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CISL’s COP28 Week One

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CISL’s COP28 Week One

Shorthand Story:  DeAcqZL33l Shorthand Story Head:  CISL’s COP28 Week One Shorthand Story Body:  Context Loss and Damage Fund operationalised Global Stocktake and Fossil Fuels Global Decarbonisation Accelerator Tripling Renewables Methane also targeted Multilateral climate funds Agriculture COP’s first ever Health Day More announcements Notable reports CISL at COP28 CISL’s COP28 Week One: An unmissable opportunity…

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CEENRG Thursday seminars: ‘Global Food System, Climate Change and Law’

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Speaker: Prof. Cristiane Derani (Professor in International Economic and Environmental Law, Federal University of Santa Catarina | CEENRG Fellow, University of Cambridge) The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2023- 24 academic year…

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Custom-built molecules may lead to metal-free, air tolerant batteries

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Custom-built molecules may lead to metal-free, air tolerant batteries

Professor Dame Clare Grey and Professor Oren Scherman, courtesy Chemistry Photography Monday, December 4, 2023 In research published in Nature, scientists from the Scherman and Grey research groups demonstrate a path to batteries that do not contain rare metals and are stable in the air.  The researchers show how a ‘custom-built’ class of metal-free pyridinium…

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The role of the soil microbiome in the colonisation of glacier forefields by Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) under current and future climate change scenarios

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The post The role of the soil microbiome in the colonisation of glacier forefields by Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) under current and future climate change scenarios appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.

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COP28 Briefing

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COP28 Briefing

Shorthand Story:  4patKuXNMt Shorthand Story Head:  COP28 Briefing Shorthand Story Body:  Introduction Ask 1. Phase out fossil fuels Ask 2. Take urgent 1.5 aligned action Ask 3. Nature and climate together Ask 4. Ambitious and detailed goal on adaptation Ask 5. Scale up private finance for EMDEs Ask 6. Operationalise Loss & Damage fund Ask…

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Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time

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Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time

The latest artificial leaf hitches a lift on a punt on the River Cam Thursday, November 9, 2023 Researchers here have developed a floating, solar-powered device that can turn contaminated water or seawater into clean hydrogen fuel and purified water, anywhere in the world The device could be useful in resource-limited or off-grid environments, since…

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Reductions in air pollution in low- and middle- income countries during COVID-19 reveal scale of possible improvements through concerted policy shifts

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COVID-19 related restrictions resulted in substantial reductions in air pollution in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC), offering a ‘real world’ example of how concerted policy efforts could make a […]

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International team heads for Antarctica to study global warming effects

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International team heads for Antarctica to study global warming effects

A research mission to Antarctica will study the effects of global warming on the West Antarctic ice sheet. The mission is part of an international research programme, which includes researchers … The post International team heads for Antarctica to study global warming effects appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.

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Kamiar Mohaddes paper runner-up in FT awards

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Kamiar Mohaddes paper runner-up in FT awards

The Financial Times Thursday, 20 January, 2022 Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes‘s paper, “Rising Temperatures, Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness”, was named runner-up in the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards. The paper, joint with Patrycja Klusak, Matthew Agarwala, Matt Burke, and Moritz Kraemer, uses AI to put science, economics, and materiality…

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Fighting climate change will help economic growth

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Fighting climate change will help economic growth

Dr Kamiar Mohaddes Tuesday, 16 August, 2022 Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes‘s research into long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change, has been featured in an article on the University of Cambridge news site. The papers, joint with Matthew E.Kahn, Ryan N.C.Ng, M. Hashem Pesaran, Mehdi Raissi and Jui-Chung Yang, look at macroeconomic effects of Climate Change and…

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