A green Nordic region

Living on 18 small islands in the North Atlantic, the Faroese people are used to wild weather. But what should they be doing to prepare for the increasingly extreme storms caused by climate change? Researchers warn that the climate debate often overlooks the Nordic Region’s smaller communities.

Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne, leader of the NordForsk funded centre NordAqua, has been awarded the prize of best publication of BioCity Turku in 2020.

More and more animals from southern climes carrying infectious micro-organisms are migrating north due to global warming. Researchers at the CLINF Nordic Centre of Excellence have developed new models to predict the spread of these infectious diseases

Citizens often know best. Involving them when new community services and areas are to be developed should be a top priority.

NordForsk is issuing a call for proposals for Nordic-Russian networks for risk and crisis management. The call has a total budget of approximately NOK 6 million, and the deadline for the call for proposals is 15 September 2021.

What do a furniture company in Norway and a coffee producer in Sweden have in common? On the surface, very little – but both are among the over 300 companies in the Nordic region that are in the midst of restructuring for sustainable production, thanks to collaboration with the CIRCit research project.

The long-term effects of climate change are well known. But what about next year, or in three years? A soon to end research project has developed a tool for exactly this purpose. The ARCPATH tool can become a game changer in both the private and public sector.