Four key lessons for socio-political acceptance of negative emissions technologies
Developing new technologies is a vital activity in our ability to combat climate change, and understanding how new technologies will operate in society is an important element of such technological development. In NCS C+, we investigated the socio-political acceptance of the four negative emissions technologies that are being examined by the project, and we identified four key lessons.
Project Protect Our Waters! A campaign to reduce wastewater pollution on Svalbard
Wastewater pollution is an issue that extends across the globe, including to the Arctic. When looking out at what appears to be a…
Exploring real-world case studies during summer school in the Greenland landscape
Sewage pipes snake down the hillside into the fjord in the colourful town of Sisimiut, Greenland, population 5,582. The sewage pipes carry untreated…
Getting on the train: The Circular Economy Express
SINTEF works bottom up with the Estonian government to implement circular economy solutions from the top down. As researchers at SINTEF, we…
Dipping your toes into new waters and creating common understanding in interdisciplinary work
On Thursday, I, a social scientist, donned a pair of borrowed rubber boots and made my way out into a salt marsh in…