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New Article on Green Energy Defaults

The market uptake of renewable energy electricity (REe) needs to be greatly accelerated. This is critical to reach net zero emissions as soon as possible. This article provides new perspectives on the role of ‘Green Energy Defaults’ to promote the purchase of REe, particularly in countries in which market and consumer policy conditions may be less advanced or certain. The article originates from o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-green-energy-defaults - 2025-10-03

New article on Energies: The Transposition of Energy Communities into Swedish Regulations

An energy transition from centralized and fossil‐based energy towards decentralized and renewable energy has been advocated by governments, business, and academia. In the EU, is has become a strategy to enable communities to take an active role in the energy market in the hopes of transitioning to an increasingly local, renewable, and participatory energy system. One organizational innovation intr

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-energies-transposition-energy-communities-swedish-regulations - 2025-10-03

Millions of electric car batteries will retire in the next decade

The use of electric vehicles is expected to explode in rich countries the next decade. But what will happen to the retired lithium-ion batteries? Our researcher Jessika Luth Richter comments in the Guardian. “There is a lot of battery capacity left at the end of first use in electric vehicles. These batteries may no longer be able run vehicles but they could have second lives storing excess power

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/millions-electric-car-batteries-will-retire-next-decade - 2025-10-03

Greening the economy: Sustainable Cities – a world leading Massive Open Online Course with over 80,000 learners

How can we shape our urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures? This course explores sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy in Europe and around the world. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. We connect the key trends of urbanization, decarbonisation and sustainability. We examine how visions, experiments and inn

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/greening-economy-sustainable-cities-world-leading-massive-open-online-course-over-80000-learners - 2025-10-03

Can renewables grow fast enough?

Every year the world adds more renewables than the year before. But is this growth on track to achieve climate targets? And what would it take to get there? In a paper published in Nature Energy Professor Aleh Cherp and co-authors analyse wind and solar power in the 60 largest countries. They show that in every country the growth of renewable electricity initially accelerates, then stabilises and

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-renewables-grow-fast-enough - 2025-10-03

The cost of realistic climate policies

Climate change is a global problem, but not all countries are equally committed to solving it. Will it be much more difficult to stop global warming if not everyone fully cooperates? In a letter published in Nature Climate Change, Aleh Cherp reflects on recent scientific advances in answering this question. In theory, climate change mitigation is least expensive under a universal carbon tax paid b

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/cost-realistic-climate-policies - 2025-10-03

Assessing the economic benefits of active transport policies

Growing concerns about climate change, air pollution, human health and also the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have renewed the use of and policy interest in active transport (AT) modes, namely cycling and walking. However, what are the economic benefits of policies promoting AT modes in cities? This paper brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to assess the economic impacts of policies

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/assessing-economic-benefits-active-transport-policies - 2025-10-03

Distributed Energy Systems and Energy Communities Under Negotiation

The different pathways for future energy systems may technologically look very much the same, but they differ fundamentally when it comes to ownership, distribution of profits and what local values are created. How this is played out in practice is discussed in this new article by Anna-Riikka Kojonsaari and Jenny Palm. New decentralized energy-generation technologies have turned economies of scale

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/distributed-energy-systems-and-energy-communities-under-negotiation - 2025-10-03

Why is nuclear power not used in more countries?

Nuclear power is an advanced low carbon technology that can help to reduce the risk of dangerous climate change. Yet, many countries, including those with rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions and enormous electricity needs, have not managed to construct a single nuclear power plant. Why do some countries use nuclear power and others don't? A new paper co-authored by Aleh Cherp answers this ques

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/why-nuclear-power-not-used-more-countries - 2025-10-03

Upcoming seminar: Towards a competitive low carbon economy - Paris 2015

On 9 November 2015, the IIIEE and IVA are organising a seminar in Stockholm with the theme Towards a competitive low carbon economy - Paris 2015, with the purpose to focus on pathways towards a low carbon economy, in connection to the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, COP21, in Paris 2015, starting on 30 November. During the seminar in Stockholm, the IIIEE will present the project Policy inte

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/upcoming-seminar-towards-competitive-low-carbon-economy-paris-2015 - 2025-10-03

New article: Towards operational understanding of implementing nature-based solutions

Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help tackle climate change and advance urban sustainability by using nature to deliver social, ecological and economic benefits. However, their success largely depend on implementation for which several barriers exist. For NBS to be meaningful in terms of delivering positive impacts in cities, we need better understanding of how implementation is addressed and embe

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-towards-operational-understanding-implementing-nature-based-solutions - 2025-10-03

New podcast episode: Coping with climate anxiety

We are happy to be back with a new season of the IIIEE podcast "Advancing Sustainable Solutions"! Anxiety is a natural emotional response to stress, fear, or danger. Then, it is no wonder why some are experiencing anxiety in the face of the climate crisis. Although not a clinical diagnosis, climate anxiety – and related terms like eco-anxiety, ecological grief, and solastalgia – describes the dist

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-coping-climate-anxiety - 2025-10-03

IIIEE researchers’ author new report on policies for increasing the lifespan of products

Leonidas Milios, Jessika Luth Richter and Carl Dalhammar are authors of a new report, “Increasing the lifespan of products: policies and consumer perspectives”. The report looks at emerging European standards and policies to support longer lifetimes through design for durability and increasing repair activities. The report also reviews the literature outlining environmental benefits and trade-offs

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-author-new-report-policies-increasing-lifespan-products - 2025-10-03

Our Sustainable Cities MOOC is now ranked in the “best online courses of all time” by Class Central!

The ranking contains 250 courses from 100 universities based on 170,000+ learner reviews. “The best way to choose a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is to choose one that other people have taken and enjoyed” - Class Central. Read more about the ranking (link to Class Central's website)  Interested in taking the course? It free and you find it here .   

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/our-sustainable-cities-mooc-now-ranked-best-online-courses-all-time-class-central - 2025-10-03

New clean energy communities in polycentric settings: Four avenues for future research

In this new article published in Energy Research & Social Science, the authors offer a definition of the concept of new clean energy communities, discuss their potential for wider dissemination and identify four factors that contribute to the current mismatch between ambitions and reality in energy community development. Building on these factors, the authors present a broader framework inspired b

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-clean-energy-communities-polycentric-settings-four-avenues-future-research - 2025-10-03

We are now recruiting Director of the IIIEE

Join the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), with the aim to find pathways towards accelerating the transitions to climate-neutral and resource-efficient economies. We are looking for a highly qualified candidate to lead, develop and coordinate this interdisciplinary research and education institution with great ambitions. Read more about the position. Applicati

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/we-are-now-recruiting-director-iiiee - 2025-10-03

Scholarship winner Steven Curtis graduates from the IIIEE and closes the circle

Article published on the Lund University website: 29/09/2015:Three years ago Steven Curtis won the first prize in Lund University’s ” Challenge Your Perspectives” scholarship competition for American students. Sweden’s ambassador to the USA, Jonas Hafström, handed him the diploma in Washington DC. On 25 September 2015 Steven once again received a diploma from the hands of Jonas Hafström – this tim

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/scholarship-winner-steven-curtis-graduates-iiiee-and-closes-circle - 2025-10-03