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? Researchers in climate and sustainability at Lund University list their hopes an

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-wish-list-2021 - 2025-08-25

Consistency in identifying, measuring and addressing loss and damage is essential if practitioners are to be able to learn what works best over time, and to share best practices with other practitioners at different levels of governance. Photo: Chad Boda. A new research article from the project DICE, Recasting the Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change Extremes, frames loss and damage from cli

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-frames-loss-and-damage-climate-change-failure-sustainable-development - 2025-08-25

The image of what constitutes nature in urban environments, and how it is valued, needs to be broadened, according to researchers Sanna Stålhammar and Ebba Brink. Photo: Ebba Brink. Rich in animals and plants, a refuge to calm anxiety, and a source of new energy. A place for recreation and cultivation. This is how residents of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela describe their natural surroundings in

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-study-reveals-diverse-relations-nature-rios-favelas - 2025-08-25

Join our research seminars with LUCSUS researchers and invited guests online every Thursday. Programme, Spring 2021 21 January 2021 10:15 to 12:00  Participatory scenario development in the African context 28 January 2021 15:00 to 17:00 PhD Mid seminar with Darin Wahl 4 February 2021 11:00 to 12:00  Across the Development Divide: A North–South Perspective on Environmental Democracy 11 February 202

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-seminars-2021 - 2025-08-25

Mixed-reality project “Breathe” by Diego Galafassi and collaboration with Phi-Centre (Canada) and Crimes of Curiosity (U.S.A.)). Photo: Diego Galafassi. Diego Galafassi, researcher at LUCSUS, is leading a new research project on emerging media practices. Using co-creation, and a practice-led approach, the aim is to analyse how emerging media - innovative media forms at the intersection of art, sci

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-project-will-analyse-how-emerging-media-practices-and-art-can-support-sdgs - 2025-08-25

Forests are a really important ecosystem and their health depends on their biodiversity. Forests are not just a bunch of trees on a given piece of land, but they are complex systems, particularly in the tropics says Torsten Krause. A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across the world that are hotspots for deforestation - and where forests are under threat. A st

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-wwf-report-deforestation-fronts - 2025-08-25

We are delighted to welcome four new PhDs and post-docs to LUCSUS. They will work on climate change, loss and damage, disaster risk reduction, and socio-ecological systems, across three research projects. In this article, we present our new staff members. Inge-Merete Hougaard, Guy Jackson, Fabiola Espinoza Cordóva, Alicia N'guetta Guy Jackson, post-doctoral researcher  Guy Jackson is a human geogr

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-welcomes-four-new-phds-and-postdocs-0 - 2025-08-25

Sámi pastoralism depends on multi-purpose and continuous landscapes and relies on mobility and flexibility as an adaptive response to uncertain and dynamic environmental and climatic conditions. Photo: David Harnesk. A growing movement is fighting to protect the winter pasturelands of indigenous Sámi reindeer herders. At the same time there is an intense debate on trade-offs within forestry. Susta

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/historical-perspectives-and-mobilization-important-future-reindeer-winter-pastures - 2025-08-25

Just as important as dialogue and consultation is to recognize that social inequality is often at the heart of ongoing resistance says Mine Islar. Photo: Unsplash. The yellow vest movement in France brings to the fore growing tensions between implementing global climate policy and social, economic and regional concerns. Nation states could learn a lot from identifying pockets of resistance says LU

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/recognizing-resistance-crucial-sustainable-and-just-transition - 2025-08-25

Young man spraying pesticides, barefoot and without protective clothing Pesticide use in is an urgent concern for human health and the environment. New studies on pesticide practices in Ugandan smallholder agriculture highlight the need to focus on drivers and impacts of unsafe pesticide use instead of putting blame on farmers. Two recent research articles by LUCSUS researchers Elina Andersson and

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/it-not-farmers-who-drive-pesticide-use-it-lack-alternatives - 2025-08-25

XR demonstration in Malmö on February 29, 2020, photo credit: @knastergast Meet LUCSUS new postdoctoral researcher Salvatore Paolo De Rosa. Salvatore's research focuses on connecting social and climate movements, civil society organisations and NGOs in Sweden and Europe to better understand their relation with the knowledge generated by climate science and their engagement with legal frameworks. W

