Climate and Climate Change

Portrait picture of Björn-Ola Linnér sitting outside with some trees in the background.

Björn-Ola Linnér: I am a frustrated optimist

Climate researcher Björn-Ola Linnér never imagined an academic career. Here you can hear him talk about the road to becoming a professor and, as a researcher, active in the environmental debate.

Climate change affects greenhouse gas emissions from stream networks

Natural greenhouse gas emissions from streams and lakes are strongly linked to water discharge and temperature. This knowledge is necessary to assess how man-made climate change is altering greenhouse emissions from natural landscapes.

The sun and a thermometer showing high temperatures.

Risky climate measures studied in new research project

The climate crisis has led some experts to argue that more risky measures now have to be investigated. But how do the scientists involved reason when it comes to uncertainty? This is the subject of a new research project at Linköping University.

Researcher at a archeological excavation site.

Climate change and the rise and fall of civilisations

Pronounced climate fluctuations and changed conditions for agriculture coincided with the rise and fall of the Persian Empires, according to an international study. The study highlights the vulnerability of human societies to fluctuating climate.

Girl with backpack standing in flooded village.

The Paris Agreement – better measurement methods needed

The Paris Agreement says that we should reduce the emission of greenhouse gases to limit the rise in global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius. But do we have the measurement methods needed? LiU-researchers have the disheartening answer.

Trump and Thunberg – different, yet similar

Despite their contradictory messages, there are great similarities between Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg. A research article shows how both use populist rhetoric that draws black-and-white contrasts and offers simple solutions.

Two blonde girls are holding a sign at a climate demonstration. More people and signs are visible in the background.

LiU researchers at Cop26 in Glasgow

Five climate researchers from Linköping University will be in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference, Cop26, which opens on 31 October.

Agriculture – a climate villain? Maybe not!

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claims that agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases, and is considered as a climate villain. This conclusion is based on a paradigm that can be questioned, writes Per Frankelius.

NSC and SMHI contribute to global climate research

Starting in the autumn of 2019, climate data has been delivered to the global climate research programme CMIP6 from the NSC at Linköping University. This is the result of a long-standing collaboration between SMHI and the NSC.

Solar cells on the houses in a village in Fiji.

“A lot of good is done for the environment in many parts of the world”

Researchers have studied how ordinary people around the world view environmental problems, and whether they face any in their day-to-day lives. The interviews gave the researchers hope – and some clever solutions.

Countries see opportunities in climate measures

Researchers at LiU have investigated the ways in which countries describe climate change and the measures for addressing it: Is it a threat or an opportunity?

Progress in hunt for unknown compounds in drinking water

When we drink a glass of water, we ingest an unknown amount of by-products that are formed in the treatment process. Researchers have been able to detect new compounds – where every water treatment plant has a unique combination.

Reactions to 21st-century mining policy

Sweden is once again a leading mining nation – but at what cost? Researchers have analysed the transformation of Swedish mining policy, and the many conflicts the policy has caused.

Top marks for COP24 negotiators

Climate researcher Mathias Fridahl from the Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change awards top marks to the negotiators at COP24. At the last minute, a rulebook was adopted for the global work towards achieving the climate objectives set in the Paris Agreement, 2015.

Joining forces for climate change adaptation at Nordic conference

Climate change affects us all, and we have to do something to do about it. This message was clear after the Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, which was attended by more than 400 representatives from municipal, regional and national government, as well as the business and research sectors.

Baltic Sea Region researchers give the sea a chance

The nutrient load on the Baltic Sea has dropped, but is expected to increase again as a result of global warming. Four EU research projects gathered for a final conference to present and discuss their results on what more we can do.

A tricky job assessing the vulnerability of agriculture

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the vulnerability of our agriculture to climate change. Current methods for assessing climate change vulnerability also have problems and require improvement. This is according to a doctoral thesis.

Conference on climate change adaptation – Nordic style

Climate change affects all the Nordic countries, and can make us more vulnerable. A Nordic conference will allow various stakeholders to get together, and be inspired by solutions to the problem of climate change.

Knowledge – a distant beacon or the motor that drives the climate transition?

When discussing the transition to a more climate-friendly society, different groups attach different meanings to the concept of knowledge, this has been shown by researchers at Linköping University.

