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Climathon is a global hackathon for climate solutions that is run in over 100 locations globaly each autumn. In 2020 we will host a Climathon multiple locations around Skåne. The theme of this years Climathon is Food and Climate. Due to the Covid-19 situation we have made a lot of changes to this years format. Climathon will not be 24 hours as we have done previous years but spread out over a five
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-skane-2020 - 2025-10-01
Would you like to: • Find out more about sustainable mobility • Learn how to run solution-oriented innovation activities • Work together in a diverse group of people • Win amazing prices • And have fun while making an impact Then come and join us! Climathon is a global climate action program that takes place in 100+ cities around the world, with a hackathon at its core. We would like to invite you
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2021 - 2025-10-01
Climathon is a hackathon for climate solution that is organized simultaneously in over 100 city’s all around the world. Climate-KIC@LU organized Climathon in Lund on the 25-29th of October. The 5 day event was a great success with over 50 participants. All most as many experts, staff, jury members, workshop leaders and others helped the participants out in creating the climate solutions of the fut
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2021-0 - 2025-10-01
Climathon is a hackathon for climate solution that is organized simultaneously in over 100 city’s all around the world. Climate-KIC@LU organized Climathon in Lund on the 7-11th of November. The 5 day event was a great success with over 70 participants. A large group of experts, staff, jury members, workshop leaders and others helped the participants out in creating the climate solutions of the fut
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2022 - 2025-10-01
On the 8th of November Climate-KIC held a large Pan-European event in Frankfurt. Here is a short report about this event. Climate-KIC innovation Summit Frankfurt 8/11The event started off with a talk on the urgency of action to meet the threats of climate change with action by John Schellnhuber CBE, Founder/Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Most of the audience would b
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/report-climate-kic-innovation-summit-frankfurt-811 - 2025-10-01
On the 29th of November there was an Urban Transition Workshop in Malmö hosted by Climate-KIC. The workshop was held at Malmö Live and was well visited by relevant local, national and international actors. People from research, public administration and academia were represented.Here is an article from Climate-KIC about the event.Here are some pictures from the event.
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/urban-transition-workshop-malmo-2911 - 2025-10-01
Enjay is one of the companies from Lund University that has joined the Climate-KIC Start-up Accelerator. We made a visit to their office in Stävie to find out more about what they do. Enjay – Recovering heat and saving moneyEnjay addresses a need that probably few people would be pondering about - the heat in the outgoing air from restaurant kitchen ventilation. Jesper and Nils at Enjay have both
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/enjay-filtration-climate-kic-accelerator-company-lund-university - 2025-10-01
From the 1 of November there is a new Climate-KIC project coordinator at the Lund University working actively with involving research at the University in the different Climate-KIC initiatives. During the first months the position will be held temporarily by Olof Blomqvist. Here is a short interview with Olof. Interview with Olof Blomqvist, Climate-KIC Project Coordinator at Lund UniversityWhat ar
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-climate-kic-coordinator-lund-university - 2025-10-01
During 2016 there has been some involvement in different Climate-KIC activities at Lund University. Here are short descriptions of the different Projects. AcceleratorIn 2016 the following activities have been taking place at Lund University within the Climate-KIC.LU Innovation is the contact point at the university for Start-ups and entrepreneurs wanting to engage in Climate-KIC activities and thi
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-activities-lund-university-2016 - 2025-10-01
The second Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day was held at DTU Skylab on the 27th of January 2017. From preparations all the way until the finishing drinks, the event was in every way a great success. No less than 59 idea suggestions were submitted in advance. Out of this great pool of ideas, a little more than a third (23) was selected and allowed to pitch at the event. The thought with Ideation Day
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-nordic-ideation-day - 2025-10-01
Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private partnership tackling climate change through innovation, today announces the appointment of Anders Wijkman as Chair of the Governing Board of Association Climate-KIC, with immediate effect. Wijkman succeeds John Schellnhuber, who is stepping down having successfully served as Chair for six years, the maximum tenure of two terms. Schellnhuber was appoint
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-announces-anders-wijkman-new-chair-governing-board - 2025-10-01
In early April we were informed that Lund University was awarded no less that two Climate-KIC Pathfinder Projects. Read more about the two awarded Projects here. An Auditing Tool for Climate Effective PackagingAssociate Professor Henrik Pålsson and Associate Professor Daniel Hellström of the Packaging Logistics department of Lund University was awarded a Pathfinder project from Climate-KIC. The pr
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/two-climate-kic-pathfinder-projects-awarded-lund-university - 2025-10-01
Here is a video from Climate-KICs Ideation Day at DTU 27 January. Look out for dates for a possible second Ideation Day late autumn 2017.
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/video-ideation-day-27-january-2017 - 2025-10-01
The Swedish cities of Malmö, Lund, Oskarshamn and Bjuv are looking for creative partners with innovative solutions that can be involved in a new venture, to convert waste heat into urban food or other biological production through an Open Innovation Competition. Clean residual heat emitted from a diverse range of sources – from single refrigerators to industrial sites – represents a waste of both
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/urban-food-residual-heat-open-innovation-competition - 2025-10-01
Did you miss the Climate-KIC Workshop 16/5? We gathered most of the presentations so that you can seethem here. Climate-KIC WorkshopProgramme 13.00–16.00:13.00–13.10 Welcome and introduction13.10–13.35 Innovations and climate change – how far can it take us? Helena Tillborg, Kraftringen13.35–14.05 Climate KIC – How to access possibilities, funding and network. Henrik Söndergaard and Mikkel Trym, C
https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-workshop-165 - 2025-10-01
A new joint report from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) presents the largest venture ever on precision medicine in diabetes. The report includes a detailed overview and roadmap for how this new approach to diabetes medicine can be evaluated and implemented into clinical practice. The role of precision diabetes medicine will be t
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/roadmap-precision-medicine-diabetes-care - 2025-10-01
The research group Nutritional Epidemiology has started a blog, www.nutrition.blogg.lu.se! Esther González-Padilla tells us more about it. What is the blog about?We have started the blog mostly as a tool to inform people, within and outside Lund University, about the news of our group, our projects and activities. But in the future it might also serve as a platform to share and discuss hot to
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-blog-about-nutriton - 2025-10-01
Karin Stenkula, Emily Sonestedt and Sebastian Kalamajski have received grants from the The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. Read about their research projects here. Karin Stenkula, Lund University Diabetes Centre:EHD2: a novel candidate essential for lipid transport and overall glucose homeostasisObesity is one of the main risk factors behind type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. B
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hjelt-foundations-grant-holders-2020 - 2025-10-01
A new COVID-19 antibody test developed by scientists at Lund University in Sweden has shown robust performance upon clinical validation and application. The test detects antibodies in the blood targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, and determines in just 15 minutes whether a person has had COVID-19, regardless of whether they have had any symptoms. “Unlike other serological tests to determine
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-rapid-and-robust-covid-19-antibody-test-developed - 2025-10-01
Last week it was announced that our longtime colleague and LUDC researcher/SUS clinician Martin Ridderstråle has been appointed Senior Vice President of Patient Care in the Novo Nordisk Foundation. This is not only a remarkable achievement by Martin but also goes to show that our environment fosters excellent scientists and outstanding clinicians. Martin is one of the most versatile people I know.
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/senior-vice-president-patient-care-novo-nordisk-foundation - 2025-10-01
