Càtedra UNESCO de Cicle de Vida i Canvi Climàtic
11/05/2026
From April 21 to 23, Sandra Ceballos Santos, researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF, participated in the 1st Iberian Congress on Small-Scale Fisheries (Congreso Ibérico de Pesquerías Artesanales – CIPA 2026), held at the Paraninfo of the Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander, Cantabria.
19/01/2026
ESCI-UPF and Politecnico di Milano publish a joint research paper to help organisations and consumers, respectively, with policy and decision-making through the assessment of the social risks associated with different high-protein food alternatives.
09/12/2025
Researchers Marta Santamaría and Dr Ilija Sazdovski, from the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF, contributed to the newly released WHO guidance “Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in health systems” (World Health Organization, 2025).
01/12/2025
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF participated in the event “Life Cycle Management in the Transition Toward a Sustainable Agri-Food Sector”, promoted by the Red Española de ACV was held in Vic (Barcelona) on 19 and 20 November 2025.
17/11/2025
The UNESCO Chair researchers, Dr Ilija Sazdovski and Marta Santamaria Molina, took part in the 7th Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare, held in Malmö on November 12.
10/11/2025
In a study published in the Polymers journal (MDPI), researchers of the UNESCO Chair and LEPAMAP analyse the circular quality of polymers by comparing bio-based and fossil-based polymers with the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology.
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05/11/2025
Dr Sahar Azarkamand and Dr Ilija Sazdovski, researchers at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF, participated in the Second Annual Meeting of the KijaniBox Project, held at Technische Universität Dresden from October 27 to 30, 2025.
28/10/2025
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF contributed as a co-author to the article "Promoting health through climate change mitigation in Europe," published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal (2025).
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.