The UNESCO Chair Participates in SETAC Europe Annual Meeting
28/05/2025
UNESCO Chair researcher Sandra Ceballos Santos presented the SMART-FOODPRINT project on seafood sustainability at the SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting in Vienna.
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New Tool to Evaluate the Environmental Impact of Tourism
14/05/2025
The team of the European project Greentour, coordinated by researchers from the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change (ESCI-UPF), has published a new article in the journal Sustainability presenting an innovative tool to assess the environmental impact of tourism at both destination and establishment levels.
Cristina Campos defiende su tesis doctoral sobre impacto ambiental en el turismo
09/04/2025
El pasado 28 de marzo, Cristina Campos, investigadora de la Cátedra Unesco de Ciclo de Vida y Cambio Climático de ESCI-UPF, defendió con éxito su tesis doctoral en la Universidad de Cantabria.
MScSUS Students Visit Barcelona's Airport
27/03/2025
On March 6th, students from the Master’s program in Sustainability Management, jointly offered by UPF-BSM and ESCI-UPF, participated in an educational visit to Barcelona’s Airport as part of the course "Carbon and Water Footprint."
Mechanochemistry: A Key Step Toward the Long-Awaited Green and Low-Emission Chemistry
25/03/2025
An international consortium of research institutions and innovative companies, led by the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF, has published a comprehensive review on the major contributions of mechanochemistry as a significant advancement in Green Chemistry.
MScSUS Students visit the Eco Parc and Integrated Valorisation Plant
18/03/2025
Last month, the students of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management, jointly offered by ESCI-UPF and BSM-UPF, visited the Integrated Valorisation Plant located in Sant Adrià de Besòs to better understand the waste management treatment processes in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.
Increasing the Knowledge of Sustainability in the Health Sector
06/03/2025
The SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE event, held on February 25, 2025, at ESCI-UPF, Barcelona, was organized as part of the DesHealth Erasmus Project by the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF. The event brought together leading experts to explore how sustainability, education, and innovation can address key challenges in the healthcare sector.
REBO2VINO: Impulsando la sostenibilidad en el sector del vino
05/03/2025
Concluye el proyecto REBO2VINO, que ha analizado la viabilidad de reutilizar botellas de vidrio en el sector vitivinícola español, fomentando la economía circular y reduciendo el impacto ambiental.
A Circular Economy Strategy in the Canary Islands
13/02/2025
The UNESCO Chair researcher Cristina Campos writes about the paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production on the CICEP Project, which explores the application of the circular economy in the Canary Islands polymer transformation industry.
COP29: Achievements and Challenges
29/11/2024
Sahar Azarkamand, the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF researcher, shares the foremost agreements reached at the Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Azerbaijan last week.
KijaniBox Project: A Bold Step Towards Africa’s Green Transition
26/11/2024
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF participates in the KijaniBox project, officially launched last month in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at accelerating Africa’s green transition.
ECODES and the UNESCO Chair Join Forces Under the CATALYSE Horizon Project
23/10/2024
ECODES, with its Sanidad #PorElClima initiative, and the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF have established a collaboration agreement under the CATALYSE Horizon project, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by ISGlobal.
A New Nutritional Model Based on LCA to Evaluate Protein Foods
10/10/2024
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF has published a paper on the new nutritional quality model they have developed based on the life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental performance of protein sources.