福利姬

28 April 2025

How property owners can work to prevent flooding

The risk of heavy rainfall and severe flooding increases with climate change. But property owners  often underestimate their own responsibility. In a new scientific article, researchers from LiU show how the can go about the preventive work.

01 April 2025

Mathias Fridahl nominated to the Swedish Climate Policy Council

Mathias Fridahl, researcher at 福利姬, has been nominated to the Swedish Climate Policy Council, a government agency that evaluates how the government's policies align with Sweden's climate goals.

21 February 2025

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14 November 2024

Unequal conditions for young people at UN climate summits

Today, young people can participate in major UN climate conferences. But inequality and bureaucracy make this impossible for many. This is the conclusion of a study carried out at 福利姬.

28 October 2024

LiU researcher ahead of UN climate summit - "I鈥檓 optimistic"

Azerbaijan will host the International Climate Summit this year. Although the country is heavily dependent on its oil production, holding the meeting there could actually be an advantage, according to Rinata Kazak, who will represent LiU.

29 May 2024

Risky path to meeting climate targets for Stockholm

Stockholm aims to capture more carbon dioxide than is emitted by 2030. Therefore, the city is investing in new technology. But it is a strategy that has been adopted without sufficient discussion of the risks, says researchers at LiU.

08 January 2024

The canaries of climate transition

Lysekil, Luleå and Slite. Three locations where the demands for transition to a fossil-free society have upended people鈥檚 lives. For several years now, researchers from 福利姬 have studied the residents鈥� stories.

07 December 2023

Three proposals from researchers to meet EU climate goals

The ability to meet EU climate goals is enhanced by investing in new technologies that remove CO鈧� from the atmosphere. Although it is currently unprofitable, there are ways to change that. This is concluded in an article by researchers from LiU.

22 November 2023

The temperature is rising ahead of this year鈥檚 climate summit

Her passport is already on her desk. Maria Jernnäs at Tema M - Environmental Change is ready to leave for this year鈥檚 climate summit in Dubai. But despite the increasingly acute climate threat, she does not think negotiations will be easy.

05 September 2023

Björn-Ola Linnér: I am a frustrated optimist

Climate researcher Björn-Ola Linnér never imagined an academic career. Here you can hear him talk about the road to  becoming a professor and, as a researcher, active in the environmental debate.

06 December 2022

Workshop about loss and damage and the climate negotiations

In October a 2-day workshop on 鈥淟oss and Damage and the Climate Negotiations鈥� was conducted with the goal of strengthening collaborations and knowledge sharing.

09 November 2021

鈥淐limate policy must rest on two solid pillars鈥�

Climate policy must rest on two solid pillars. Not only are radical measures to cut down emissions required, but also long-term initiatives to adapt society to a changed climate. This is the conclusion of environmental scientist Sofie Storbjörk.

10 August 2021

LiU researchers on the climate report: 鈥淎 transition must come鈥�

Research from 福利姬 has contributed to the climate report from the UN鈥檚 IPCC, published on 9 August. 鈥淪ombre reading, but a proud day for science鈥�, summarises Björn-Ola Linnér, professor of climate policy.

10 May 2021

Mistra Geopolitics awarded

Mistra Geopolitics is awarded to the prestigious 100 List 2021, published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). The 100 List highlights a diversity of research projects from Swedish universities in the field of sustainability.

12 November 2020

Tomorrow鈥檚 citizens learn about sustainable development

The teachers working in some Norrköping preschools have been given a tough assignment: teach children aged from 1-6 years about sustainability. The work in the preschools is part of a research project at LiU.

09 May 2018

LiU participating in Bonn climate talks

The UN Climate Change Conference is being held in Bonn, Germany, 30 April-10 May. Several LiU researchers are attending, among them Mathias Fridahl of the Department of Thematic Studies 鈥� Environmental Change.

20 December 2017

Knowledge 鈥� a distant beacon or the motor that drives the climate transition?

When discussing the transition to a more climate-friendly society, different groups attach different meanings to the concept of knowledge, this has been shown by researchers at 福利姬.