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News from KTH Sustainability Office March 2019

News from KTH Sustainability Office

March 2019

  • KTH’s annual report to the Swedish EPA
  • KTH inför en klimatpott för flygresor / KTH offsets flight emissions
  • Call for Abstracts: Accelerating the Implementation of Sustainable Development in the Curriculum
  • Workshop for the network KTH Food Sustainability, 13 Mar
  • Konferens: Vattenbristen - utmaningar och lösningar i ett förändrat klimat, 21 mars
  • Opportunity for KTH researchers to become visiting researchers at SEI
  • Special Issue: Sustainability Journal
  • Utlysningar via Research Proffessional
  • Available positions at KTH
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KTH’s annual report to the Swedish EPA
 KTH reports the results of our environmental management to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency annually. The 2018 results indicate both positive and negative developments from the previous year:
  • Energy use of operations and real estate has decreased. (In 2018, the energy savings has been calculated at 2.5 million kWh / year).
  • All KTH Campus plan projects have included environmental and sustainability aspects.
  • Proportion of procurement and framework agreements with environmental requirements has increased from 48% in 2017 to 51% in 2018.
  • Train travel has increased by 9%.
 A negative trend has been identified concerning KTH’s objective for reducing carbon emissions as a result of travel. Total carbon dioxide emissions increased between 2017 and 2018 by 10% with an overall increase of over 464 tonnes.
 
In 2020 KTH will introduce a plan to offset flight emissions the “Klimatpott”. The aim is to encourage less air travel. The money raised will be used in projects to reduce KTH emissions and help KTH reach its sustainability goals.

> Read KTH’s report to The Swedish EPA here

KTH inför en klimatpott för flygresor/ KTH offsets flight emssions
För att minska sin klimatpåverkan inför KTH en klimatpott. Tanken är att uppmuntra till minskat flygresande. Pengarna kommer att användas till projekt som minskar KTH:s utsläpp och bidrar till att KTH når sina hållbarhetsmål. >Läs mer om klimatpotten / > ENG KTH offsets flight emissions

Call for Abstracts: Accelerating the Implementation of Sustainable Development in the Curriculum
Welcome to the symposium “Accelerating the Implementation of Sustainable Development in the Curriculum” which KTH is co-hosting September 10-11, 2019. The Symposium “Accelerating the Implementation of Sustainable Development in the Curriculum” aims to provide teaching staff at universities active and/or interested on sustainable development and the SDGs with an opportunity to display and present their work.
> Learn more about the conference and register here

Call for abstracts: We encourage you to submit abstracts to the symposium. All papers which have been accepted, presented and discussed at the event may be submitted for a special issue of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, published by Emerald Publishing (UK), which is the world´s leading journal on sustainability in a higher education context: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/ijshe.htm

Workshop for the network KTH Food Sustainability
Food sustainability constitutes one of the main challenges that our society is facing. This is a workshop for all KTH researchers and teachers interested in food sustainability along the food supply value chain. Date: 13 March, 09.00-13.00. Place: Salongen, KTH main library.
> More information and program
> Registration
 Vattenbristen - utmaningar och lösningar i ett förändrat klimat
De senaste tre åren har Sverige drabbats av svår torka. Genom kunskap och samverkan kan vi använda – och återanvända – vatten smartare i framtiden. Välkommen till en spännande heldag om vatten – vår viktigaste resurs Datum: 21 mars, 10.00-15.00. Plats: KTH huvudbibliotek och KTH vattencentrum.
> Mer information, program och anmälan

Special Issue of Sustainability Journal - "Sustainable Development and Higher Education Institutions: Acting with a purpose"
This special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) includes papers that were presented at the ISCN 2018 conference. This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
> Sustainable Development and Higher Education Institutions: Acting with a purpose

Opportunity for KTH researchers to become visiting researchers at SEI
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) welcomes applications from KTH researchers and PhD students wishing to spend time as visiting researchers SEI centres around the world. The opportunity includes a working space in an exciting research environment and requires that the visiting researcher is receiving salary from KTH.
> Contact SEI for more information or to submit an application: oliver.johnson@sei.org

Available positions at KTH
Here is a list of open positions at KTH related to sustainability:
  • Postdoktor inom beteendevetenskap och hållbarhet
  • Postdoc in Philosophy of Science
  • Assistant professor in Sustainable Road Infrastructure
  • Doktorand (licenciat) i planering och beslutsanalys

> More positions 

Don't Miss This!


13 March: Seminar, From the lab to changing the fashion industry - meet KTH spinoff re:newcell
19 March: Seminar, Driverless and sustainable? The future of road freight transport
20 March: Popular science lecture, Emma Strömberg & Rosana Moriana, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry,Biotechnology and Health, Finding solutions through collaboration
21 mars: Docentföreläsning, Romain Balieu, Byggvetenskap, Hållbarhetsbedömning av elvägar genom Finita elementmetoden och Livscykelanalys
3 april:  Popular science lecture, Karin Bradley, Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad, Från passiv konsument till medskapare

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