Càtedra UNESCO de Cicle de Vida i Canvi Climàtic
08/10/2025
From September 16th to 18th, more than 100 scientists participated in the second ECOtwins Summer School on Sustainable Agriculture in Barcelona, hosted by the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change (ESCI-UPF).
02/10/2025
On September 5th, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) hosted the final meeting of the CICEP Project – Circular Economy Action in Island Regions through the Valorization of Plastic and Agricultural Waste, with the participation of the University of Girona (UdG) and the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF.
23/09/2025
In the framework of the ECOtwins research partnership, the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF participated in a study now published in the journal Sustainable Production and Consumption that highlights the environmental impacts of various sustainable agricultural products.
17/09/2025
The ESCI-UPF UNESCO Chair researcher Sandra Ceballos-Santos discusses a recent perspective published in the ACS Environmental Au Journal within the framework of the SMART-FOODPRINT Project. The paper explores the vital role of certification schemes and ecolabels in closing the gap in sustainability awareness within the seafood sector.
28/05/2025
UNESCO Chair researcher Sandra Ceballos Santos presented the SMART-FOODPRINT project on seafood sustainability at the SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting in Vienna.
14/05/2025
The team of the European project Greentour, coordinated by researchers from the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change (ESCI-UPF), has published a new article in the journal Sustainability presenting an innovative tool to assess the environmental impact of tourism at both destination and establishment levels.
09/04/2025
El pasado 28 de marzo, Cristina Campos, investigadora de la Cátedra Unesco de Ciclo de Vida y Cambio Climático de ESCI-UPF, defendió con éxito su tesis doctoral en la Universidad de Cantabria.
27/03/2025
On March 6th, students from the Master’s program in Sustainability Management, jointly offered by UPF-BSM and ESCI-UPF, participated in an educational visit to Barcelona’s Airport as part of the course "Carbon and Water Footprint."
25/03/2025
An international consortium of research institutions and innovative companies, led by the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF, has published a comprehensive review on the major contributions of mechanochemistry as a significant advancement in Green Chemistry.
18/03/2025
Last month, the students of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management, jointly offered by ESCI-UPF and BSM-UPF, visited the Integrated Valorisation Plant located in Sant Adrià de Besòs to better understand the waste management treatment processes in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.
06/03/2025
The SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE event, held on February 25, 2025, at ESCI-UPF, Barcelona, was organized as part of the DesHealth Erasmus Project by the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF. The event brought together leading experts to explore how sustainability, education, and innovation can address key challenges in the healthcare sector.
05/03/2025
Concluye el proyecto REBO2VINO, que ha analizado la viabilidad de reutilizar botellas de vidrio en el sector vitivinícola español, fomentando la economía circular y reduciendo el impacto ambiental.
13/02/2025
The UNESCO Chair researcher Cristina Campos writes about the paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production on the CICEP Project, which explores the application of the circular economy in the Canary Islands polymer transformation industry.