Climate change and conflict

The Save Our Soils seminar provided a platform to address the great challenges we face and highlight the exciting opportunities we have in preserving our soils – from tackling erosion and food...

International experts in soil science, agriculture and microbiology gathered together in the Palladium in Malmö, Sweden, on the 20th of May to discuss the key challenges and developments in soil management today to an audience of policy makers, Skåne region representatives, fellow soil experts and university students.

Presented by Sten Stymne at the seminar "Save our Soils" in Malmö, Sweden on May 20, 2015.

Presented by Katarina Hedlund at the seminar "Save our Soils" on May 20 in Malmö, Sweden. 

Presented by Rattan Lal at the seminar Save Our Soils on May 20, 2015 in Malmö, Sweden. 

Presented by Mary Scholes at the seminar Save Our Soils on May 20 in Malmö, Sweden. 

Presented by David R. Montgomery at the seminar Save Our Soils on May 20, 2015. 

Three Right Livelihood Award winning Laureates met with Swedish parliamentarians today in Stockholm at a seminar addressing the risk of climate change to worsening global health. The Laureates emphasized how bottom-up approaches can reduce the spread of infectious diseases by improving community-level social and environmental resilience.

Focali researcher Matilda Palm is currently working at Ruth DeFries lab at Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Department (E3B) at Columbia University. Read this interview with her to find out how it was to move from Sweden to work and live in New York.