IEA Director of Sustainability, Technology, and Outlooks, presented the World Energy Outlook 2024 to a large audience at KTH’s Reaktorhallen. The event was a collaboration between The...
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How to reduce emissions from consumption
Göran Finnveden, Professor of Environmental Strategic Analysis, presents research at the UN Climate Summit on how to reduce emissions (Photo: Håkan Lindgren and Mostphotos) Published Nov 18, 2024Göran Finnveden, Professor of Environmental Strategic Analysis, will be reporting on instruments for climate change mitigation during the ongoing COP29 climate summit in Baku. "Being able to communi...
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Consequences of oil extraction in Nigeria and Uganda: Climate Action Podcast #05
Published Oct 25, 2024Listen to Diana Nabiruma and Nnimmo Bassey talk about the effects of oil extraction on nature and livelihoods in communities in Uganda and Nigeria. This is the third episode in the podcast series ”Fro...
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Play for the Planet: Game Night at KTH Climate Action Centre Offers Fun Spin on Climate Challenges
Published Oct 20, 2024Last 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 act...
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The US Election 2024: Climate Action Podcast #4
Published Sep 09, 2024Listen 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”, pro...
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Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Taikan Oki presented his work at KTH
Photo: Karin Larsdotter, KTH Climate Action Centre Published Sep 06, 2024Professor Taikan Oki, University of Tokyo, participated in a seminar at KTH Campus on 29 August, the day after he received this year's Stockholm Water Prize from HM the King "Based on his world-renown...
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How can sports events become climate neutral?
Karin Larsdotter moderating at the Sweden Arena in Paris during the Olympics. Published Aug 23, 2024The topic of how sports events can become climate neutral was discussed at the Sweden Arena in Paris during the Olympics. The seminar was a joint effort by the Swedish Olympic Committee, the Swedish e...
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Leading academics call for extending, reframing Sustainable Development Goals
“Achieving the social and economic goals can’t be done at the expense of planet,” says Francesco Fuso-Nerini, director of the KTH Climate Action Center. Published Jun 19, 2024A group of leading academics are calling for the UN Sustainable Development Goals to be extended past their 2030 target date and updated. In a paper led by KTH Associate Professor Francesco Fuso-Nerin...
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KTH students received SEK 50,000 each: Here are the results
KTH student Weronika Tuszynska's thesis aims to assess the severity of forest fires using satellite data and artificial intelligence. Photo: Peter Asplund Published Jun 11, 2024At 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 ...
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New podcast series on democracy and climate
Owen Gaffney, communicator of Earth system sciences and Neshan Gunasekera, visiting researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute are guests on the first episode. Published Jun 10, 2024For the Super Election Year 2024, the KTH Climate Action Centre, together with Right Livelihood, releases a new podcast series covering various aspects of the link between climate and democracy.
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“Government is stealing candy from children of the future” – KTH researchers in debate article
Göran Finnveden and Mattias Höjer Published Apr 23, 2024The government gladly blames the voter's acceptance, or lack thereof, when climate politics is mentioned. But the truth is that our society is filled with laws and norms that some dislike – just look ...
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Postdoc Francesca Larosa secures prestigious MSCA European Fellowship for her project, LIBRA
Francesca Larosa Published Apr 07, 2024Francesca Larosa is a Digital Futures postdoctoral researcher at Engineering Mechanics, KTH, and KTH Climate Action Centre. Francesca’s work revolves around the intersection of artificial intelligence...
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Well-attended workhop promises global progress on clean cooking
Participants at the workshop on clean cooking. Published Mar 13, 2024A workshop hosted by the International Energy Agency (IEA) brought together for the first time approximately 80 professionals from leading organisations, dedicated to the mission of ensuring clean coo...
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