SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
UPF is working on the following aspects related to this SDG:
Education and teaching
Subjects that incorporate this SDG
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26207 Dret de l'Energia i de les Telecomunicacions (Problemàtiques Actuals i reptes de futur)
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26243 Estructura i Funció del Cos Humà II: Anatomia i Histologia
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26244 Estructura i Funció del Cos Humà III: Anatomia i Histologia
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20529 Ètica i Deontologia en la Publicitat i les Relacions Públiques
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24043 Gestió de Projectes i Innovació en Enginyeria Biomèdica
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26236 Medicina Basada en l'Evidència I: Investigació i Maneig de Dades
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32387 Tradicions Artístiques i Pràctiques Contemporànies a l'Art d'Àsia-Pacífic
Source: Details of the Teaching Activity Plan 2022-2023. Extracted on 13/02/2023
Postgraduate assignments in Sustainable Transition Management and Climate Emergency
For more information on these you can find these subjects in the Teaching Activity Plan.
If you want to find teachers with experience in these topics look at the UPF experts guide.
Resources for teachers who want to introduce social, economic and environmental sustainability in their subjects
Other related actions
- Vision seminars. The Conference 'Visions of an Unequal World' aims to show the counterpoints between the places and people who inhabit the planet, from the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Previous years
Research and transfer
Research Groups and Units carrying out research on this SDG
- Culture and Socio-Ecological Dynamics Research Group (CaSEs)
- Grup de Recerca en Comunicació Científica (GRECC)
- Grup de Recerca Interdisciplinari sobre Immigració (GRITIM)
- Live-cell structural biology
Source: Research Service: Information entered in the request for the 2023 Research Support Measures Plan
Previous years
Source: Research Service: Information entered in the request for the 2022 Research Support Measures Plan
Examples of projects working on this SDG (more information at the ods.cat website)
Projects in progress
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AI and Process Automation for Sustainable Entertainment and Media (EMERALD) IP: Blat Gimeno, Jose AngelThe current surge in video and extended reality content is causing an excessive demand for skilled human resources, data processing, and energy. EMERALD meets this challenge by developing process automation for sustainable media creation; optimizing data use for AI/ML in entertainment and media applications; reducing the power demands for large-scale media data processing; and creating acceptance and demand for AI and sustainable production technologies in the entertainment and media industries. Project start and end: 2023-2026. -
Mutaciones de los Motivos Visuales en la Esfera Pública. Representaciones del poder en España 2017-21: pandemia, cambio climático, identidades de género y conflictos raciales IP: Pintor Iranzo, Ivan Co-IP: Salvadó Corretger, Glòria. Over the last five years, the visual construction of the public sphere has undergone a radical transformation around four essential vectors: the pandemic, climate change, gender identities, and racial conflicts. Based on the study of these vectors, the central aim of the project is to analyze the presence, production, and circulation of the visual motifs related to power through images disseminated in print and digital media and TV newsreels in Spain from 2017-2021.nbsp; Project start and end:2022-2025. -
Razón pública global: derechos humanos, legitimidad democrática y cambio demográfico (GLOPUR). IP: Moreso Mateos, Josep Joan. The expected impact is to develop a model of public reason that serves to assess the legitimacy of political decisions and institutions at the international and global level -e.g. the European Court of Human Rights-, at the same time that it serves as a useful criteria for the design of political institutions and decisions at the international and global level . Project start and end: 2021-2024
Finalised projects
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Cambio climático, negacionismo y comunicación de influencia. Discurso y estrategias de los think tanks en Europa(THINKClima) PI: Almiron Roig, Núria. This research investigates the universe of think tanks that address climate change issues in Europe in order to study their structure, strategies, discourse and discursive coalitions and thereby identify the main narratives they employ, the reasons supporting those narratives and their impact. Project start and end: 2016-2021. -
Capturing the “Big Picture” from Social Media to Enhance Flood Awareness at Global Scale PI: Castillo Ocaranza, Carlos. This project will use data from social networks and hydro-meteorological models to create a real-time global layer of the extent and risk of flooding, for its integration into the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS). Project start and end: 2018. -
SCOM – Sustainable Company PI: Mélon, Lela. This project aims to provide new inter- and multidisciplinary solutions to the challenges of sustainable corporate behaviour through the analysis of ‘best practices’ of ‘highly sustainable companies’, and by using the experience of ‘green public procurement’ in the EU and especially in Catalunya. Project start and: 2018-2020.
Source: Database of grants and contracts and PDI project datasheets
Examples of research projects (TFG, TFM and thesis) on this SDG
- Prácticas comunicacionales activistas en defensa ecoterritorial frente a la megaminería en la Amazonía del Ecuador. Vanegas Toala, Yadis Vanessa. (2022) Tesis.
- The UN’s sustainable development goal 13 in Berlin, Germany: towards the implementation of the "sponge city" concept for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Senge Nzams, Telma (2022) TFG
- Enforcing carbon majors’ liability for climate change: a comparative study of tort law based climate litigation in the Netherlands and Spain. Portela Giráldez, Ignacio. (2022) TFM
- Petjada alternativa. Polo Dalfó, Laura; Rovira Poblet, Elisenda (2021) TFG
- No sé nada de gaviotas: el documental. Tejedor Ruiz, Ana. (2021) TFM
- Effective communication to support attitudinal and associated behavioural change to decrease the transmission of malaria. Drury Salgado, Carla (2021) TFM.
- The role of economic growth on environmental impact: a study of its causes, consequences, and future action to take by developed countries. Carrera Vidal, Mireia (2021) TFG.
- Rethinking the European Union legislative discourse on climate change: lessons to be learnt from the Dutch urgenda case. Derks, Josephine. (2021) TFM
- A food loss solution from a B2B perspective for the Catalan market. Carnerero Requena, Laura Maria; Carvajal López, Sara Joana; Moreno Marín, Marina (2021) TFG
- La obsolescencia programada: análisis de la posibilidad de su prohibición. Carrascosa Hidalgo, Ariadna. (2015) TFG.
- From energy consumer to energy prosumer: a sustainable project for Barcelona. Puigbó i Camps, Gemma; Sierra Sánchez, Joan; Monzón Holguin, Luis; Ibáñez Torres, Meritxell. (2022) TFG
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Food sustainability and education in the European Union: state-of-the-art review of European Union’s public policies and degree of incorporation of food sustainability to education. Hoyos i de la Cuesta, Laia. (2022) TFG.
Source: e-repository UPF Research Tesis (Data as of 2004). e-repository UPF Student Work (Data as of 2015).