Environment and sustainable development

KTH contributes to sustainable development by providing educational programmes, conducting research and by interacting with the surrounding community. Through its activities, KTH also impacts the environment in practical terms through the consumption of materials and water, energy and chemicals, travel and transport and construction, and indirectly through purchasing and procurement.

Swedish universities develop comprehensive framework for their climate work

37 Swedish universities and colleges have created a combined climate framework to serve as the basis for individual climate strategies, with the goal of coming into line with the Paris agreement’s 1.5C warming limit by the year 2030. This ambitious plan aims to both reduce direct emissions and increase involvement in societal climate questions.

Learn more about the Climate Framework

Swedish universities develop comprehensive framework for their climate work

Climate objectives and measures

KTH has developed overall climate objectives and measures as part of KTH's committment to the Climate Framework for universities and colleges.

Learn more about KTH's climate objectives

KTH's environmental system ISO 14001:2015

April 20-21

External environmental audit

During April, the annual external environmental audit will be conducted at KTH and includes all schools and GVS. The purpose of the audit is to identify how well the environmental management system is integrated and performing at KTH och to measure how the work with KTH's sustainability objectives is progressing.

We want to know!

Report environmental incidents or deviations

Have you stumbled across something at KTH that is harmful for the environment or do you have suggestions for how we can improve KTH's work with the environmental?

Report environmental incidents, deviations or leave a suggestion here.

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News

How should we travel after the pandemic?
20 May 2020
Shape-shifting carbon fibre could replace mechanical systems for planes and more
7 May 2020
Newsmakers at KTH
27 Apr 2020
KTH ranked among world's top universities in sustainable development
24 Apr 2020
Higher ed institutions’ climate initiative awarded
17 Apr 2020
Researchers sample sewage to measure infections in six European countries
16 Apr 2020
Visors, sanitizer and fruit donated to healthcare facilities
7 Apr 2020
"We must find a solution somehow”
3 Apr 2020

Event

STREAMS:Transformative Environmental Humanities

5
Aug

Conferences and events

Wed 2020-08-05, 08:00 - Sat 2020-08-08, 22:00

Location: KTH Main Campus

2020-08-05T08:00:00.000+02:00 2020-08-08T22:00:00.000+02:00 STREAMS:Transformative Environmental Humanities (Conferences and events) STREAMS:Transformative Environmental Humanities (Conferences and events)