News summary in English[091215] Interactive web model shows how energy systems and climate are linked Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [090205] SEK 10 million for biogas research A new co-operation agreement for the Chalmers University of Technology gasifier has been entered into with boiler manufacturer Metso Power. The agreement, which also includes Göteborg Energi and Akademiska Hus, will reinforce the research project with additional funding of SEK 10 million and will mark the start of commercialisation of the gasification technology that is currently being demonstrated at Chalmers. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [090123] The Myrdal Prize 2008 to Sterner and Persson The Myrdal Prize 2008 has been awarded to Thomas Sterner and Martin Persson for their article "Konsensus i förändring - Klimatekonomi efter Stern", in Ekonomisk Debatt nr 4, 2008. Link to article, EfD Newsletter >> [090114] Expert network on use of world's forests to improve climate and reduce poverty Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, Linköping University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences are to present a newly formed, interdisciplinary expert network in forestry research. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [081217] Swedish experts form network on use of world's forests to improve climate and reduce poverty Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, Linköping University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences are to present a newly formed, interdisciplinary expert network in forestry research. This network will supply Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) with knowledge on how the world's forests can best contribute to reducing poverty whilst diminishing climatic impact. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [081208] A price on carbon not enough to save rainforests Including carbon emissions from tropical deforestation in a future international climate regime will not suffice to protect the world's remaining tropical forests from expanding palm oil plantations. This is the main finding in a new study from Chalmers University of Technology. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [080529] Chalmers Conferment ceremony 2008 On May 10, the weather was fine on the party of the year. That was the occasion when Chalmers University of Technology conferred a Doctor's degree for 151 doctors and Christan Azar, Energy and Environment, received the Chalmers Foundation Prize. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [080516] SEK 100 M for energy education and research Chalmers University of Technology and energy company E.ON have reached a cooperation agreement. The aim is for the parties to contribute jointly to strengthening and developing education and research in the area of energy from a long-term environmental perspective. E.ON will finance this cooperation with a total of SEK 100 M distributed over a ten-year period. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [080213] Chalmers and General Motors in sustainable partnership More than 200 engineers from General Motors (GM) have taken web-based master courses at Chalmers since 2002. E&E course within the General Motors Masters Programme is: Environmental Systems in the Automotive Industry. [071019] [070524] Shared visions necessary for developing sustainable water and sanitation systems In her thesis Ulrika Palme, Environmental Systems Analysis, investigates whether and how the use of sustainable development indicators, SDIs, can make urban water systems more sustainable. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [070511] The efficiency of car engines has improved but hardly fuel economy A new study at Physical Resource Theory at Chalmers shows that two thirds of the technical improvements of cars have resulted in improved service and performance instead of lower fuel economy. The study includes Swedish new cars sold between 1985 and 2002. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [070502] Public lecture by Doctor Honoris Causa Cynthia Mitchell "Zen and the Art of Transdisciplinary Research: An Overview" The environmental challenges demand transdisciplinary approaches. These in themselves present scientific challenges, not least relating to quality criteria when different research traditions meet but also in other respects. Associate Professor Cynthia Mitchell, one of this year's doctors honoris causa at Chalmers university of technology, not only conducts transdisciplinary research in the environmental field, but also studies the prerequisites for such research, which is what will be presented in her public lecture. Cynthia Mitchell is Professor and director of research at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, Public lecture: - "Zen and the Art of Transdisciplinary Research: An Overview" When: Tuesday 8th of May at 13.00 - 13.45 hours Where: Fakultetsvåningen, Villan, Gibraltargatan 1A, Vasaområdet. Workshop - Zen and the Art of Transdisciplinary Research: Models for Practice When: Tuesday 8th of May at 13.45 - 15.45 hours Where: Fakultetsvåningen, Villan, Gibraltargatan 1A, Vasaområdet. Between the lecture and workshop refreshments will be served. In this workshop, the participants will be prompted to reflect their own experience of transdisciplinary research and doctoral programmes in the models presented by Professor Mitchell. The duration of the workshop is estimated to 2 hours. Please advise to leineo@chalmers.se if you intend to participate in the workshop. Link to article, Chalmers News Summary >> [070316] Ulrika Lundqvist new Head of Division at Physical Resource TheoryUlrika Lundqvist is the new Head of Division at Physical Resource Theory from March 15, 2007. She is replacing John Holmerg, new Vice President at Chalmers with responsibility for the Systems and Environment Initiative. [070313] Christian Azar member of the Government's Commission on Sustainable DevelopmentOn March 7 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren announced the names of the members of the Government's Commission on Sustainable Development. [070302] 9th International Energy Agency heat pump conferenceThe conference will be held in Zürich, Schweiz, May 22-28 2008. [070125] AGS-meeting in Barcelona: "Pathways to our common future"The Alliance for Global Sustainability's annual meeting will be held in Barcelona, March 18-21, 2007 at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.Read more, Chalmers News Summary >> [061206] Research Seminar by Eric D. Larson, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University:"Making Liquid Biofuels at Kraft Pulp/Paper Mills in the USA: Results of a Detailed Cost-Benefit Assessment" [061012] Clean technologies to power ASEAN: implications and policiesAn International Workshop on the European Commission co-funded project will be held in Bankok, Thailand, November 20, 2006.Contacts: Anjana Das, anjana@chalmers.se, or Erik Ahlgren, erik.ahlgren@me.chalmers.se [060925] Pathways to Sustainable European Energy Systems – Setting the SceneConference arranged by the Alliance for Global Sustainability, October 18th 2006Stockholm, Sweden Conference chairman: Professor Filip Johnson, Chalmers Programme >> [060619] Unique UNESCO professorship to the Department of Energy and EnvironmentJohn Holmberg, Professor of Physical Resource Theory at Chalmers University Technology, took up Sweden's first UNESCO Chair in Education for Sustainable Development at a ceremony in Paris on June 15. "It is an honour both for me and for Chalmers, which is well to the fore in sustainable development," says John Holmberg on his appointment. Read more, Chalmers News Summary >>
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