ECOtwins Second Annual Meeting
26/07/2024
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF participated in the second annual meeting of the ECOtwins project, held at the University of Copenhagen on July 18th and 19th.
Càtedra UNESCO de Cicle de Vida i Canvi Climàtic
26/07/2024
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF participated in the second annual meeting of the ECOtwins project, held at the University of Copenhagen on July 18th and 19th.
22/07/2024
Cristina Campos, investigadora de la Cátedra UNESCO de Ciclo de Vida y Cambio Climático de ESCI-UPF, ha participado en los cursos de verano de la Universidad de Cantabria (UC) en una ponencia en la que abordó el turismo rural desde una perspectiva ambiental y presentó el proyecto GREENTOUR.
03/07/2024
In a new paper published in the Sustainable Production and Consumption journal, researchers from the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF contribute to calculating the true cost of different protein sources.
13/06/2024
Our researchers, Pere Fullana-i-Palmer and Ilija Sazdovski, collaborated with Harrison Tetteh, Rita Puig, and Mercè Balcells from the University of Lleida, and María Margallo and Ruben Aldaco from the University of Cantabria published a scientific research paper emphasizing the importance of extension of the shelf-life of products in Life Cycle Assessment.
13/06/2024
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF joins forces with the Catalan Institute of Health and ISGlobal on the CATALYSE Project to help mitigate the effects of climate change at the Catalan Health System.
30/05/2024
The researcher Marta Santamaría, from the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF, shared her visions about sustainability in healthcare management at the seminar “Futures of Sustainable Healthcare,” held on May 23rd at Valentino Castle (Turin) and online.
22/05/2024
The UNESCO Chair of Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF participates in the SMART-FOODPRINT project, aimed to empower the Spanish food industry with innovative tools for traceability, authenticity, and sustainability.
15/05/2024
Cristina Campos, researcher of the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF, has been in Seville from 5th to 9th May as a speaker at the SETAC Europe Annual Meeting. In this article, she comments on the preliminary results of the poster and the CICEP research project, as well as her experience at the conference.
25/04/2024
Between March 4th and March 11th, ESCI-UPF held the ECOtwins Summer School which aimed to enhance the capacities of the University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBiP) in sustainable agriculture and environmental impacts.
09/04/2024
In a new paper published in Heliyon Journal, researchers from the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF contribute to a better understanding of the role of circularity by evaluating two indicators for two different packaging systems within the Spanish fresh food sector.
02/04/2024
Researchers affiliated with the ESCI-UPF's UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change and the Swiss company Deasyl have published a pioneering study exploring sustainable solutions for wood waste to address pressing environmental challenges from academic and private perspectives and assessing both the environmental and economic impacts. The collaborative effort involved other researchers from the University of Girona, WAB-Group, and the University Pompeu Fabra.
21/03/2024
Our researchers, Alba Bala and Ilija Sazdovski, participated in the publication of a scientific research paper emphasizing the critical importance of rigorously applying methodology when comparing two different systems (single-use and reusable) using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
14/02/2024
Two weeks ago, the professor and researcher of the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change Ilija Sazdovski was invited to hold a lecture at the European Parliament about the role of innovation in shaping university curricula within the sustainability domain.