I start with background data on the urgent need to reduce climate pollution, and the large contribution that flying makes to academic greenhouse gas emissions. I then argue that Lund University as a whole, and departments such as the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research in particular, should actively be taking leadership to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to live up to our institutional mission. I focus on Lund University's new travel policy, and compare it with the substantially more ambitious policy from LUCSUS, which for example prioritizes ground travel within Sweden and within a 12 hour radius of travel time in Europe.

1. Three facts and one opinion
1. Climate change is increasingly bad for people
and nature.
2. Emissions must decrease rapidly and
immediately to meet international and national
climate targets.
3. Flying is a very large part of university
emissions.
4. Universities should lead in emissions reductions,
with a strong focus on reducing flying.
@KA_Nicholas

2. Three facts and one opinion
1. Climate change is increasingly bad for people
and nature.
2. Emissions must decrease rapidly and
immediately to meet international and national
climate targets.
3. Flying is a very large part of university
emissions.
4. Universities should lead in emissions reductions,
with a strong focus on reducing flying.
@KA_Nicholas

3. Global warming is bad for nature (IPCC 1.5°)
@KA_Nicholas IPCC 1.5°C Report, 8 October 2018
http://www.kimnicholas.com/climate-policy.html

4. What kind of world do you want to live in?
Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2007, Science
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5. Three facts and one opinion
1. Climate change is increasingly bad for people
and nature.
2. Emissions must decrease rapidly and
immediately to meet international and national
climate targets.
3. Flying is a very large part of university
emissions.
4. Universities should lead in emissions reductions,
with a strong focus on reducing flying.
@KA_Nicholas

6. Innovations and progress in
flying less
Kimberly Nicholas, PhD
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies
kimnicholas.com, Twitter: @KA_Nicholas
@KA_Nicholashttps://www.slideshare.net/GlenPeters_CICERO/how-much-carbon-can-we-emit
“We have already emitted a lot of CO2, and
thus we can only emit a little more to stay
under 1.5°C or 2°C”
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7. Staying below 1.5°C requires cutting global
GHG emissions in half in the next decade
@KA_Nicholas
http://www.kimnicholas.com/climate-policy.html

8. Sweden’s Climate Law: Net Zero by 2045
(85% reduced emissions)
@KA_Nicholas 8
Guardian, 3 Feb 2017

9. @KA_Nicholas 9
To meet climate goal, Swedish consumption
emissions must decrease 5-10 fold

10. Three facts and one opinion
1. Climate change is increasingly bad for people
and nature.
2. Emissions must decrease rapidly and
immediately to meet international and national
climate targets.
3. Flying is a very large part of university
emissions.
4. Universities should lead in emissions reductions,
with a strong focus on reducing flying.
@KA_Nicholas

11. Peter Kalmus, climate scientist:
initial carbon footprint dominated by flying
Kalmus, 2016, “How far can we get without flying?” YES Magazine
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12. University of British Columbia Case Study:
University air travel emissions ≈
2/3 of on-campus operation emissions
Wynes & Donner, 2018, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions report
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13. Per hour: flight vs. car 10x more CO2
flight vs rail, 33x more CO2
@KA_Nicholas
Tyndall Centre, ”Towards a culture of low-carbon research for the 21st century”

14. 93.7% av LUs transportutsläpp kommer från flyg
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Redovisning av miljöledningsarbetet 2017 Lunds universitet
3.5%
3.3%
0%
0%
3%
90.2%

15. Three facts and one opinion
1. Climate change is increasingly bad for people
and nature.
2. Emissions must decrease rapidly and
immediately to meet international and national
climate targets.
3. Flying is a very large part of university
emissions.
4. Universities should lead in emissions reductions,
with a strong focus on reducing flying.
@KA_Nicholas

16. ”Lunds universitet ska förstå, förklara och
förbättra vår värld och människors villkor”
@KA_Nicholas
”CECs uppdrag är att initiera, understödja och bedriva utbildning och forskning kring
samhällets effekter på naturmiljön och på samhällsutmaningar och möjliga hållbara lösningar
inom miljö, klimat och hållbar utveckling.”
CECs vision: ”Centrum för miljö‐ och klimatforskning är drivande för en hållbar lokal, regional
och global utveckling inom miljö‐ och klimatområdet”

17. If universities don’t lead the transition, who will?
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18. @KA_Nicholas
https://klimatuppropetlund.se/

19. @KA_Nicholas

20. Nya tjänsteresor föreskrifter vid LU
Träder i kraft 2019-01-31
@KA_Nicholas
Föreskrifter och allmänna råd för tjänstresor vid Lunds universitet
3 Övergripande principerna
1. Arbetsmiljö och säkerhet
1. Bekvämlighet, lagstadgad vila, följas utrikesdepartementets
rekommendationer
2. Miljöhänsyn
1. Digitala möten (Behovet att resa övervägas innan bokas)
2. ”Begränsas negativ påverkan på miljön… energi och klimatpåverkande
utsläpp ska minimeras”
3. Fossilbränslefria drivmedel
3. Kostnadseffektivitet
1. ”Totala kostnaden… ska företas så kostnadseffektivt som möjligt”
”Vid konflikt: ska närmaste chef fatta beslut utifrån ett helhetsperspektiv”

21. Tåg eller flyg?
@KA_Nicholas
Föreskrifter och allmänna råd för tjänstresor vid Lunds universitet

22. @KA_Nicholas
Föreskrifter och allmänna råd för tjänstresor vid Lunds universitet

23. @KA_Nicholas
Föreskrifter och allmänna råd för tjänstresor vid Lunds universitet

24. LUCSUS: New flying less policy
@KA_Nicholas
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-presents-new-travel-policy-to-reduce-work-related-emissions

25. @KA_Nicholas

26. LUCSUS Travel Pledge & Policy
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”Climate pledge document,” http://www.kimnicholas.com/academics-flying-less.html

27. LUCSUS Travel Pledge
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”Climate pledge document,” http://www.kimnicholas.com/academics-flying-less.html

28. LUCSUS Travel Pledge
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”Climate pledge document,” http://www.kimnicholas.com/academics-flying-less.html

29. Le Quéré et al., 2015, “Towards a culture of low-carbon research for the 21st century”
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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30. Travel Tracker for emissions tracking
http://traveltracker.world/
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