Emissions-free flying takes off at Cambridge Climate Challenge
03 April 2025A biology PhD candidate and an early career aerospace engineer researcher won the 2025 Cambridge Zero Climate Challenge for turning waste into sustainable jet fuel
ActNowFilm premieres at COP29
21 November 2024Youth leaders from around the planet celebrated the COP29 premiere of a new film demanding global negotiators give them a say in their own future.
ActNowFilm to premiere at COP29
15 November 2024Youth leaders from around the planet join world figures in the COP29 premiere of a new film demanding global negotiators give young people a say in their own future.
Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers
11 November 2024Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead of the upcoming 29th United Nations Climate Summit (COP29) in Azerbaijan.
UK budget rules hand green economy to China
24 October 2024A new report by researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) argues the UK government should invest in green infrastructure now or watch productivity lag behind China, the United States and other countries already running away with the benefits.
Cambridge is forging a future for our planet
21 October 2024Find out how Cambridge's pioneering research in climate and nature is regenerating nature, rewiring energy, rethinking transport and redefining economics – forging a future for our planet.
Changemakers: Emily Shuckburgh and Cambridge Zero
21 October 2024Meet Emily Shuckburgh, Director of Cambridge Zero. She’s been a figurehead of climate science for decades, bringing her prowess to the ̽»¨Ö±²¥, the British Antarctic Survey, the United Nations and beyond.
Personal carbon footprint of the rich is vastly underestimated by rich and poor alike, study finds
12 September 2024̽»¨Ö±²¥personal carbon footprint of the richest people in society is grossly underestimated, both by the rich themselves and by those on middle and lower incomes, no matter which country they come from. At the same time, both the rich and the poor drastically overestimate the carbon footprint of the poorest people.
Cairngorms to Classrooms
16 August 2024Cambridge Zero has welcomed 17 students onto its 2024 Future Leaders Programme to support climate and sustainability initiatives at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and beyond, to gain green skills and valuable research and professional experiences.
Sowing seeds for sustainability
17 July 2024Finding homes for used toasters, recycling batteries and inspiring a fondness for secondhand fashion are just three of the sustainability challenges Cambridge students addressed in the 2024 Easter term edition of the Engage for Change project.
