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This lecture is a hybrid event. There is a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm in the Old Library at the Centre. All lecture attendees welcome. Register online Lecture summary: Lecture summary: At the most recent UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, the fight over a fossil fuel phase-out took centre stage, resulting in a decision…
Shorthand Story: nwhs6Aen84 Shorthand Story Head: CISL’s COP28 Week Two Shorthand Story Body: Update GST Agreement Adaptation Food and Agriculture Day Other Notable Moments CISL at COP28 CISL’s COP28 Week Two: A coalition of the hopeful The Global Stocktake (GST) outcome dominated this year’s COP28. Its crucial aim to get the world back on track…
Finalists in the competition, Mark Carrington (left) and Dr Kamil Sokowlowski (right) at the awards ceremony, courtesy Cambridge Enterprise Monday, December 11, 2023 Two members of our department made it to the finals of the Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan competition in November. Mark Carrington, a final year PhD student who is jointly supervised by…
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…
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…
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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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…
Speaker: Elisa Cencig (Norges Bank Investment Management) Cambridge 3CL invites you to a seminar on the responsible investment strategies of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the entity responsible for managing Norway’s government pension fund, valued at over 1 trillion US dollars. Operating in over 70 countries, NBIM is at the forefront of shaping sustainable and…
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…