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A new study led by Livia Cabernard, Head of our Chair, in collaboration with Clemens Schwingshackl (LMU), Stephan Pfister and Stefanie Hellweg (ETH Zürich), has been published in Communications Earth & Environment. The research sheds light on the rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to the… [weiterlesen]

This study reveals how environmental and socioeconomic challenges are disproportionately affecting African nations, despite their limited contribution to global economic output. The study, titled "Tracking Africa's trajectory toward sustainability: An assessment of environmental and socioeconomic… [weiterlesen]

🌍Reporting from the biospace conference, hosted by the European Space Agency - ESA in Frascati, Italy (February 10-14). This conference, the first of its kind, focused on Remote Sensing and Biodiversity, bringing together experts to explore the role of space-based technologies in understanding and… [weiterlesen]

Warum der Agrarhandel das Artensterben beschleunigt Durch Agrarhandelsabkommen wie Mercosur wird ein Teil der europäischen Landwirtschaft in tropische Länder ausgelagert – mit schwerwiegenden Folgen: Denn der Schaden für die Biodiversität ist in diesen Regionen um ein Hundertfaches größer. [weiterlesen]

While the Hashtag#GRO24 discusses material resource use and its environmental impacts on the global and regional scale, data at country level underpins the analyses in Chapters 2 and 3. [weiterlesen]

Exporting agricultural products from tropical regions to China, the USA, the Middle East, and Europe is three times more harmful to biodiversity than previously assumed. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the ETH Zurich have shown this by tracking how agricultural exports… [weiterlesen]

A recently published study led by Livia Cabernard in Nature Sustainability, reveals how increasing agri-food imports are driving biodiversity loss in tropical regions. Find out how restoration efforts in some areas are outsourcing environmental impacts to vulnerable biodiversity hotspots—and why… [weiterlesen]

We are excited to share that Veronika Schlosser, one of our PhD candidates represented SAFAS and presented our research at this year's LCA Food conference in Barcelona. [weiterlesen]

Veronika took part in the Science Slam Contest of the School of Life Science. With a slam on "A burger speaks out: Unveiling the Environmental Impact of Agriculture and Biodiversity" she depicted the impact of our food system on biodiversity. [weiterlesen]

In this episode of Plastic Podcast, host Clark Marchese delves into the intricate relationship between plastics and climate change with Dr. Livia Cabernard. They explore how the lifecycle of plastics, especially those powered by coal, significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. [weiterlesen]