Published 24 May 2021 The Swedish government has on 20 May 2021 decided on an assignment to the Swedish Forestry Agency to start re-wetting drained peatlands to reduce the amount of climate gases. This decision is based on the government inquiry “Vägen till en klimatpositiv framtid” (SOU2020:4). Findings from BECC-researchers, among others Åsa Kasimir, Katarina Hedlund, Jessica Coria, Mark Brady,

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/assignment-swedish-forestry-agency-start-re-wetting-drained-peatlands - 2025-07-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 2 June 2021 The forest has many benefits. What climate benefit you get by leaving the forest for storing carbon, or by extracting biomass that can replace fossil raw materials, largely depends on the time horizon. Photo: kn1/IStockphoto. The forest is currently at the centre of an intense debate. It concerns, in

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-benefits-forest-balancing-act-prioritisation - 2025-07-05

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 11 August 2021 Helena Hanson, researcher. Photo: Anna Maria Erling. They become smaller as urbanisation increases. Troublesome, according to researcher Helena Hanson, because urban private gardens affect both cities’ biodiversity and human wellbeing by functioning as social green spaces. Now she strikes a blow

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/urban-private-gardens-promote-biodiversity - 2025-07-05

By lotte [dot] billing [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotte Billing) - published 12 August 2021 Climate researchers Markku Rummukainen and Kimberly Nicholas are interviewed about the latest UN climate panel report. Photo by NOAA on Unsplash. Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC repre

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2025-07-05

Published 10 July 2021 Climate change and biodiversity losses have long been addressed in parallel organisations. Now the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are launching the first global report that integrates the two issues. This is a welcome and much needed move, according to three

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-report-measures-support-both-climate-and-biodiversity - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] nikoleris [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Nikoleris) - published 2 September 2021 Photo: Charlotte Carlberg This year's Annual meeting: Ecosystem-based climate mitigation and adaptation ​Submit your title and abstract (250 words) by 15th of October. ​ Call for presentations 4 talks will be selected Length: 10 minutes incl. questions ​Submit your title and abstract (250 words) by 15t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-presentations-and-posters-becc-annual-meeting-2021 - 2025-07-05

By cheryl [dot] sjostrom [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Cheryl Sjöström and Helena Gonzales Lindberg) - published 24 September 2021 At this ClimBEco summer meeting, mostly held online but with parallel in-person workshops in Gothenburg, Lund and Malmö, was themed around one of humanities ultimate equalizers; that of food. The way we produce, move and use food globally has important implications on ju

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/summary-climbeco-summer-meeting-2021-food-andeverything-else - 2025-07-05

Published 27 September 2021 Welcome to Professor Nina Buchmann from the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zürich. The main research topics of Nina Buchmann include (1) plant and ecosystem physiology, (2) biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems, i.e., forest, grassland and cropland, particularly the response of soil and ecosystem carbon, nitrogen and water dynamics to climatic co

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-guest-researchers-professor-nina-buchmann-and-associated-professor-oliver-sonnentag - 2025-07-05

Published 5 October 2021 Lawrence, Hitchcock et al 2003 Professor Adam Hitchcock is one of the most renown and experienced researchers in x-ray adsorption microscopy and especially soft X-ray transmission microscopy (STXM). He has been a full professor at the department of Chemistry at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario since 1989.  A major part of his work is the development of new experime

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-guest-researcher-professor-adam-hitchcock - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] nikoleris [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Nikoleris) - published 27 October 2021 Image: IStock On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's canceled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. As part of the Paris Agreement in 2015, it

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-07-05

Published 7 February 2022 Image: Ines Jakobsson Dear all, We are proud to welcome you to the first national scientific climate conference in Sweden - a unique opportunity for climate scientists to interact, reflect, and identify knowledge gaps and opportunities for the future. The Swedish Climate Symposium will highlight the main conclusions of the 6th Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC and its c

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/welcome-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-07-05

By cheryl [dot] sjostrom [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Cheryl Sjöström) - published 29 March 2022 Photo by Ars Buchatski on Unsplash. In February, ClimBEco PhD students gathered for our annual winter meeting. For the second consecutive year – but hopefully for the last time – the meeting was held digitally due to pandemic restrictions, with a small lunch gathering at the conclusion. During this two-

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climbeco-winter-meeting-2022-summary - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] nikoleris [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] see (Lina Nikoleris) - published 23 June 2022 The BECC Board and the BECC and MERGE steering group at the University of Gothenburg (UGOT) have decided to strengthen the interdisciplinary development of BECC research by announcing funding for up to six 2-year post doc positions. This effort aims to specifically favour BECC’s research development withi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-6-becc-post-docs-years-2023-2025-and-becc-call-research-funding-prolonged - 2025-07-05

By lina [dot] nikoleris [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] see (Lina Nikoleris) - published 30 August 2022 Professor Sprinz will join Lund University as BECC guest researcher during two time periods; from mid-September to the end of October this year, and for another six week period during the spring term 2023. His BECC hosting institution will be the Department of Political Science. Prof. Detlef Sprinz Prof

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-guest-researcher-professor-detlef-sprinz - 2025-07-05

Published 22 May 2024 Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we talk about the climate and endangered species. Ahead of Biodiversity Day on 22 May, Maria Hansson, a researcher at Lund University and member of BECC, offers tips on how to create a non-toxic environment in your own garden, benefiting all its inhab

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2025-07-05

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 23 May 2024 Opening session of Swedish Climate Symposium 2024 After a year of intensive work by many involved, the Swedish Climate Symposium with its close to 400 participants, has come to an end. Now an evaluation of the conference awaits, but the feeling is that most people experienced it as a successful event. To take the p

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/voices-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-07-05

Published 5 September 2014 Welcome to a BECC seminar on October 6th with invited speaker Professor Detlef Sprinz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and University of Potsdam. The European Union has perceived itself as a leader to curb global climate change. This necessitates that ambitious intra-EU policies are implemented by its member states to lend credibility to its claim. Th

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/effectiveness-eu-policies-comply-kyoto-protocol - 2025-07-05

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 8 July 2024 The common reed is considered a weed, but in the farmed landscape it can benefit biodiversity as its seeds become food for insects and its pollen is a mummy for some pollinators. Here it grows beautifully in a spring barley field. One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustain

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/organic-farms-potential-higher-yields - 2025-07-05

Published 9 September 2014 A new article in Ecology Letters has shown for the first time that grassland plants dependent on insect pollination are particularly susceptible to increasing land-use intensity in the landscape. Authors are BECC researchers Yann Clough, Johan Ekroos, BECC coordinator Henrik Smith et al. The researchers investigated the effects of land-use intensity in the surrounding la

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-about-grassland-plants-and-surrounding-land-use - 2025-07-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 5 September 2024 Children in areas with lower socioeconomic levels gain the most from targeted nature projects, especially if they have no direct access to nature close to where they live. Photo: Anna Avdeeva/iStockphoto The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to natu

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-circumstances-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2025-07-05