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The EU Directorate-General for Environment is showcasing IIIEE research in its Science for Environment Policynewsletter. The newsletter highlights IIIEE’s study Banking on Ecosystem Services, which reveals that European banks face significant risks due to their dependencies on ecosystem services (ES). Analysing data from the ten largest European banks, IIIEE researchers estimate that at least 26 c
The IIIEE Podcast series "Advancing Sustainable Solutions" we highlight important sustainability topics with the purpose to offer research insights and suggestions on concrete actions to Advancing Sustainable Solutions. The Podcast was launched in 2018 and is now welcoming a new production team who have been eager to produce a brand new season! We are happy to announce that we have a new team of P
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-podcast-welcome-new-crew-and-season - 2025-12-14
Den gröna omställningen räcker inte – vi måste också minska konsumtionen. Men hur kan vi nå dit, vilka hinder finns, och hur kan acceptansen öka? Vad säger forskningen? Och vilken roll spelar forskningsrön för politiken, näringslivet och organisationer? 1,5° Lifestyles: Forskning möter praktik – utmaningar och möjligheter Välkommen till Internationella Miljöinstitutets webbinarie med forskare och
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/15deg-lifestyles-forskning-moter-praktik-webbinarie-10-mars - 2025-12-14
A new online course from IIIEE is available on the subject “1.5° Lifestyles: Mainstreaming Everyday Sustainability”. The course is available for all and for free! Join the course and learn more! How can we transition to 1.5° lifestyles - living sustainably: being healthy and happy while living within planetary boundaries and carbon budgets? Such a transition requires not only individual changes, b
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/we-have-launched-new-mooc-15deg-lifestyles-mainstreaming-everyday-sustainability - 2025-12-14
On 8-10 April 2025, the IIIEE is hosting a conference with more than 500 researchers and practitioners working with sustainable consumption. The conference is arranged by SCORAI Europe 2025 in Lund and online participation is possible. SCORAI (Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative) is an international knowledge network dedicated to fostering a flourishing and ecologically-sound so
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/scorai-europe-conference-iiiee-8-10-april - 2025-12-14
Together with Energikontoret Syd, the IIIEE together have received funding from Region Skåne to develop an energy course for professionals at municipalities and at the region in Skåne. The aim with the course is to contribute to an acceleration of Skåne’s energy transition. The project has held its first workshop led by Jenny Palm and Åke Thidell from the IIIEE and Anna Torshög and Gustaf Wiklund
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/workshop-course-practitioners-accelerate-energy-transition-skane - 2025-12-14
In April 2025, we are hosting 500+ researchers and practitioners working with sustainable consumption for SCORAI Europe 2025 in Lund (and online). The program promises 50 scientific sessions and 20 workshops with the latest knowledge in 'Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption' as well as lively discussions about what comes next. The SCORAI Europe Conference 2025 will be organised April 8-10 2025 in
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/upcoming-conference-mainstreaming-sustainable-consumption - 2025-12-14
What is a more sustainable lifestyle, and what are strategies and motivations for living within the 1.5-degree target? This question is addressed and discussed among experts in a new episode of the current season in the IIIEE Podcast series "Advancing Sustainable Solutions". In this episode, the barriers to transition to a more sustainable lifestyle is the focus. We discuss policies that could inc
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-more-sustainable-lifestyle-new-podcast-episode - 2025-12-14
Today, PhD-student Anna-Riikka Kojonsaari nailed her freshly produced doctoral thesis publication. “Spikning” (Swedish for nailing) is ritual by which the thesis is nailed on the wall - the purpose being to allow the public and the audience to read the thesis before the public defence. The notification "spikning" in Swedish) stems from the tradition to nail the thesis at a designated place at the
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-anna-riikka-kojonsaari - 2025-12-14
A recent debate article published in the newspaper Aftonbladet calls for urgent political action to reduce consumption-related emissions. The article published in Aftonbladet is written by fourteen Swedish researchers* in sustainable consumption. It calls for urgent political action to reduce consumption-related emissions. The main argument is that technological solutions and green industrial tran
