News about Climate

New global health research projects about climate change and health in 2023

Danida Fellowship Center has granted the Global Health Section at the University of Copenhagen 30 million DKK for three new climate change and health related research projects in Tanzania, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

Nuggets mined from thousands of tweets can persuade us to eat more climate-friendly

Experience and opinion trump fact in Twitter conversations about sustainable food. In a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers demonstrate that natural language algorithms make it possible to identify people's…

Nuggets mined from thousands of tweets can persuade us to eat more climate-friendly

Experience and opinion trump fact in Twitter conversations about sustainable food. In a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers demonstrate that natural language algorithms make it possible to identify people's…

Invitation to the inauguration of professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen

Invitation to the inauguration of professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen March 3 at 1 pm in Copenhagen Plant Science Center Auditorium A2.11.01 - CPSC1, entrance via Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C

DKK 20 million from the A.P. Moller Foundation to the green transition

In the future Geocenter Denmark with the participation of IGN will be able to collect seismic data and knowledge about the underground for use in the green transition and for the training of students.

Dawoon Jung

Visiting Stay: March 2023 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…

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

Lachlan joins the Climate Desk at CILG from January, 2023

Christoffer Ousager

Christoffer joins the Climate Desk at CILG from January till February 2023

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.

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)

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.

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…