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KTH Climate Action Centre Welcomes 2026 Environmental Thesis Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to Yuki Okamoto, Filip Forsberg, Andrea Robling, Irja Höglund, Kaushiki Brahma, Bhanu Mohindra, Amanda Maria Aho Vanhatapio, Albert Edvardsson, Angela Ofosua Twum, Risha Chowdhury, Sara Hailu, and Johanna Järviluoto Published Feb 19, 2026Sveriges Ingenjörer awarded nine projects with SEK 50,000 for their potential to address environmental problems and offer insights to science-based, practical solutions.
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Prestigious NVIDIA Grant for AI-driven research to KTH Climate Action Centre
Sina Sheikholeslami and Francesco Fuso Nerini. Published Feb 05, 2026KTH researchers Sina Sheikholeslami and Francesco Fuso Nerini will have access to powerful computing resources this spring to develop a language model supporting their research on Sustainable Developm...
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Meet our new student staff members
Max Francis Au and Hannah Ziemons Published Dec 19, 2025KTH Climate Action Centre is thrilled to introduce its two new student workers – Hannah and Max. They will contribute to the Centre’s work by organizing the activities and will be the main contact for...
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Åsa Persson joins the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change
Åsa Persson. Photo: SEI. Published Dec 11, 2025KTH is now represented on the 15-member EEA Scientific Advisory Board providing independent, science-based guidance to support EU climate policy.
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Watch: KTH Launch of the World Energy Outlook 2025
Laura Cozzi helps shape global energy and climate policy and integrate KTH’s expertise into the IEA World Energy Outlook. Here she is presenting at Reaktorhallen, KTH. Published Dec 04, 2025How are global energy trends shaping the future of climate and energy security? On 27 November 2025 at KTH, Laura Cozzi, Director of Sustainability, Technology, and Outlooks at the IEA, presented the ...
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Trends and challenges at this year’s COP30
Protesters during COP30. Photo Åsa Persson. Published Nov 25, 2025COP30 delivered no major breakthroughs to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target within reach. Yet there were signs that global climate action continues to move forward, even against the current. Åsa...
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AI servers could use ten percent of U.S. electricity by 2030
Francesco Fuso-Nerini is part of the international research team behind a study on AI's environmental impact. Published Nov 21, 2025A study recently published in Nature Sustainability warns that, by 2030, AI servers in the U.S. alone could consume up to ten percent of the country’s current electricity use, an amount comparable to ...
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Newly funded KTH projects reimagine public climate communication
KTH researchers Karin Bradley and Luigia Brandimarte. Published Nov 14, 2025KTH Climate Action Fellows Luigia Brandimarte and Karin Bradley have received project funding through Formas’ call “Effect! From Research to Impact.” Each project has been awarded nearly 4 million SEK...
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Film screens: The Future Planet Film Series
Film still from ”Recycling Colony” a film that explores the complex reality of sustainability. © Korean Broadcasting Service Published Oct 09, 2025This autumn, the KTH Climate Action Centre will screen a series of newly produced films from around the world on climate-related themes. The ”Future Planet Film Series” explores the impacts of climate...
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Climate research projects receive funding for feasibility studies
Grant recipients: Anja Moum Rieser, Katarina Larsen, Sara Borgström, Rebecka Ericsdotter Engström, Jens Ergon, Markus Larsson and Emma Riese, together with Francesco Fuso-Nerini, Director of the KTH Climate Action Centre, and Deputy Director Karin Larsdotter – in front of the Centre’s building (on the left). Photo: Ingenjören. Published Sep 17, 2025Four research groups at KTH have each been awarded SEK 250,000 to carry out feasibility studies for climate-related projects. The funding comes from Engineers of Sweden’s Environmental Fund, which in ...
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KTH strengthens its climate profile – Åsa Persson to Climate Action Centre
Åsa Persson is joining KTH to conduct research on solutions to global environmental challenges. “I grew up in Västerås in a typical Asea family, so I think the engineering mindset is part of me, even though I chose to focus my research on policy and governance,” she says. Photo: SEI. Published Sep 04, 2025With experience as Research Director at SEI, Chair of the Swedish Climate Policy Council, and advisor to the UN, Åsa Persson is now joining the KTH Climate Action Centre. In her new role as Strategic ...
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KTH-developed chatbot makes climate research accessible
Published Sep 01, 2025Qbot is a KTH-developed chatbot that specialises in climate issues. What makes it stand out from similar services is that it relies exclusively on scientific and peer-reviewed sources and can be adapt...
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Lack of Research on Extreme Weather Precautions in Sweden Says KTH's Johan Silfwerbrand
Photo by The Tampa Bay Estuary Program on unsplash. Published Jun 19, 2025In a news segment of Swedish Radio, KTH professor Johan Silfwerbrand warns of a lack of research on protections from extreme weather events in Sweden.
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2025 Environmental Thesis Scholarship Recipients Present Their Work
The recipients of the 2025 environmental thesis scholarship. Published Jun 09, 2025Following a semester of dedicated work, on the 28th of May, the twelve recipients of a scholarship offered by the Engineers of Sweden presented the results of ten different projects aimed at addressin...
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2025 Climathon Student Competition - Project Pitches and Announcement of the Winning Team
Participants of the 2025 Climathon Student Competition. Published Jun 09, 2025The 2025 Climathon student competition has come to an end. On May 19th, twelve teams of talented students gathered for the final event of the competition, presenting their ideas for redesigning the Cl...
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KTH leads global discussion on the future of the Sustainable Development Goals
Francesco Fuso-Nerini, Director of KTH Climate Action Centre. Published Jun 02, 2025On June 5, as part of the UN’s World Environment Day, universities across continents will join the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit—a 24-hour live event on climate and human rights. For the...
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KTH researcher Zahra Kalantari Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion
Photo: Frontier Planet Prize, David Callahan/KTH Published Apr 22, 2025Zahra Kalantari, professor in environmental science and engineering for sustainability in the Anthropocene at KTH, has today on Earth Day 2025 been named Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion....
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New online course on the basics of climate adaptation
Published Apr 11, 2025A new online course in the basics of climate adaptation is now available for free.
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Call for proposals: research projects on climate mitigation and adaptation
Photo by Marc Thunis on Unsplash Published Apr 07, 2025KTH Climate Action Centre, in collaboration with the Engineers of Sweden, is now opening for project applications that contribute to climate mitigation or adaptation. Applications that are multi- or i...
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Opinion: ”Earth aligned” AI development contribute to planetary stability
Image by Anirudh, Unsplash. Published Mar 30, 2025A newly published opinion piece addresses AI’s role in sustainability amid global crises. The authors propose ”The Earth Alignment Principle for Artificial Intelligence”, encompassing controlled growt...
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