Climate objectives 2021-2045

Climate objectives

Overall climate objectives for the period 2025-2045: KTH is a leading technical university for climate transition and a climate-neutral society.

Sub-targets for education, research, and collaboration for 2025 - 2030

6.1 KTH is a leading technical university providing education within sustainable development and for a transition to a climate-neutral society.

6.2 KTH continues to be a leading technical university within research for a climate-neutral society. Results from KTH's climate research benefit society on a national and international level and contribute to achieving Sweden's climate targets of net zero emissions and global objectives linked to the Paris Agreement.

6.3 KTH is perceived by its stakeholders as a leading university for climate transition. This continues to be consolidated and developed further. The work is continuous and new objectives are developed during the period.

Overall quantitative objectives for emission reductions 2022-2045

The following are quantitative objectives for the entire organisation. The base year is 2015.*

6.4 2022: KTH is climate-neutral regarding Scope 1 (direct emissions from KTH's own operations) and is clearly reducing emissions from Scope 2 (emissions from production of purchased electricity, heating and cooling).

6.5 2025: KTH is climate neutral regarding Scope 1 and 2.

6.6 2030: KTH has reduced its climate impact by 60% regarding Scope 1, 2, and 3 (emissions from other goods and services procured by KTH) per full-time equivalent compared with 2015.

6.7 2040: KTH has reduced its climate impact by 90% regarding Scope 1, 2, and 3 per full-time equivalent compared with 2015.

6.8 2045: KTH is climate neutral (Scope 1, 2, and 3).

6.9 After 2045, KTH has negative emissions.

*_{Against the background of the regulation letter for the budget year 2022, where it is emphasized that "universities must report follow-up targets for business travel for 2025 in relation to 2019 (...)" as well as method development and access to more granular data, follow-up of the target for business trips takes place against base year 2019"}

Action plan for the university-wide sustainability objectives 2021-2025

The action plan describes measures, decision-makers, responsible manager in the line organisation, resources, and when the measures must be implemented at the latest and how decisions on the measures are to be communicated.

Action plan for the university-wide sustainability objectives 2021-2025 (docx 89 k

See also: The Climate Framework