News about Sustainability

Six of nine planetary boundaries now exceeded

New study led by Professor Katherine Richardson updates the Planetary Boundaries framework and shows human activities are increasingly impacting the planet.

Nature draws the hunters out and the leases up

The possibility of shooting game is neither what primarily drives hunters out nor the hunting lease price up. The biggest factors, on the other hand, are associated with outdoor recreation, camaraderie and location,…

Three new projects for CILG researchers at the Crown Princess Mary Centre

Five new projects have been selected this year by the Crown Princess Mary Centre. CILG researchers are part of three out of five of these projects.

Researchers discover how to turn bitter lupins sweet

Lupin seeds are high in protein and could become a sustainable alternative to imported soybeans, but many varieties contain alkaloids that make them toxic and bitter. Now researchers from University of Copenhagen have…

FutureArcticLives høringssvar til Landsplanredegørelsen

I februar 2023 sendte Grønlands Selvstyre, Departementet for Finanser og Ligestilling, redegørelsen Det nødvendige vedligehold. Redegørelse om landsplan 2023 (også kaldet Landsplanredegørelsen) i høring.…

FutureArcticLives second joint physical meeting in Tromsø

Tromsø, August 2023: FutureArcticLives held its second in-person meeting and workshop. Associate Professor Camilla Bratland hosted the meeting at the Arctic University of Norway (UiT).

HealthFerm Citizen Science is calling on sourdough bakers and fermentation enthusiasts

During a series of workshops, home bakers can share their experience in baking sourdough bread as a part of the pan European research project HealthFerm.

Michele di Marco, Disaster Management Alumni part of Design for Healthcare SURGE: A Toolkit for the African Region

The WHO Téchne, the WHO Regional Office for Africa and the Téchne member Politecnico di Torino were awarded the first prize of the UIA International Innovative Health Design Awards 2023 under the category: Theoretical…

Filippo Garelli

Filippo Garelli is a PhD candidate in Public, Comparative and International Law at Sapienza University of Rome (Department of Political Science), curriculum International Order and Human Rights.

Catherine Hall

Catherine Hall is a PhD candidate at the Center for Climate Change, Energy & Environmental Law (CCEEL) at the University of Eastern Finland. Prior to joining CCEEL, Catherine graduated with a Master’s degree in Global…

Hartshorn salt and “baking” solves a serious environmental problem

Polyester is the second most used textile in the world and an environmental menace, especially because most of it never gets recycled. The fabric, a blend of plastic and cotton, has been difficult for the industry to…

Elena Cima

Elena Cima is a Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of Geneva, where she teaches courses on international environmental law, energy law, and investment law.

Lauge Poulsen

Lauge Poulsen is Professor of International Relations & Law at University College London.

Nikolaos Karampatzos

Nikolaos Karampatzos is a PhD candidate at the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

FutureArcticLives conducts fieldwork in East Greenland

FutureArcticLives has conducted field work in East Greenland and interviewed two seasoned hunters.

“Super Mixtures”: Adding Delicious Flavors to Alcohol-Free Beer

If non-alcoholic beer tasted better, it would probably make up a larger proportion of total beer sales and therefore improve public health. A group of researchers at the University of Copenhagen want to make this a…

University of Copenhagen Offers New Education in Plant-Based Foods

The Danish food sector is at the forefront globally, and as part of maintaining and preferably improving this position during the green transition, the University of Copenhagen has established a new specialization, a…

Researchers will explore and develop a new ecological ethics

With support from VELUX FONDEN, a collaboration between anthropologists and theologians will pave the way for a new ecological ethics that focuses on the interaction between nature and human interests.

Double grant success for waste and circular economy law research

Dr Katrien Steenmans, postdoc on the Circular Supply Chains – identifying legal risks (CirCus) project, has been awarded two small grants.

Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick

Intensive pesticide use on coffee farms around the world is leading to progressively more reports of poor human and animal health. Coffee production needs to return to its roots and rediscover sustainability, according…

Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick

Intensive pesticide use on coffee farms around the world is leading to progressively more reports of poor human and animal health. Coffee production needs to return to its roots and rediscover sustainability, according…

Danish innovation to convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

UCPH FOOD is leading a project that will convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into valuable seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Half of plant proteins in the EU come from rapeseed plants. Until now, the plant has only been used for oil and animal feed, as it is both bitter and unsafe for human consumption. In a new study published in Nature,…