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CEC Newsletter | 3 November 2022

Information from Management The deadlines for the two parallel investigative assignments about CEC’s future activities and organization have been postponed – they are now to be finally reported to the Dean at the Faculty of Science on 14 November. On Friday, 18 November, all prefects concerned and the CEC Chairman will meet at the Faculty to be informed about the process forward. The week after (NOT 18 November as said before) we will hopefully have some information to share and discuss at CEC – we will come back on how, when and where when we know more.  The work concerning new office space continues and the Dean decided yesterday to order an investigation for the co-location of INES, CEC and the Department of Geology in Geocentrum I and ll. The assignment is scheduled to be completed at the beginning of 2023. From this week Karin Hofvendahl is back at work, working part-time (25 per cent). Notice that Karin will not be working on regular tasks at present – talk to Anna Ekberg and Per Persson if you have any questions. The Board (which met on 25 October) has mandated the CEC Chair to work with the CEC management to develop proposals on how the CEC and associated activities can strengthen the monitoring of current societal processes with the aim to be more policy relevant and improve the accuracy of our communication. We will come back to this once the work has started. Our new colleagues from Computational Biology & Biological Physics will pay us a visit and present their research at the Friday Fika 2 December. We will give them a warm welcome! They are also invited to the CEC Christmas lunch on the 15 December. Save the date, CEC's Christmas Lunch!  Please save the date for this years Christmas Lunch on 15 December at 13:00.  Save this event to your calendar.  What's up? Did you know which is CEC's most visited webpage? It’s this one, where Anna Persson asks for the public’s help in reporting the first bumblebee queens of the spring. Hitta vårens första humla 2022 | Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC) (lu.se) It has been shown 8 106 times (twice as many times as the start page, the second most visited page on CEC's Swedish website) and the visitors are apparently highly interested, with an average reading time of more than 8 minutes (!), which is exceptionally high. (The average time on the site is 1 minute and 47 seconds.) This year, Anna received 2830 bumblebee observations, and the year before (during the pandemic, when people spent more time at home and in their gardens) 3500 observations were reported. As for previous years, the buff- and the white-tailed bumblebees, followed by the garden bumblebee and the tree bumblebee, were the most common species reported. “This year's survey reinforces the findings from 2021 and 2020, which showed that most bumblebee queens emerge from hibernation when air temperatures approach 10 degrees Celsius. This temperature threshold appears to be the same regardless of where you are in the country”, says Anna Persson. Most people have reported bumblebee queens from their gardens (55%) while about 15% have reported from natural areas. About half of the reports come from cities and towns and half from rural areas and smaller villages. Crocus was by far the most common flower that a bumblebee queen was seen visiting (35% of all flower visiting queens). Those who participated in the survey describe them selves as “beginners to bumblebee spotting” – 75% had given themselves a 1 or 2 on the level of knowledge about bumblebees (scale 1-5). They also described themselves as very engaged in nature and environment issues, with 75% indicating that they are more engaged than the average population. Opportunities Sustainability Fund’s first call open Through the Sustainability Fund's Sustainable Idea Exploration, you get the opportunity to explore the innovative potential of your sustainability-related research project at an early stage. Apply for up to SEK 150,000 per project. For who? Researchers and doctoral students at Lund University with a project with innovative potential and with a clear positive impact on ecological, social, or economic sustainability. For what? The money can be used for activities to demonstrate or verify the innovative potential or for salary funds if relevant. The application period for Sustainable Idea Exploration is open from 17 October to 20 November. Learn more and apply through the LU Innovation website: Lund University Sustainability Fund | LU Innovation Coming soon! Within the framework of the Sustainability Fund, two further funding opportunities will open within the next six months: scholarship support for students who want to develop a sustainable idea test bed support that enables the university itself to function as a test bed for developing sustainable solutions in society. Sustainability Week 2023 – a great opportunity to present your research! Next year’s Sustainability Week in Lund will be held 17-22 of April. This yearly event serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, for cross-disciplinary collaborations, for raising public awareness and for inspiring sustainable change. If you are interested in arranging an event or have any questions, please contact Stina Lundkvist at Sustainability Forum. stina.lundkvist@cec.lu.se For more information about Sustainability Week – sustainability.lu.se Dates Friday Management information and Friday breakfast talk - Ciara Dwyer will present her postdoc research in the SAFEGUARD project and her long-term grassland experiment site near Liverpool, England. Friday, 11 November in the kitchen on level 3 and on TEAMS. Breakfast starts at 9:45 and management information at 10:15.   