Education

Environmental stress on women

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January 2020: Women’s capacity to adapt to climate change across Asia and Africa is negatively impacted by current adaptation strategies, leading to reduced health and wellbeing. The study calls for investments into equitable adaptive capacity building for men and women to prepare communities for safer and more effective future migration induced by climate change.

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Risks to Africa’s flora

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January 2020: More than 30% of Africa’s fauna could be at risk of extinction due to climate change, deforestation, land-use change, and population growth. The paper calls for a comprehensive assessment of global plant species to identify vulnerable species and regions and inform global bio-conservation strategies.

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Evening Event: Controlling Climate Chaos – The Rising Tide of Climate Litigation and New Litigation Rules to Facilitate Access to Climate Justice

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Time: 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm Major Climate Litigation Cases Around the World Changing Litigation Rules: the new International Bar Association “ Model Statute for Proceedings Challenging Government Failures to act on Climate Change ” Guest Speakers: Hon. Brian J. Preston Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court, New South…

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Evening Event: ‘Controlling Climate Chaos – The Rising Tide of Climate Litigation and New Litigation Rules to Facilitate Access to Climate Justice’

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Time: 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm Major Climate Litigation Cases Around the World Changing Litigation Rules: the new International Bar Association “ Model Statute for Proceedings Challenging Government Failures to act on Climate Change ” Guest Speakers: Hon. Brian J. Preston Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court, New South Wales, Australia. David Estrin,…

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Zero Carbon Hackathon encourages students to rethink material use in construction

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Zero Carbon Hackathon encourages students to rethink material use in construction

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Women in STEM: Jenny Zhang

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Women in STEM: Jenny Zhang

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Research Fellow Dr Jenny Zhang is the latest reseacher to be profiled in the University of Cambridge ‘Women in STEM’ series. In her research here, group leader Dr Jenny Zhang is re-wiring photosynthesis to generate renewable fuels. Here, she tells us about why she switched from cancer research to sustainability, how…

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Climate change: Will action come in time and will it be enough?

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2 December 2019 – Bruce Haase, Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership shares business and finance insights from a climate risk event on South Africa’s transition to a sustainable future

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Scientists declare climate emergency

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December 2019: An interdisciplinary and international coalition of scientists have declared a climate emergency and are calling on decision-makers to act on climate change. The paper sets out clear interventions and identifies energy, short-lived pollutants, nature, food, economy, and population size as primary domains for intervention.

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Recycling plastic waste

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December 2019: Developments in steam cracking and pressure technology now enable the production of ‘virgin’ quality plastics from recycled plastic waste. This could allow for plastic manufacturing sites to transition to plastic collection and refineries within the framework of their existing infrastructures.

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Ice core inspired art installation opens in London

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Ice core inspired art installation opens in London

A new climate change artwork – Ice Floor, a new Phase 2 by Wayne Binitie, opens this week at Arup’s Fitzroy Street offices in London. The work was developed in …

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