Awareness
Creating impact by raising awareness
We take every opportunity to share the learnings from our work within The Bridge. In the same spirit we promote thoughts and insights from people around the globe that share our quest for a more sustainable future. Browse below for good reads and videos.
How are the scales tipping in the UN climate cooperation when the responsibility for COP is handed over from Great Britain to Egypt?
After the tough closing discussions at COP26 (Conference of the Parties) there are no longer any doubts that the climate conference is far from a cosy tea party. Beyond the blame game that immediately followed…
Make use of the Glasgow Pact for the Climate!
Some decided already a week ago that COP26 was nothing but blah blah blah. Others spend their time trying to figure out who to blame for the fact that the agreement was not sharper. How…
First week evaluation: The glass is half-full – but with what?
Expectations are high on the COP26 in Glasgow, and after the first week we have several reasons for optimism. But not much of it is about the climate negotiations – so what do we celebrate…
Where are the life hacks that really matter?
The latest report from IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, presented in August 2021, had three main takeaways. 1. It is worse than we thought, 2. It gets even worse faster than before and…
Pre-COP: Signals from Milan to Glasgow and the world
Top-five conclusions from pre-COP, by Mattias Goldmann “We can either save our world or condemn humanity to a hellish future”, said the UN general secretary António Guterres at the pre-COP in Milan, a five day…
Prepare yourself for COP26
As if the sense of urgency wasn’t enough when COP26 was postponed from 2020 to 2021, just as the world was about to mobilise for the last decade towards 2030. And as if the summer…
Engaging India at Almedalen – Future Urbanisms
How can we increase the per-person access to clean and affordable energy, while reducing the world’s carbon footprint? What are the learnings from Sweden and India on leveraging innovative technologies to create sustainable energy systems…
The Bridge Talks to COP26
After the main launch event #GetReadyforCOP26 in April 2021, The Bridge continues to champion Swedish solutions to prevent and mitigate effects from climate change. The purpose is still to raise awareness for the global…
The Bridge in Almedalsveckan!
These four sessions all have a strong connection to the work initiated by The Bridge. Be sure to watch them next week, 6-7 June! See the full program and watch all sessions here! Please note…
Why GetReadyforCOP26?
TEXTILE: Stop buying. Start renting – how to make access economy the new norm – including an introduction to the textile track by Anna Stenstam FOOD: The future is plant-based! Leading the way in…
Did you miss out or want to watch again?
Watch all sessions below! Investing climate-friendly, an obvious way forward Benchmarking around the world Our Beloved Cities – collaborations for more quiet and clean urban mobility by Ragn-Sells Cities as driving forces …
Why do we need to #GetReadyforCOP26?
We have all heard about the annual COP meetings and occasionally picked up a message or two from the media coverage. Most of us recognise that the climate issues are real and deserve our untiring…
If we don’t take the climate crisis seriously today, we will destroy every chance of a sustainable future tomorrow.
If we don’t take the climate crisis seriously today, we will destroy every chance of a sustainable future tomorrow. We can’t ignore this anymore. We have to take this seriously. We all need to take…
New is not a purpose in itself
New technology, new ideas, new trends – there’s always something attractive about the new. We love novelties not just because they give us something to surprise others with, but because they may give us an…
The Bridge Breakfast at Medicon Village!
Jonas presented the markets and TEDx.
Quantified needs – before this decade is out!
Throughout my career as an entrepreneur and startup coach, the focus on the idea has always overshadowed the focus on the need. Some argue that it’s too negative to focus on the problems. Why drain…
Three questions for Thomas Rebermark!
We asked Thomas Rebermark, Head Of Corporate Partnerships at WaterAid Sweden, some questions about the pandemic and how to engage in sustainability. Read his answers here! How will the pandemic change how you and your…
Why the world needs moonshots!
When John F Kennedy stood in Congress in May 1961 and announced the ambitious goal of bringing a human to the Moon and safely back to Earth before that decade was out, he also coined…
Can economy save the planet?
There was already an ongoing discussion about new economic models before the pandemic struck. It was mainly fuelled by the need for a more holistic logic for how we run the world. A substantial part…
Three questions for Fredrik NG Andersson!
We asked Fredrik NG Andersson, Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Lund, some questions about the pandemic and how to engage in sustainability! How will the pandemic change how…
Takeaways from the Bridge Digital Talks
Takeaways from Bridge Talk #23 Maria Svantemark, former Head of Sustainability at food producer Findus, emphasised the food industry’s heavy responsibility in the task to reduce its climate footprint. Today the consumers are too often…
Why time horizons are important
To address complex challenges, we believe collaboration is a must. Collaboration with multiple stakeholders and across disciplines. To achieve collaboration that not only does the job, but keeps delivering over time, we need to do…
What we believe
Everything we do at The Bridge Forum and Altitude Meetings, we do because we believe that 1+1 must always have the ambition to be more than 2. The outcome of any interaction should always be…
When conversation fade
Crises like the one raging the world right now can often help sharpen our focus on what truly matters. We believe that meetings and dialogue between people are such life necessities. If we stop meeting,…
Are you ready to try a solution to Copenhagens air pollution?
While visiting The Bridge you get 30 free minutes behind the wheels of an electric car with Green Mobility. Copenhagen has since 2010 exceeded the limits set for Nitrogen dioxide (NO2). NO2 is mainly an…
The Bridge Talk #2: Mikael Karlsson!
The Bridge Talk #2 is about climate change and business and how to turn a threat into possibilities. You will meet Mikael Karlsson, senior advisor at 2050, co-president of the European Environmental Bureau, and former…
Tech tools for healthier kids
Can tech tools help child obesity? Skåne’s fattest 4-year olds may find this true. In a new project master students prototype pulse readers for preschool kids to keep them moving. In Örkelljunga municipality, we find…
Conservative health care systems – a threat to development
Look out. Chances are that a billion people in Asia, Africa and South America with an under-developed health care system will combine genomics and healthcare data way sooner than rich countries with rigid systems. –…
Bright lights, big city and smart sensors
As a city grows, it also needs more resources. Since resources are limited, we need to get smart about the urbanisation. Ecology, technology and sociology are now fusing to create the sustainable city. According to…
Guardians of sustainability
”If I could buy an Elsa-doll for my kid, made of sugarcane-based plastics, instead of oil-based plastic, I would certainly pay the higher price” says Per Simonsson, CEO of Sustainable Business Hub. A McKinsey report…
How global challenges become local advantages
Kalundborg city in Denmark is an outstanding example of industrial symbiosis – a place where a company’s waste is another company resource in a closed cycle. It has been so for the last 25 years….
Waste nothing, recycle everything – the basis of cyclic economy
“You can only be carbon neutral if you don’t exist” said Michael Braungart during The Bridge Talk #1 in Malmö. Braungart is a German chemist who is trying to reinvent the productive model of humanity….
Dress for success – in sustainable materials
In the textile and fashion industry, conversations about “peak cotton” are very much on the table, and will be a reality in the decades to come. How can cotton even peak? The background to this…
Win-win in the age of down-sizing and innovation
We all read about the development towards cost-effectiveness and lay-offs that seems to haunt large companies throughout the western world. As large enterprises close their Research and Development units, possibilities open up for small start-ups,…
Personal data may not be so personal anymore
Ola Svedin is the CEO of Mobile Heights, a cluster organisation connecting academy, industry and government. He has a lot to say about big data and how it is handled. Ola talks about what happened…