Climate crisis
To mark Earth Day on Wednesday 22 April, our colleague Emily Shuckburgh will give the first virtual Turing Lecture on sustainability and the climate crisis. Emily is Reader in Environmental Data Science here and Director of Cambridge Zero at the University of Cambridge. She is a mathematician and climate scientist and a Fellow of Darwin…
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As the push for divestment continues, how have the campaigns sought change at their respective universities, and how can they work together to tackle the climate crisis?
30 January 2020 – A new report from the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) highlights the need for the banking sector to develop an ‘active mindset’ in order to accelerate the transition to a net zero carbon economy. Pioneering banks have started to adopt this mindset, approaching the decarbonisation of the economy as a strategic opportunity.
An environmental action group is calling for double the amount of trees to be planted to tackle climate change.
Mounting concerns over the climate and biodiversity crises can be used to amplify the farming industry’s pleas to be liberated from “overly cautious” regulation, Norfolk farmers were told.
Forget the 12 days of Christmas, Ely Extinction Rebellion are set to stage the ‘12 days of climate crisis’ this December.