Can the Mediterranean become the new offshore wind powerhouse of Europe? There is a gap in legal and policy analysis on the challenges for offshore wind in the Mediterranean. The new interdisciplinary research project, WINDMED, will try to provide the answers needed to move forward.
Louise Irvall Rasmussen and Astrid Breck The Additional Protocol on the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment and its effect on the individual’s current legal status in ECHR
World Wetlands Day: Bogs hold an important key to the climate crisis Peat bogs store twice as much CO2 as all of the world's forests combined. A new research center at the University of Copenhagen will map Earth’s wetlands and provide important knowledge about the greenhouse gas budgets…
New study reports that Greenland is a methane sink rather than a source Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland. The results of the new study contribut…
Asparagus and orchids are more similar than you think How is a beech leaf constructed? What determines the appearance of an asparagus? A new 'encyclopaedia’ created by researchers at the University of Copenhagen helps us learn more about the building blocks of plants. The…
New study on global biodiversity hotspots Based on millions of distribution data, researchers reveal unexpected patterns that may redefine our understanding of global hotspots of biodiversity.
Innovative stormwater solution unveiled to tackle record rainfall in Denmark Denmark faced unprecedented rainfall in 2023, breaking historical records and posing ongoing challenges with stormwater and flooding of streets and basements. Rather than resorting to expanding CO2-intensive concrete…
Large nitrous oxide emissions from flooded fields suggests action AGRICULTURE Danish agriculture faces challenges in reducing the release of greenhouse gases. New research from the University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Nature Management (IGN) reveals unexpectedly…
A grassroot movement fighting for sustainability grown big CPR Goes Green started as a grassroot initiative at CPR almost four years ago. Now the initiative has spread to many places at SUND and the “Goes Green”-teams are learning from each other’s initiatives to help labs to…
2023 Publications Highlights VOLT center started this year and there have been many exciting activities, collaborations, new people joining, cool instruments arriving and promising data being generated. While most of the new data still needs to be…
Enacting biochar as a climate solution in Denmark Postdoc Inge-Merete Hougaard has recently published the article 'Enacting biochar as a climate solution in Denmark' in the journal Environmental Science and Policy.
Alessandro Galli Alessandro Galli is LLM candidate in Law at the University of Milan. His master thesis research focuses on the role of the State aid as a potential tool for the protection of the environment, the development of renewabl…
Call for Abstracts – InterAct Conference International Law-Making: Actors in Shipping and Climate Change The Center for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen welcomes proposals for paper presentations for the conference ‘International law-making: Actors in shipping and…
Call for Abstracts - Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability: Oceans Special Edition The Center for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) and the Copenhagen Ocean Hub are organizing a special edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability with a focus on oceans. The…
10 months of VOLT: a review of 2023 VOLT has started in March 2023 and what a year it has been! The official opening ceremony was in June, with a great turnout, VIP guest speakers and a musical moment, followed by a reception. In addition, while waiting…
Large nitrous oxide emissions from flooded fields suggests action New research from IGN reveals unexpectedly large nitrous oxide emissions from the flooded fields on Zealand. The results have recently been published in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment.
Researchers invent "methane cleaner": Could become a permanent fixture in cattle and pig barns In a spectacular new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have used light and chlorine to eradicate low-concentration methane from air. The result gets us closer to being able to remove greenhouse gases…
Student creates green investment tool A student at University of Copenhagen has developed a method for optimizing profit relative to risk while also including sustainability and social responsibility concerns. The tool is relevant to both professional and…
Eirik Finserås Eiriks research is related to a comparative assessment of national licensing procedures for offshore wind in the North Sea Basin. Currently entitled `A Comparative Legal Analysis of North Sea Offshore Wind Licensing…
Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar vulnerable to underreported extreme heat would not have occurred without climate change Researchers Nick Baumgard and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health join their peers in this new study (featured on the Guardian) titled "Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar highly vulnerable to…
Two New Scientists on Tenure Track Natural History Museum of Denmark has hired two new researchers on tenure track: Natalie Eva Iwanycki Ahlstrand, a botanist, and João Araújo, a mycologist.
Reflections on the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023 Three students studying Disaster Risk Management - Katharina Bucsits, Madeline Ewbank and Christos Tsampoulatidis - attended HC Berlin in-person and share their takeaways on key themes below.