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Arts and Crafts-rörelsen var mer än bara underbara tapeter, tyger och estetik. Rörelsens idéer om demokrati, lika människovärde och en önskan om ett hållbart samhälle är återigen högst relevanta och visar vad vi kan lära oss av historien.

The Church of Sweden will, for the foreseeable future, remain the largest membership organisation in Sweden. That’s according to a new forecast, the most long-term one yet from the Church of Sweden.

The new World Ocean Review – available free of charge – synthesizes the current state of knowledge around ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). It aims to initiate a much-needed debate on whether humankind can and should intervene further in the ocean in order to protect the climate. What action should we take for the effective mitigation of climate change? Measures to avoid greenhouse gas emissions are surely the main priority – but the truth is that in the coming decades, we will also have to remove large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it securely. Can – indeed, should – the ocean aid us in this task? The new World Ocean Review (WOR 8) explores this issue with reference to the oceans’ role in the Earth’s carbon cycle and looks at the benefits, risks and knowledge gaps around the main marine carbon dioxide removal techniques. Can and should humankind intervene further in the ocean in order to protect the climate? This eighth edition of World Ocean Revie

Turning down the thermostat seems to make it harder for cancer cells to grow, according to a study in mice by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The study, published in the journal Nature, found that chilly temperatures activate heat-producing brown fat that consumes the sugars the tumors need to thrive. Similar metabolic mechanisms were found in a cancer patient exposed to a lowered room temperature.

People with at least two of the diseases type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke have double the risk of developing dementia. Prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease could therefore be a strategy for reducing dementia risk, a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia suggests.

Vårens nyheter på IKEA uppmuntrar till medvetna val och bättre vardagsvanor. Lanseringen i april omfamnar begreppet slow living där omtanken om naturen och välbefinnandet lägger grunden för ett mer hållbart liv hemma.

The Nordic consulting engineering industries contribute to more sustainable societies with a minimal impact on climate change. What are the challenges for contributing even more? This was one of the issues addressed at the Nordic Consulting Engineering summit held in Greenland.