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urgent-political-action-required-reduce-consumption-related-emissions - 2025-12-14
Today on 8th April, 500 leading researchers gather in Lund for the world’s largest conference on sustainable consumption research, SCORAI 2025. The conference is an excellent opportunity to remind of these scientists’ single most important recommendation: within the research community, there is currently a growing consensus that our consumption must not only be greener, our total consumption level
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/scorai-conference-gives-full-attention-consumption-issues - 2025-12-14
IIIEE student Meijing He of EMP Batch 30 has unexpectedly passed away. She will be remembered as an engaged, lively, self-confident and creative member of our IIIEE community. It is with great sadness that we share the news that Meijing He, a beloved student at the IIIEE, has passed away. Meijing will be remembered as kind and dedicated and as someone who brought warmth and curiosity into every sp
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/memory-meijing-he - 2025-12-14
The EU has set ambitious goals for reducing emissions and cutting energy use in buildings, but when it comes to everyday renovation projects, energy efficiency still struggles to gain ground. A recent article by Katharina Reindl, Georgios Pardalis, and Jenny Palm explored why, by taking a closer look at how energy-related decisions are actually made during the early planning and design phases of
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/why-energy-efficiency-still-struggles-take-center-stage-building-renovations - 2025-12-14
Read the article in Lund University Magazine (LUM), "Researchers in exile meet in visionary workshops", about IIIEE researcher Tareq Emtairah who organises visionary workshops to sketch out an outline for a sustainable future.
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/tareq-emtairah-organising-visionary-workshops-outline-future-syria - 2025-12-14
This week at the IIIEE is quite ordinary! It marks the 30th anniversary of the IIIEE foundation and its legacy Masters program. We are proud to mark the 30th anniversary of the IIIEE along with our flagship Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy. Since its official inauguration by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf in 1995, the IIIEE has been at the forefront of interdisciplinary
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-celebrates-30-years-research-and-education-advance-sustainability - 2025-12-14
A new study published in Nature Communications shows that global carbon dioxide emissions from industry could be reduced by up to five percent if energy efficiency is approached as a systemic, social, and organisational challenge rather than merely a technical one. The article brings together researchers from several Swedish academic institutions, including Professor Jenny Palm from IIIEE, to adva
Linda Johansson from Systembolaget AB, was invited to meet IIIEE students from the EMP program to share some insights from her work as sustainability manager. As an outcome of our regular collaborations on sustainability certification with João Barroso at Wines of Alentejo, we had the pleasure of hosting Linda Johansson from Systembolaget. She met students of B30 and B31 in a discussion on the sus
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/guest-systembolaget-met-emp-students - 2025-12-14
Last Tuesday, our PhD Candidate Lisa Heldt “nailed” her freshly printed PhD thesis. This traditional “spikning” takes place three weeks and three days before the official defense and it involves the PhD Candidate nailing (att spika in Swedish) their physical thesis to a public board where it can be read and scrutinized by the public before the official defense ceremony. At the same time, the spikn
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-lisa-heldt - 2025-12-14
Today is world water day, 22 March, and in connection to this day IIIEE researcher Tareq Emtairah answers five questions about water use efficiency and practices in the Middle East. Tareq Emtairah is a researcher in renewable energy and energy efficiency, specialized in water efficiency in the Middle East at the IIIEE, Lund University. He answered five critical questions about water management, us
The IIIEE Podcast: "Advancing Sustainable Solutions" is in its 5th season and has just released a new episode featuring the behind the scenes from the SCORAI conference in April. First out: Conference Chair Matthias Lehner! The new Podcast episode is entitled “Voices from SCORAI - part 1: Behind the scenes with Matthias Lehner”In this episode the hosts Ella Alfredsson Jofs and Lilly Diamant discus
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-episode-podcast-advancing-sustainable-solutions - 2025-12-14
