Sweden’s largest research program on sustainable consumption

A research program that aims to stimulate a transition to more sustainable consumption in Sweden. The goal is to contribute to change through increased knowledge of how sustainable consumption that is currently practiced by a few can be scaled up and become more common. The focus is on the areas of food, holidays and home decor.

The program has been going since 2018 and has now gone into its second phase which is 2022-2025.

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A food tax shift could save lives – without a price hike in the average shopping basket

Photo collage: 1.Pexels, 2.Pixabay, 3.Pixabay, 4.Wikimedia Commons More expensive steak, cheaper tomatoes, but the same total cost for the average basket of groceries at the supermarket. A comprehensive study, led by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology...

See PhD defense “Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption – Practices, Perspectives, and the Case of Food”

Image: Cover of thesis and Vishal Parekh. Welcome to Vishal Parekh’s PhD defense "Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption – Practices, Perspectives, and the Case of Food" at Friday, September 26th. The thesis aims to explore the potential roles and perspectives of...

New study: Swedish government’s climate policy is both unfair and harmful to the economy

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Climate Minister Romina Pourmokhtari Photo: Ninni Andersson and Kristian Pohl/The Government Offices of Sweden Cutting taxes on petrol and diesel not only increases emissions, it is also a poor use of public funds if the goal is to...

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