A short film from the Swedish Climate Symposium 2026

By therese [dot] ek [at] mgeo [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 6 July 2026

Why are meeting places like the Swedish Climate Symposium needed to turn climate research and knowledge into concrete action? And what ideas, perspectives, and insights did participants take back to their own work? We took the opportunity to speak with participants from different universities and organisations and received many interesting answers.

People featured and/or interviewed in the video:

Erik Renström, Vice-Chancellor, Lund University
Anders Almgren, Chair of the Municipal Board, Lund Municipality
Gustav Strandberg, Researcher, SMHI & MERGE
Katherine Richardson, Professor, Globe Insitute, Unoiversity of Copenhagen
Luisa Ickes, Associate Professor, Chalmers & MERGE
Sofie Sandin Lompar, Analyst, Lund University and Viable Cities
Åsa Larsson Blind, Council member, Sámi Parliament
Martin Skoglund, Postdoc, Bolin Centre for Climate Research
Karin Larsdotter, Deputy Director, KTH Climate Action Centre
Jonas Allerup, Senior Research Officer, Formas
Åsa Persson, Researcher, KTH Climate Action Centre
Erik Swietlicki, Professor, Lund University & MERGE
Filippa Borgström, Director, Klimatkommunerna
Maria Wolrath Söderberg, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Södertörn University.
Abdulhakim Abdi, researcher, Lund University & BECC

BECC was one of the main organisers of Swedish Climate Symposium 2026, together with MERGE, the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, and the KTH Climate Action Centre.