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Figure 1. Parking and charging duration for overnight parking events. (10-minute resolution). Kobayashi et al. (2024)

GPS logging of smart charging of electric vehicles

Filip Johnsson, Maria Taljegard and Yuki Kobayashi from Chalmers University of Technology, investigate the smart charging of electric vehicles, specifically GPS logging of driving and charging patterns.

Solving recycling challenges with sustainable polymers

Angela Ivanova, CEO & Co-Founder, explains how her firm LAM’ON solves recycling challenges. A shift to sustainable polymers will reduce the environmental footprint of non-degradable packaging materials; we discover.

Harnessing nature for more sustainable food systems

Markus Wyss and Ian Carr emphasize the importance of nature-positive innovations to address the pressing environmental challenges.
Girl biking at Pohjolankatu

Tourism redefined in sustainable Helsinki: The epitome of smart and sustainable travel

Helsinki, a sustainability powerhouse, emerges as a global leader in smart tourism. Boasting a top-ranking for sustainable travel, Helsinki pioneers carbon neutrality, community engagement, and innovation, setting the stage for a green urban future.
Iconic sandy beach and coastal dune system in Porto Pino (Italy)

Climate change threatens beach tourism

The Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) and the Blue Flag Programme cooperate on the beach and coastal tourism adaptation to climate change.
medical research in pharmaceutical factory laboratory.

The research experiences for undergraduates (REU) program

Greg M. Swain, hailing from the Department of Chemistry at Michigan State University, examines cross-disciplinary training in sustainable chemistry and chemical processes, including the critical role of mentoring and finding research experiences for undergraduates.
Forest fire at night, Climate change human health and wildfires

Building a resilient future: Tackling climate change, human health and wildfires

Mónica Rodrigues from the University of Coimbra and Fantina Tedim from the University of Porto, both in Portugal, present their perspectives on climate, human health, and wildfires to create a future that is both sustainable and resilient.
Figure 1: A. Agroecological farming methods, “Parelheiros”, to produce greens to be marketed at local co-operatives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. B. A field of wheat grown using conventional farming methods in the UK

Urban living laboratories: Opportunities for modelling sustainability transitions

Here, a group of academics present Urban Living Laboratories to study sustainable food production systems, using systems dynamic modelling to analyse policy alternatives.
food waste concept

Zero food waste city 2049: Identifying barriers to transition pathways

An Urban Living Lab in the UK have tested newly integrated systems approaches and valuation methods to understand how to reduce the city’s food waste.
Toronto Hospital Row, Canada

How can the health sector support Canada’s net-zero ambition?

Fiona A. Miller, Professor & Director at the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems, University of Toronto in Canada, explores how the health sector supports Canada’s net-zero ambition.
Clean and dirty air over a big city

How do we envision the sustainable society we want to create?

Here, Professor Masahide Sakamoto uses Japanese pollution research as a case study for thinking about and understanding how to create a sustainable society.

An exploration of the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment

Here, Dr. Mónica Rodrigues explores the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment (CPSA) efforts to prevent climate change, promote sustainability, enact a Global Health System Strategy and so much more.
Taroko gorge, Taiwan. River and mountain sides

Microbial farming for habitat recovery in the Taiwanese mountains

Professor Tzen-Yuh Chiang’s team looks toward microbial farming in the mountains slopes of South Taiwan to aid habitat recovery, as low-land slopes have been affected by climate change.
Trans-sectoral approaches,

Trans-sectorial approaches sustainable disease control across agribusiness districts

Professor Laura Grenville-Briggs shares her stance on working together to counter the threat of oomycete diseases, focussing on trans-sectoral approaches to support sustainable plant and fish production systems in Europe.

Seaweed farming: Biomass production from algae

Algae are a high-potential yet underexplored source of renewable biomass, could seaweed farming be the future for biomass production?
low carbon tinber

Low Carbon Timber® – European best practice in climate-friendly chains

We call on all interested parties from politics, administration, local authorities and business to use Low Carbon Timber®
New european central bank in frankfurt germany with europe flags

Credit and collateral: How central banks can spur a greening of finance

With calculations suggesting that the financial system is effectively funding temperature increases of over three degrees centigrade, how can central banks promote the greening of finance?

Tackling the whole-life emissions of the European built environment

Stephen Richardson, Director of European Regional Network at WorldGBC looks toward the built environment and its climate impacts across ten European Green Building Councils.
garden towers of food systems

Innovation in Territorial Food Systems: Collaboration is Key

Professor Moya Kneafsey at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience argues the importance of EU and national public policies in the transition toward sustainable territorial food systems.
autonomous shipping

Autonomous Shipping – from autonomy to sustainability

Marco Molica Colella, Senior Innovation Consultant at CiaoTech (PNO Group) looks at the autonomous shipping industry and the journey it will take to improve its sustainability.

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