Published 17 April 2018 Bioenergy is the largest form of renewable energy worldwide. It actually generates more energy than wind, solar and hydropower combined. In the coming decades a huge increase in demand of biomass for energy purposes is expected. Where will this biomass come from and what are the impacts of this increased usage? Is this a threat to biodiversity? Will it lead to food shortage

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/debate-bioenergy-what-are-possibilities-and-trade-offs - 2025-07-03

Published 1 June 2018 Lund University is part of the core team for Climate-KICs latest Flagship programme, eCircular, aiming to crack down on plastic waste and radically reduce the use of plastic materials. The project aims to explore and use innovative digital tools to improve plastics waste prevention. This can, for example, include blockchain solutions for improved market transparency, data ana

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/ecircular-flagship-catalysing-switch-circular-economy-through-plastic-waste-prevention - 2025-07-03

Published 4 June 2018 In connection to the Nordic Clean Energy Week in Malmö and the International Energy Ministerial Meeting in Malmö and Copenhagen, Lund University and Climate-KIC hosted a panel discussion with leading researchers and other experts on the topic of bioenergy. The Debate was held as a Climate-KIC Sparks! Lecture. Bioenergy is the largest form of renewable energy worldwide. It act

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/bioenergy-movie - 2025-07-03

Published 20 July 2018 foto: Christine Singbrant In July 2018 we are hosting a Climate-KIC Journey Summer school in Lund. On Monday the 16/7 we were visiting the ICOS station in Hyltemossa and Radio Kristianstad made a short interview and article. Read the article and listen to the interview at Sveriges Radios web page

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-summerschool-field-trip-and-radio - 2025-07-03

Published 12 September 2018 Climate-KICs Autumn call have now opened. You may apply for financing of innovation projects and education activities within the area Climate-KICs Impact Goals. The call is for different types of projects: Pathfinder                        – up to 100 000 Euro with at least 20% co-financePartner Accelerator        – up to 100 000 Euro with at least 20% co-financeDemonst

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/call-open - 2025-07-03

Published 27 September 2018 Increased plastic recycling and/or reduced usage of plastic materials is crucial to reach set environmental and climate targets. How can plastic waste better be used as a resource and can digitalisation help?Projections show a doubling of plastic usage in the coming decades. Can this development be avoided? Could we instead aim for lower consumption of plastics?What are

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/lowering-climate-impact-plastic-materials - 2025-07-03

Published 27 September 2018 It is time for a new Climathon in Lund! Climathon is a 24-hour hackathon for climate solutions that is taking place in over 100 cities all around the world on the 26-27th of October. We face a number of common serious climate challenges and we need to work together, beyond traditional boundaries, in order to find new innovative solutions. Climathon in Lund will focus on

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2018 - 2025-07-03

By lina [dot] grip [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Grip) - published 25 October 2018 26-27 oktober arrangeras Climathon i Lund, en global 24-timmars klimatförändrings-hackathon som sker samtidigt i över 100 städer runt om i världen. Lösningarna som arbetas fram fokuserar på att minska plastens klimatpåverkan. Studenter, forskare, entreprenörer och andra intresserade kommer att ägna ett helt dygn

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-ska-minska-plastproblem - 2025-07-03

Published 1 November 2018 “Solutions to limit the climate impact of plastics” was the topic of this years Climathon in Lund. The 24 hour hackathon gathered 54 participants and was thereby one of the larger among the 113 Climathons held simultaneous all around the world. Climathon in Lund was organised by a consortia of five very different organisations, Lunds Universitet, Lunds Kommun, Sysav, Ideo

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2018-0 - 2025-07-03

Published 28 January 2019 The Journey is the world's largest climate innovation summer school. If you are a masters student you can apply for the Journey. Apply at Climate-KICs web before the deadline 18th of February. The picture is from the Journey in Lund 2018. You can read more about this 3 or 5 week program at Climate-KICs web or watch the video to get inspiration:

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/apply-journey - 2025-07-03

Published 29 August 2019 The Journey Summer School visited Lund University for ten days this August. We first meet the group of 40 students in Älmhult (coming with boat/buss from Tallin). The students represented 23 different nationalities from several continents. In Älmhult we treated them with a rainy (vegan) barbeque and a nice sleepover at Sjöstugans Camping. The next day we had a full day at

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/journey-lund-2019 - 2025-07-03

Published 10 September 2019 What will everyday life in a fossil free society be like? Let´s find out together! By the year 2050 the world must have reached net zero Co2 emissions in order to reach the climate goal of 1,5 degrees global warming. Today 80% of all energy generation consists of fossil fuels (coal oil and gas). What will the fossil free society of 2050 look like, in Sweden and in the r

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/fantastic-fossil-free-futures - 2025-07-03

Published 20 January 2020 Applications for Climate-KICs Climate innovation summerschool "the Journey 2020" has now opened! Applications for Climate-KICs Climate innovation summerschool "the Journey 2020" has now opened and will be open until 17/2. PROLONGED TO 1/3 The Jouney is four weeks long and courses will be held in a early period in July as well as in a later period in August. In each period

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/journey-summer-school-2020 - 2025-07-03

Published 7 April 2020 It is going well for many of the companies in Climate-KICs Nordic Accelerator. One of the success stories is Swedish Algae Factory that has just secured 53 MSEK in funding. Swedish Algae Factory extracts a unique nanoporous silica material from algae. The material has exceptional properties when it comes to light as well as the ability to absorb or release particles dependin

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/swedish-algae-factory-secures-funding - 2025-07-03

Published 7 April 2020 The biannual Nordic Accelerator intake boot camp was hosted on the 5-6 of March this year. Twenty founders gathered in Malmö to take part in a series of thought-provoking workshops and finally pitched to qualify into the first stage of our Accelerator programme. Five workshops and twenty pitches later, the panel and the Nordic Accelerator team reached the final decision. The

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/spring-arrivals-nordic-accelerator - 2025-07-03

Published 7 October 2020 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 b

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-skane-2020 - 2025-07-03

By olof [dot] blomqvist [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Olof Blomqvist) - published 24 September 2021 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 take

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2021 - 2025-07-03

Published 16 November 2021 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 c

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2021-0 - 2025-07-03

Published 18 August 2023 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 cli

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2022 - 2025-07-03

Published 13 December 2016 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). M

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/report-climate-kic-innovation-summit-frankfurt-811 - 2025-07-03