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Climate impact

Climate inventory 2021

The University has conducted an inventory of the University’s climate footprint. The purpose of this inventory was to learn about total emissions and to estimate the breakdown of emissions between different parts of the organisation and its activities.

 

In 2019, the University’s activities caused emissions equivalent to just over 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, which corresponds to approximately 8 tonnes of carbon dioxide per full-time employee. The largest sources of emissions were business travel (36%), properties (33%) and purchases of goods (19%). The findings of the climate inventory will be used in efforts to reduce the University’s climate footprint.

Read a short version of the inventory (in English) 

 

Read the inventory in full (in Swedish). 

 

Many steps can be taken to reduce the University’s environmental and climate impact. Some of these measures are things that everyone can do:

  • Choose your trips carefully – choose virtual meetings when this would work

  • If you are travelling far, take the train and cut back on flying

  • If you are travelling locally, walk, cycle or take public transport

  • Use products as long as possible, in particular mobile phones, computers and other IT equipment

  • Reduce the number of purchases you make – reuse items

  • Reduce food waste

  • Separate your waste, so the material can be turned into new products, biogas or energy

  • Turn off lights and equipment that are not in use

  • Pass on knowledge about the environment and sustainability

If you would like to find out more about what you can do, see the tabs in the left margin for further reading in each area.

 

 

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Content owner: miljo@uadm.uu.se 15 september 2022

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