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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After climate change, biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental challenge facing the world today. The loss of plant and animal species also means a loss of the resources that humans obtain from well-functioning ecosystems. At Lund University, a project is underway in which researchers are studying how work to cou

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/green-infrastructure-planning-and-designing-functioning-nature - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sweden does not need more cattle to save natural grazing land with high biodiversity. This is the conclusion of a new report by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. What is needed instead, according to the researchers, are economic incentives that make natural grazing profitable. Natural grazing land is a central

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/profitability-not-more-cattle-needed-save-natural-grazing-land - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent decades, the climate in Sweden has become about two degrees warmer on average and this year we have seen an unprecedentedly mild winter and early spring. How is nature responding – animals, insects, plants – to an increasingly mild climate? Researchers in Lund can provide the answer. Among other things, a ne

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/unusually-early-spring-how-nature-sweden-responding-increasingly-warm-climate - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We appreciate your participation in the online conference, which was a very successful joining of about 100 participants. April 23 and 24 were two very rewarding days, filled with interesting sessions, poster presentations, office yoga, group discussions, as well as fruitful conversations and sharing of expertise. The

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/thank-you-participating-cecs-online-science-says-conference-and-becc-merge-spring-meeting - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A study from Lund University indicates that the flora of Skåne in southern Sweden changed drastically throughout the 1900s and up to the present day. The greatest decline in species diversity can be seen in forested areas in the northern and central parts of Skåne. “I was surprised that climate change has had the bigg

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/dramatic-changes-regional-flora - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The graduate research schools ClimBEco and the Bolin Centre Climate Research School (CRS) have recently initiated a collaboration with multiple climate-focused intentions. The joint activities will strengthen the course curriculum and network possibilities for the respective PhD students and contribute to the advancem

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-strengthens-climate-and-biodiversity-research - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A unique study has analyzed in detail how EU agricultural subsidies flow down to the local level. The new data show that most income support payments go to intensively farmed regions already above median EU income, while climate-friendly and biodiverse farming regions, as well as poorer regions, are insufficiently fun

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/revealed-how-billions-eu-farming-subsidies-are-being-misspent - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Population density, and not the proportion of green spaces, has the biggest impact on species richness of pollinators in residential areas. This is the result of a study from Lund University in Sweden of gardens and residential courtyards in and around Malmö, Sweden. The result surprised the researchers, who had expec

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/high-human-population-density-negative-pollinators - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now reveal what the Danish King Hans had planned to offer when laying claim to the Swedish throne in 1495: a two-metre-long Atlantic sturgeon. The well-preserved fish remains were found in a wreck on the bottom of the Baltic Sea last year, and species identification was mad

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/atlantic-sturgeon-kings-pantry-unique-discovery-baltic-sea-wreck-1495 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CEC is one of the actors behind a new international education programme with the purpose to strengthen innovation in the public sector and support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The target group is public service professionals in Indonesia and Turkey, and it is now open for applications. The programme is a par

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-provides-education-co-design-and-inclusive-public-environments - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The climate crisis has received less media coverage during the corona pandemic despite that many think the climate challenges demand equally urgent attention. During the coming two weeks the United Nations gather the world in the Climate Dialogues 2020 “to increase the momentum for greater climate ambition” in an onli

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-dialogues-boost-climate-work - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at the Pufendorf Institute are working together in a Theme about Invasive Alien Plants, and are interested in finding out how the public, as well as experts, regard different plants in private gardens as well as in public spaces. Why are certain plants defined as more desirable than others, by whom, and ho

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/researchers-want-know-how-public-perceive-invasive-alien-plants - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How can previous warm periods in the ocean help us better understand the ongoing climate change? PhD student Sha Ni defends her dissertation at CEC this week with fossil findings that can improve the knowledge of the current global warming. Congratulations on your dissertation coming up! How would you describe your re

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/past-ocean-conditions-give-clues-marine-environmental-changes - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The forest investigation recently submitted to the Swedish government gives suggestions on creating synergies between international and national commitments on biodiversity and a growing circular bioeconomy. A new report by CEC researchers concludes that forests and forestry also play multiple, key roles for climate c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forestry-plays-key-role-swedens-climate-change-mitigation - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CEC starts 2021 with a new name, a new Director, and a new leadership organisation. Yet, CEC will continue its work with research, education and collaboration, across subject boundaries, to promote sustainable development. The new organisation with separate Director and Chair of the Board will strengthen CEC. The Dire

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-year-new-name-new-director-and-new-organisation-cec - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 2020 will be remembered as the year when the coronavirus paralysed the world. At the same time, the negative effect of climate change became increasingly apparent, and the pleas to listen to the scientist and the calls for action became even more urgent. What changes for the climate do researchers want to see in 2021?

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-wish-list-2021 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism to support the protection of the world’s natural heritage. In a recent study, they developed three different design options for an intergovernmental biodiversity financing mechanism. Asking, what would happen if money was given t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-if-we-paid-countries-protect-biodiversity - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University and Simrishamn Municipality have created a joint research environment at the Marine Centre in Simrishamn to address the challenges facing the Baltic Sea. An Academic Council led by Maria C Hansson from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research (CEC) will be affiliated to the centre. The overall

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-affiliates-marine-centre-simrishamn-collaboration-ocean-and-water-research - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A diversity of different pollinators and other beneficial organisms in an agricultural landscape leads to an increase in crop production. This has been shown by a comprehensive international study that included researchers from Lund University. The study investigated two so-called ecosystem services that are of great

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/biodiversity-leads-increased-crop-production - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Protecting, planting and restoring coastal ecosystems has attracted increased attention as a way of capturing and storing carbon in mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows. In her dissertation, Terese Thoni has investigated the importance of these ecosystems in relation to the political climate negotiations. Ten

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/broader-view-blue-carbon-gives-climate-summit-input - 2026-05-07