June, 2010

Release of CSPR Update

We would like to give those interested in goings-on at the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR) an even better way to track developments. Welcome to the first issue of CSPR Update, our electronic newsletter that we will publish a few times a year.

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Royal splendour at inauguration of C

His Majesty the King inaugurated the Norrköping Visualization Centre C on Thursday May 27. This centre is the first of its kind in the world and the result of many years of cooperation between municipal government, academia, and industry. CSPR is one of several research environments that cooperated in developing the Visualization Centre. On the inauguration days, Professor Björn-Ola Linnér and Dr. Tina Neset presented climate visualization.

-This visualization presentation was developed in co-operation with C-Studio, which developed a software program and launched at the inaugural dome presentation. The presentation is based on research data from, among others, SMHI and CSPR, which capture the causes and effects of climate change. An extended run of the presentation is planned for the Visualization Centre's public programme during the autumn, says Tina Neset.

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Visiting Minister of Environment

The Minister of Environment Andreas Carlgren visited CSPR and Campus Norrköping April 15th  for a briefing by CSPR researchers. They presented the results of a study conducted in the negotiations in Copenhagen, aspects on Swedish policies on carbon capture and storage, Baltic sea region adaptation strategy, Reduced and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, and Climate visualization. Students and staff were invited to hear what Anders Carlgren had to say about ongoing environmental work after Copenhagen. The visit concluded with a press conference.

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What's going on in your research programme?

Karin André, PhD student and researcher in the Mistra-SWECIA  programme:

- Work is now carried out as part of the programme’s second comprehensive case study of adaptation to climate change in the Swedish forestry sector. The subproject on which I work, "The processes of adaptation to climate change”, has just completed focus groups with private forest owners and forestry officials. Four groups met on three occasions in the spring and in a joint workshop. The focus groups discussed various aspects of climatic adaptation in forestry, such as perceptions of risks and opportunities and key actors in forest management adaptation. The study aims to examine the factors influencing forest adaptability and the obstacles to adaptation that need to be overcome.

Mattias Hjerpe, Assistant professor and leader of the subproject "Climate Change Material and Analysis"  within the EU programme BalticClimate:

-The main activity in the BalticClimate project this spring has been the assessment of local challenges posed by global climate and economic change. Six localities in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden have conducted exercises about their visions of the future, exposure to climate and socioeconomic stressors, social sensitivity, adaptive capacity, division of responsibility, and limits of adaptive responses. The project expert Markus Vihmaa is currently compiling the main results.  

Read the article about BalticClimate in International Innovation published by Research Media Ltd here ».

Louise Simonsson, Assistant Professor and researcher in the Mistra programme Clipore:

- Clipore has now applied to Mistra for ongoing funding for phase three for 2011–2014. Phase two will be evaluated this summer. The subproject in which I work, “Developing Countries”, focuses on climate policy issues of particular interest for developing countries. In June, I will travel to Cambodia to conduct field studies, including follow-up interviews examining the ability to realize the prioritized NAPA projects. The study builds on an analysis of official documents and on interviews with those responsible for, and involved, in the NAPA process.

Read more about research project and programme at www.cspr.se

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Recent publications

Hjerpe, Mattias & Linnér, Björn-Ola. 2010. Functions of COP side-events in climate-change governance. Climate Policy.
10 (2), 167-180.

Kuchler, Magdalena. 2010. Unravelling the argument for bioenergy production in developing countries: A world-economy perspective.  Ecological Economics, 69(6), 1336-1343.

Lundgren, Lina., Henders, Sabine & Ostwald, Madelene. 2010. Sustainability and climate impact of selected CDM projects - A compilation of seven student papers from a course in climate science and policy. CSPR Briefing no.6. Linköping, Sweden Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research. Linköping University.

Lövbrand, Eva & Stripple, Johannes. 2010. Carbon Market Governance Beyond the Public-Private Divide. In: Biermann, f.; Pattberg; P. & Zelli, F. (Eds.), Global Climate Governance Post 2012. Architectures, Agency and Adaptation, pp 27-38. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University.

Rootzen, J.M., Berndes, G., Ravindranath, N.H., Somashekar, H.I., Murthy, I.K., Sudha, P. & Ostwald, M. 2010. Carbon sequestration versus bioenergy: A case study from South India exploring the relative land-use efficiency of two options for climate change mitigation. Biomass and bioenergy, 34(1), 116-123.

Neset, Tina-Simone, Wibeck, Victoria., Uhrqvist, Ola & Johansson, Jimmy. 2010. Visualizing Climate Change: the Potential of DomePresentations as a Tool for Climate Communication. EUROGRAPHICS 2010. 3-7 May 2010, Norröping, Sweden.

Storbjörk, Sofie. 2010. Att tänka efter före? : Om klimatanpassningens kommunala utmaningar. In Friberg, T. &Thelander, S. (Eds.) Samtal pågår... : från forskare till politiker och tjänstemän i kommuner, pp 153-166. CKS Rapport / Linköpings universitet, Centrum för kommunstrategiska studier ; 2010:1. Linköping University, Sweden

Find all publications on www.cspr.se

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Biofuel or Food?

The rich countries of the world need enormous quantities of biofuel. It will mainly be produced – cheaply and efficiently – in the poor countries. Old colonial coreperiphery patterns persist and are tightly locked into the visions outlined by the heavyweight international agencies. LiU Magazine interviewed PhD student Magdalena Kuchler on her reseach. Read more>>.

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Up-coming conference

The World Renewable Energy Congress  is an
international scientific conference that provides an excellent opportunity for discussion and knowledge exchange for scientists, policy-makers, engineers and other specialists interested in renewable energy issues. WREC will take place in Linköping, Sweden during 8-13 May, 2011. The Congress is hosted by Linköping University in close cooperation with the World Renewable Energy Congress/Network.  Björn-Ola Linnér (CSPR) is member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee. Deadline for abstract submission 15 August.

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Update on personnel

Tina Neset, CSPR/Environmental Studies, Linkoping University has been appointed Associate Professor in Climate Visualization.




Neha Pahuja, Research Associate at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will join the Centre as guest researcher under the auspices on the Mistra Clipore programme, May to June 2010.

Sven Stafström, Head of Department, ITN, Linkoping University, is leaving the board of CSPR in connection with a the new assign- ment as the Secretary General of the Scientific Council for Natural and Engineering Sciences, at the Swedish Research Council.

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