Research in the Amazon basin reveals large methane emissions through trees

Methane emissions via trees growing in the Amazon basin equal the emissions from all of the world’s oceans or the Arctic tundra wetlands, according to a new study by scientists from, among others, Linköping University in Sweden.

Public – and researchers – sceptical to climate engineering

What does the general public know about climate engineering, and what do they think about what they know? These were questions asked by researchers from Linköping University, together with researchers from Japan, the US and New Zealand.

UN climate change efforts are helping

There has been much criticism of international climate change collaboration. However climate change researchers paint a more positive picture. The UN’s climate change conferences are forums that make a difference.

National coordination for successful climate change action

Prabhat Upadhyaya has investigated how international climate policy frameworks have been implemented in India, Brazil and South Africa.

Little interest in new climate change technology

Technology that “vacuums” the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and stores it underground can be a way of reducing global warming. But there is little interest in investing in this technology, according to a recent study by LiU researchers.

The election causes concern at Marrakech climate change meeting

Donald Trump has not presented himself as a fan of climate change agreements, and has called environmental science a ‘bluff’. Two researchers from LiU have discussed some of the environmental issues currently facing.

Predicting the effects of climate change on the ecosystems of northern lakes

David Bastviken and six other researchers have been awarded nearly SEK 37 million. The money will be used to study the effects of climate change on the ecosystems of northern lakes

Biogas – worth fighting for

“We must tell the world that we could achieve 50% of the EU’s environmental objective for the transport sector using biofuel”. Prof Willy Verstraete issued a call to arms to the participants of the ATBEST biogas conference in Linköping.

Risky to manipulate the climate

The risks of intentionally manipulating the climate to stop the warming of the earth in progress has been

Large methane emissions from northern lakes

Climate-sensitive regions in the north are home to most of the world’s lakes. New research shows that these freshwaters are critical emitters of methane, a more effective greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

Klimatkonferens / Climate change conference, Paris

Non-state actors highly valued at climate change negotiations

Organisations, businesses, researchers and representatives of aboriginal populations make important contributions to the decisions made at climate change negotiations – according to the decision-makers themselves.

Global warming will be faster than expected

The reason is that greenhouse gas emissions that arise naturally are also affected by increased temperatures. This has been confirmed in a new study from LiU that measures natural methane emissions.

Coniferous forests bind chlorine more easily than deciduous

In deciding where nuclear waste is to be stored, knowledge is needed of how chlorine behaves in nature. Researchers can show that chlorine is bound and sticks much more easily in organic material than previously believed.

Tough to find alternatives to cumbersome UN negotiations

The United Nations’ climate change negotiations are sometimes criticised for inefficiency and meagre results. But there are no obvious alternatives, according to two researchers from Linköping University in a study published in Nature Climate Change.

Climate change - does it exist?”

Personal experience influences our perception of reality more than theoretically based information. These are the findings of a study of how Swedish farmers view climate change.

A way to measure climate effects

Planting and conserving forests is good for the climate. In REDD poor countries are rewarded for exactly this. But the way REDD is set up at present, there is a great risk that deforestation is moved to a different country

Higher temperatures increase methane emissions from freshwater environments

Rising global temperatures will lead to increasing natural emissions of greenhouse gas methane from freshwater environments – something that, in turn, could contribute to further warming of the Earth, as shown in a study...

Lots of carbon dioxide equivalents from aquatic environments

Large amounts of carbon dioxide equivalents taken up by plants on land are returned to the atmosphere from aquatic environments. This according to a study carried out by two master’s students at Linköping University.

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Research

Megabytes vs Megawatts: Understanding Infrastructural Frictions between Data Centers and Energy Grids for Sustainable Digitalization

Aiding adaptation

To explore and visualize how cities are transitioning

Energy-related practices in transition

Sustainable supply chains in Swedish industry

NAMAs, support to developing countries to reduce emissions

Non-state actors in climate cooperation

Visual Water

Towards a comprehensive understanding of transport of energy and greenhouse gases in lacustrine ecosystems (GHG-LAKE)

Linköping University Climate Engineering Research Programme

Increasing homeowners adaptive capacity

The role of urban experiments in triggering climate transitions

Sustainable management of Amazon forest: a win-win for resource utilization and climate mitigation

Climate Change Policy Integration in Local Policy and Planning CLIPP

Greenhouse gas sensors for the future

Adapting agriculture to climate change

Gender analysis of the Swedish energy and environmental policy

Swedish mining policy

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