Green research and green solutions

Universities have a special position and a responsibility to play a key role in shaping a more sustainable future. At the University of Copenhagen, a focal point is, therefore, research and education that contribute to solutions addressing sustainability and global challenges.

Over two billion people thirst for drinking water

Jiwoong Lee turns sea water into drinking water. That usually requires large amounts of energy, but a new method can desalt the water by the use of CO2.

Green research centres

KU's nye maskinrum for løsningsorienteret, tværdisciplinær grøn forskning

Centret fremmer tværfaglig forskning og samarbejde mellem forskere, erhvervsliv og beslutningstagere.

Forskning i klima og bæredygtighed inden for samfundsvidenskaben.

The Centre for Sustainable Futures (CSF) is committed to research that supports a green transition of society

Current climate and sustainability research

Plant-based foods

Researchers want to convert rapeseed proteins from feed to food

Providing enough proteins through sustainable food production is a huge challenge up to 2050, when the global population is expected to be 9.7 billion people.

Significantly reducing agricultural CO2 emissions by way of wheatgrass

Wheatgrass has the potential to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in Denmark by up to 10 percent

Green research and green solutions

Twenty years on, biodiversity struggles to take root in restored wetlands

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that – after more than two decades – biodiversity growth has stalled in restored…

Eske Willerslev found the past in two grams of soil. His finding gives us a window into the future

As a student, Professor Eske Willerslev had an idea: He wanted to extract DNA directly from the soil. This has led to major scientific breakthroughs and an entire new research field, eDNA, for which he now receives one…

Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique "sun stones"

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists from the University of Copenhagen can now show…

Historic Drilling Campaign Reaches more than 1.2-Million-Year-Old Ice

It is expected that the 2,800 meter deep ice core drilling down to the bedrock under the Antarctic ice sheet for the first time will reveal crucial details about the earth's climate and the history of the atmosphere mor…

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More information about climate and sustainability

We have put together a course mapping, to gather courses and programmes related to the sustainability field - all in one page.