23/07/2026
Maria Iordanoglou, from the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF, attended the 5th Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC) 2026, held in Berlin from July 1st to 3rd and organised by the Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation (FSLCI).
14/07/2026
On July 3rd, the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) hosted the final meeting of the GreenELECTRO project (Green Electrodes for Sustainable Electrophysiology), with the participation of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC), the University of Girona (UdG), and the ESCI-UPF’s UNESCO Chair.
28/05/2026
A new study led by the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF analyses how biofertilizers, biostimulants, organic amendments, and intercropping systems can reduce the environmental impact of agriculture while maintaining crop productivity in Denmark and Ukraine.
21/05/2026
After nearly three years of collaboration, the project has assessed the potential of combining recycled plastics and banana plant waste to develop more sustainable materials, incorporating environmental and social criteria through life cycle assessment.
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.
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.
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 KijaniCooling Project, held at Technische Universität Dresden from October 27 to 30, 2025.
16/10/2025
How can we ensure that nanorobots minimize their environmental footprint while serving society responsibly? This is the challenge addressed by GREENS, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network that seeks to embed the principles of the circular economy, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot, and refuse, into the entire lifecycle of micro- and nanorobots.
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).
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.
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.