A mission-driven approach to Climate Action research
Building on KTH Climate Action centre's integrated approach to Climate Action research, and the possibility to bring together the five research schools at KTH, the researchers at the centre propose a more mission-driven approach. They have identified what university-wide missions for climate action might look like, as well as structures for implementing these missions. In a new commentary article, they introduce this new perspective on Climate Action research.
Researchers from KTH Climate Action Centre have published a comment article in the Nature Portfolio journal, npj Climate Action, which establishes the Centre’s unique approach to addressing the knowledge-action gap in climate change research.
Mission-driven approaches have been successfully used in industry and engineering, but the context of global environmental and climate change lends itself to more complexity and levels of stakeholders. Bringing together the diverse work of KTH's five research schools, our multidisciplinary team has highlighted examples of how we identify university-wide missions directed at climate action as well as structures to implement those missions.
Our integrated approach to climate research aims to consolidate scientific knowledge, tools, and innovations emerging from the vast web of knowledge contained in difficult-to-access formats such as the IPCC reports, and convert it into actionable climate solutions in society.
Read the article in the Nature Portfolio journal: A mission-driven approach for converting research into climate action
Authors: Daniel Adshead, Haluk Akay, Christophe Duwig, Elina Eriksson, Mattias Höjer, Karin Larsdotter, Åsa Svenfelt, Ricardo Vinuesa & Francesco Fuso Nerini