COP28
05/12/2023
Cristina Campos, the researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change of ESCI-UPF, is in Dubai from the 30th of November to the 6th of December as a COP28 observer. In this article, she discusses the highlights of the first week of the Conference.
01/12/2023
The researcher at the ESCI-UPF’s UNESCO Chair and professor Ilija Sazdovski sums up the visit the students of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management did at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center to understand how climate modelling and predictions are made. This master’s degree is jointly offered by ESCI-UPF and UPF-BSM.
15/11/2023
In October, the professor of Peking University, Dr Stephen Minas, offered an online conference for the students of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management that the UPF-BSM offers jointly with ESCI-UPF. It was a great opportunity for them to better understand the role played by events like the COP on the climate change political and legal context.
12/05/2023
Esta semana, ESCI-UPF ha recibido la visita del International Terra Institute, una organización sin ánimo de lucro que trabaja para promover la sostenibilidad y la protección del medio ambiente.
30/11/2022
Sergi Arfelis Espinosa, researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change of ESCI-UPF, attended COP27. In this second article, he shares his thoughts about the results and decisions made in Sharm El Sheikh.
COP27
23/11/2022
Sergi Arfelis, the researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change of ESCI-UPF, was in Egypt from the 10th to the 18th of November as a COP27 observer. In this article, he warns about solving global warming as a zero-sum game, with one eye on the common good and the other on one's good.
23/03/2022
En el marc del cicle Diàlegs Capitals, organitzats amb motiu de la capital de la cultura catalana a Igualada, el director de la Càtedra UNESCO de Cicle de Vida i Canvi Climàtic ESCI-UPF, Pere Fullana, va tenir ocasió de parlar sobre la crisi climàtica.
26/11/2021
Lela Mélon, professor at ESCI-UPF and Executive Director of Planetary Wellbeing Institutional Framework at UPF, attended COP26 and shares her thoughts about the results and decisions made in Glasgow.
19/11/2021
Jaume Albertí, investigador de la Càtedra UNESCO ESCI-UPF de Cicle de Vida i Canvi Climàtic, fa una valoració de la COP26 celebrada a Glasgow i la posa en context respecte les edicions anteriors.
02/11/2021
España se sitúa por encima de la media de la Unión Europea en dependencia energética externa. La energía solar podría ser parte de la solución, pero existen diversos factores que impiden la implantación de esta fuente de energía limpia.
28/10/2021
Para hacer frente al reto de la sostenibilidad en las empresas, ESCI-UPF junto con la Cátedra UNESCO de Ciclo de Vida y Cambio Climático lanzan el Postgrado en Gestión de la Transición Sostenible y la Emergencia Climática.
22/06/2021
La lucha contra el cambio climático y los compromisos de descarbonización están incentivando el uso de energías renovables para llevar a cabo la tan esperada transición energética. Entre estas, una de las que está ganando más adeptos es el hidrógeno.