Kimberly Nicholas

My research focuses on advancing scientific and policy solutions for global sustainability, particularly halving greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade to avoid dangerous climate change, food systems under climate change, and understanding interactions between human and environmental systems, including ecosystem services. In particular, I study sustainable food and wine production under climate change, and options to manage land to help stabilize the climate. I work to increase the impact of this science through broad public communication. In other words, I want my research to contribute to a more sustainable, fair, healthy and delicious food system- and good wine to go with it. My interest in sustainable food is rooted in five generations of farming history in my hometown of Sonoma, California. I am also passionate about teaching and mentoring early-career scientists. I teach in the Lund University International Master’s Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES), and mentor PhD students in the Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability (LUCID).