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/salvatore-paolo-de-rosa-explores-interactions-climate-movements-science-and-law - 2025-08-25

Fieldwork in the Transist project will take place in Maputo, Mozambique. Photo: Unsplash LUCSUS new postdoctoral researcher, Eric Hoddy, aims to develop a better understanding of the governance of climate change adaptation in informal urban settlements. In this short interview, he highlights what sustainability challenges he finds most interesting, what he likes about working at LUCSUS so far, and

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/eric-hoddy-studies-everyday-resistance-and-transformational-climate-change-adaptation-urban-poor - 2025-08-25

The theme for the first online Transformations Conference (17 – 18th June 2021), co-organised by LUCSUS, is about enabling positive tipping points for sustainability transformations. In this interview, conveners J. David Tàbara (GCF) and Diego Galafassi (LUCSUS), speak on key aims and hopes for the upcoming conference, and emphasise how a positive framing of the future can replace fear, social clo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/transformations-conference-2021-enabling-positive-tipping-points-sustainability - 2025-08-25

Marine coastal ecosystems such as seagrass beds, mangroves and coral reefs provide services of vital importance for coastal communities in the Caribbean. Photo: Pixabay. As a PhD student in the MaCoBios project, Fabiola Espinoza Córdova aims to explore how we can reframe adaptation to climate change in coastal communities towards more sustainable and just pathways. She believes that impacts on mar

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/fabiola-espinoza-cordova-studies-climate-change-adaptation-coastal-communities - 2025-08-25

Sustainability science has a lot to bring to society by connecting science and society to analyse and develop sustainable pathways. Therefore, sustainability science invites us to look beyond our area of expertise, says Alicia N'Guetta. Photo: Pixabay. Alicia N'Guetta is a PhD student working across two LUCSUS projects, MaCoBios and DICE. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation, liveliho

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/alicia-nguetta-uses-gender-lens-study-impacts-climate-change-marine-coastal-ecosystems - 2025-08-25

Do you want to do something great? Come and work with us at LUCSUS as a Event and Communication Intern. Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) is a world class sustainability centre for research, teaching and impact. During 2021, we welcome an intern with focus on social media, strategic communication and events. About the internship We are looking for an intern with strategic

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/event-and-communications-intern-lucsus - 2025-08-25

Researchers and/or local government can use the knowledge gaps identified in the study to develop data collection protocols that can help better monitor and assess the HAP impacts and improve them, says Maryam Nastar. Photo: Unsplash. In a new study, LUCSUS researcher Maryam Nastar, identifies key knowledge gaps in the evaluation of Ahmedabad’s Heat Action Plan (HAP), and highlights the need to lo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/heat-action-plans-urban-cities-risks-excluding-most-vulnerable - 2025-08-25

If the climate continues to be purely an environmental issue, Emily Boyd believes we will see more opposition to political decisions to limit emissions. Photo: Unsplash and Peter Frodin. A warmer world affects health, jobs, migration and welfare. We can no longer talk about the climate as a separate issue, says sustainability professor Emily Boyd. – Climate change has long been seen as something s

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/time-stop-talking-about-climate - 2025-08-25

Using menstrual cups can have significant benefits on women’s health and well-being in Tanzania. A unique pilot study from Tanzania, exploring the link between health – economy – well-being for women using menstrual cups, shows that extended menstrual cup use has multiple direct and indirect health outcomes, impacting women's physical and physiological health. Efforts to reduce period poverty for

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-multiple-health-outcomes-women-using-menstrual-cups-tanzania - 2025-08-25

Recording from an online dialogue between Nancy Fraser and Andras Malm at LUCSUS on May 18th 2021 Listen to a dialogue between Nancy Fraser and Andreas Malm on the current ecological crisis as well as on new forms of solidarity and struggle. This dialogue offers thought provoking interventions on the current ecological crisis as well as on new forms of solidarity and struggle. What change must be

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/dialogue-between-nancy-fraser-and-andreas-malm - 2025-08-25