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Sara Malmheden
Press officer
Phone: +46(0) 10-788 65 10
E-mail: sara.malmheden@ivl.se
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2016-05-24Press release
Industry and transport – greatest challenges for carbon neutral Nordic countries
In the end of May a Nordic edition of the renowned International Energy Agency (IEA) global publication Energy Technology Perspectives was launched. The report shows that the Nordic countries can ach...
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2016-05-12News
IVL researcher heading to China for air studies
IVL researcher Åsa Hallquist will, during six weeks in Beijing and three months in Hong Kong, measure secondary air pollution on behalf of a five-year long project regarding photochemical smog in Chi...
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2016-05-09News
Several environmental benefits from using sea squirt in fish farms
Sustainable fish, bioenergy and cleaner water can be the results of creating a local circular production system by integrating fish farming with the cultivation of sea squirt and macro algae. In the ...
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2016-05-02Press release
Large climate benefits from eating less meat – but still difficult to achieve the emissions target
Reducing meat consumption has a large climate benefit – much larger than just switching from beef and pork to chicken, according to a model developed by researchers at IVL. The model is used for calc...
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2016-03-31Press release
New data on European food waste
New figures show that Europeans in average discard 173 kilograms of food per person and year. This is far more than earlier estimates have shown. All combined about 88 million tons of food ends up in...
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2016-03-29Press release
Tire wear foremost source of microplastics
On behalf of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute has mapped the sources and pathways of microplastics. The main sources are tire and road wear pa...
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2016-03-24News
Consultation response to EU proposal on circular economy
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute has submitted a response to the European Commission circular economy package. IVL believes the proposal to be both positive and progressive, and applauds ...
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2016-03-23News
Mistra Indigo – an important contribution to the global climate policy framework
During four years of intense study the Indigo Mistra research project, led by IVL, has scrutinized economic and political instruments that might able to halt climate change. Initiatives taken by both...
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