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Dawoon Jung

Dr Dawoon Jung is a Research Fellow in the Ocean Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and an associate editor of the Asian Journal of International law.

The highest Greenland temperatures in 1000 years

Recent high temperatures on the ice sheet in central and northern Greenland lies are unique, when compared to 1000 years of reconstructed climate conditions on the ice sheet.

What the heck are pulses? European unawareness stands in the way of this “green” superfood

European consumption of pulses doesn’t stack up against national dietary recommendations – with Denmark in last place. This is the finding of a new EU-funded study by the University of Copenhagen as part of the…

Lachlan Bryant Lugg

Investigation of the ongoing impacts of climate change in Australia

Christoffer Ousager

The role of International Law in accommodating Climate Action in the European Union

BBC Interview with Maria Pettersson

Maria Pettersson, partner in the FutureArcticLives project, in interview with BBC News about the plight of reindeer herders in the face of the Arctic industry boom.

Researchers reject 30-year-old paradigm: The emergence of forests did not reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

For more than 30 years, researchers throughout the world have assumed that the emergence of forests on the planet reduced the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. But this is not the case, a new study concludes. The insight…

Rwandan tree carbon stock mapped from above

Breakthrough in climate change mitigation: Researchers at University of Copenhagen have developed accurate nation-wide mapping of the carbon content of trees based on aerial images.

New CMS Report: Climatising Security Policy

How have the political discourses about climate change influenced security policies? New CMS report investigates the emerging international landscape on ‘climatising’ security policies that Denmark must navigate.

First local workshop and meet-up in Norway

“Biodiversity and well-being implications of climate change for coastal Saami in Northern Norway” in Porsanger, Norway.

Project launch workshops

Two project launch workshops were held in Tumu (March 31-April 1, 2022) and Navrongo (August 8-9, 2022) in Northern Ghana.

A new land reform can address climate challenges facing the agricultural sector, researchers argue

Rewetting low-lying organic soils that are currently under agricultural cultivation has a significant effect on greenhouse gas emissions, but can be a difficult, time-consuming process.

Earth’s many new lakes

The number of lakes on our planet has increased substantially in recent decades, according to a unique global survey of 3.4 million lakes that the University of Copenhagen has taken part in. There has been a particular…

Almost every other Dane is trying to cut back on meat

New sociological research shows that almost half of the Danish population is trying to reduce their meat consumption.

Call for Abstracts – EnAct Conference Human Rights and Investment Law for Climate Change: Trends and Prospects

The Centre for International Law and Governance welcomes proposals for paper presentations

Psychology professor: Experiences in Virtual Reality can motivate us to climate action

Most people see the need for a green transition, but our actions do not always follow suit, says professor in psychology Guido Makransky.

Psychology professor: Experiences in Virtual Reality can motivate us to climate action

Most people see the need for a green transition, but our actions do not always follow suit, says professor in psychology Guido Makransky.

Workshop in Leiden (Nov 16-18)

The workshop included presentations of (preliminary) results from the following: Leiden University Sofia Gomes Impact of forest soil microbial communities on tree performance Kostas Georgopoulos Afforesting with…

Jon Arrizabalaga Iriarte & Lide Lejonagoitia Garmendia

Master's project: Firn densification under arbitrary stresses Supervisors: Aslak Grinsted, Christine S. Hvidberg, Nicholas M. Rathmann

Jiamei Lin

Global volcanism as seen in ice cores during the last glacial cycle Supervisor: Anders Svensson

Pushing the Boundaries in Disaster Studies: Reflections from the NEEDS 2022 PhD Workshop

Integrated in this year's Northern European Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS) Conference in Copenhagen, there was a two-day PhD Workshop which took place between October 31 and November 1.

Chemists to capture atmospheric methane with sugar

Can a carbohydrate actually suck methane, a greenhouse gas, directly out of the air? Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Science are in the process of finding out. Methane gas is 86 times more poten…

Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming

An international team of research scientists, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has documented the central role of vegetation for Arctic warming for the first time. The new results allow us to make more…

Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming

An international team of research scientists, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has documented the central role of vegetation for Arctic warming for the first time. The new results allow us to make more…