Save this event to your calendar SRA Workshops 7 November and 22 November The Sustainability Forum and the Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) at Lund University continue the SRA Workshop Series this Fall. The goal of the SRA Workshop Series is to increase capacity for sustainability-related research while providing a venue for networking and knowledge sharing. The forthcoming workshops will tackle important topics through the lens of sustainability – ensuring equality in research environments and generating research impact in multidisciplinary projects. Find out more and register for the events – (lu.se) Welcome to Future Science Seminar with Hans Ellengren 8 November from 16:00 to 17:00 in Lundmarksalen, Astronomihuset, and via Zoom.  Hans Ellegren, permanent secretary at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, will speak about research now and in the future. Some of the questions that will be addressed are: Universities as administrative authorities – where are we heading? Does Sweden have too many researchers? And how can we strengthen academic leadership? Time and place: Please note that the seminar will be held in Swedish. The registration deadline is 7 November  Register for the seminar via the faculty's internal website - science.lu.se LU Land lecture: Pesticides and wild pollinators 9 November 8:30 to 9:30 Pesticide use is an integral part of contemporary agricultural production but may also lead to damaging exposure for non-target organisms. How are bees, important pollinators of crops and wild plants, exposed to and affected by pesticide use in agricultural landscapes? At today´s seminar, Maj Rundlöf, researcher at the Department of Biology, will give an overview of how ecology can contribute to a greater understanding of how different species of bees and other pollinators are exposed to and affected by agricultural pesticide use. This seminar is held in Swedish. Anmälan till föreläsningen "Växtskyddsmedel och vilda pollinatörer" | Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC) (lu.se) Media and Publications  What will life in the city be like if we reach the climate goals Johanna Alkan Olsson, among others, was interviewed in an article about how city life will be in the climate-adapted town and how our quality of life can be improved. Den härliga klimatanpassade staden | Tidningen Extrakt Så blir livet i staden om vi når klimatmålen | Lunds universitet The future of Swedish forests Markku Rummukainen was interviewed on a EU-meeting on the future of Swedish forests and forestry. Hemligt EU-möte om svenska skogens framtid | SVT Nyheter Fewer farmers convert to organic farming Henrik Smith has been interviewed in Extrakt about the fact that fewer and fewer farmers convert to organic farming Allt färre ställer om till ekologisk odling | Tidningen Extrakt “The question is whether they have understood the seriousness” Åsa Knaggård was interviewed in Sydsvenskan about the new Swedish governement’s decision to merge The Ministry of the Environment with The Ministry of enterprise and innovation. Statsvetare om klimatpolitiken: Frågan är om man inte förstått allvaret – Sydsvenskan Lund University in European topp class in sustainability ranking Henrik Smith has commented on the news that Lund University ranks high among the world's most sustainable universities. In a new ranking - QS Sustainability Rankings 2023 - Lund University comes in at number 12 (just behind Uppsala University at number 11) among 700 ranked universities worldwide. Lunds universitet i europeisk toppklass i hållbarhetsrankning | Lunds universitet This is what will happen during COP27 Markku Rummukainen has been interviewed on the agenda at COP27 in Egypt. FN:s klimattoppmöte COP27 – det här ska man prata om | Lunds universitet Birds prefer rural forests The magazine Skogen has reported on William Sidemo Holm's study on biodiversity (forest birds) in city forests. Fåglar föredrar lantlig skog | Tidningen Skogen CEC subscribes to these newspapers: Dagens Nyheter - www.dn.se Sydsvenskan - www.sydsvenskan.se ATL - www.atl.nu  Aktuell Hållbarhet - www.aktuellhallbarhet.se All CEC staff can use the online versions. Contact Lena Söderberg lena.söderberg@cec.lu.se or any other admin to get the log in information. 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