In many places, notably in rural areas in countries in economic transition, wood is the only affordable source of energy for heating and cooking. Despite its importance, wood energy is often under-used or misused, resulting in air pollution and the degradation of forest resources.
CERE’s Runar Brännlund comments on the report “Greenwash - An analysis of the efficiency of Swedish environmental taxes”. Since the report was released in Swedish it has frequently been used in debate articles around Sweden and it is now available in English. Main conclusions from the report show that developed forceful and effective tools for reducing global emissions of greenhouse gases are already in place. Runar therefore finds it somewhat of a mystery why relatively complicated and obvious ineffective additional instruments are put into place, read his comment.
Skogsindustrin och forskare ska tillsammans i forskningsprogrammet Mistra Digital Forest digitalisera skogsbruket. Genom smart digitalisering planerar programmet att forska hur skogen kan nyttjas mer effektivt med ökad skonsamhet. Skogsindustrierna kommer att stå värd för programmet som under de fyra inledande åren erhåller 58 miljoner kronor.
18 forskare uppmanar i DN debatt den 29 oktober att universiteten ska halvera sina egna utsläpp av växthusgaser på fem år. CERE forskarna Runar Brännlund, Bengt Kriström, Magnus Lindmark och Tommy Lundgren finner detta anmärkningsvärt. De 18 talar om betydelsen av att ta universitetens forskning på allvar, men deras förslag saknar helt vetenskaplig förankring kring hur en klimatpolitik som inte är slösaktig bör utformas.
A new course/workshop on Behavioral Environmental Economics designed and organized by Oben Bayrak was awarded best PhD course from the Faculty of Forest Sciences. The course has, according to the prize committee, contributed to increase the attraction for the faculty graduate studies.
