Sustainable Earth

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̽��ֱ��climate crisis and biodiversity losses are affecting the planet at an alarming pace. Cambridge researchers are helping the response to these threats, building resilience, supporting the transition from fossil fuels to a zero-carbon future, and enabling us to act sustainably to protect the planet's precious resources and reduce waste.

̽��ֱ��climate crisis: towards zero carbon

26 February 2020

Sir David Attenborough, Dr Jane Goodall DBE and leading Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� researchers talk about the urgency of climate crisis – and some of the solutions that will take us towards zero carbon.

Low-carbon policies can be ‘balanced’ to benefit small firms and average households – study

18 Jan 2021

A review of ten types of policy used to reduce carbon suggests that some costs fall on those less able to bear them – but it also shows these...

Green recovery must end the reign of GDP, argue Cambridge and UN economists

15 Dec 2020

̽��ֱ�� ̽��ֱ�� helps the United Nations launch a new 'Ecosystem Accounting' framework: allowing governments to better include and reflect nature in...

Fire: ̽��ֱ��Great Manipulator

14 Dec 2020

Climate change is driving more frequent and intense wildfires, damaging ecosystems and causing major carbon emissions. A Cambridge researcher is...

̽��ֱ��conservationist, the herders and the fashionistas

02 Dec 2020

Respect for the Mongolian landscape is engrained within her, says Onon Bayasgalan. Her work is helping herders in her home country to preserve...

Beyond the pandemic: build a greener future

09 Nov 2020

It is crucial that recovery from the pandemic is shaped to support the responses to climate change and biodiversity loss if we hope to mitigate yet...

Baby orangutans in Central Kalimantan. Expansion of oil palm plantations is destroying their forest habitat.

Climate change and food demand could shrink species’ habitats by almost a quarter by 2100

06 Nov 2020

Mammals, birds and amphibians worldwide have lost on average 18% of their natural habitat range as a result of changes in land use and climate change...

Planting ideas: Botanic Garden opens access with living collections portal

02 Oct 2020

A new web portal to Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Botanic Garden's entire living collection, 14,000 plants, aims to open access and fast-track urgent global...

New Crop Science Centre opens in Cambridge

01 Oct 2020

A new Centre in Cambridge, designed to fast-track technologies to sustainably improve farmers’ yields worldwide, was launched today.

Provide shady spots to protect butterflies from climate change

24 Sep 2020

Researchers have discovered significant variations in the ability of different UK butterfly species to maintain a suitable body temperature. Species...

Whittle Lab research key for accelerating the development of zero-carbon flight, says Prince of Wales

22 Sep 2020

Yesterday HRH ̽��ֱ��Prince of Wales gave the opening address to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Turbo Expo conference, the largest annual...

ARPA-type funding gives green technology an ‘innovation advantage’, study finds

14 Sep 2020

Startups funded by US agency ARPA-E file patents at twice the rate of similar cleantech firms. ̽��ֱ��UK should trial its own climate-focused ARPA as...

Living Planet Report reveals 68% decline in global wildlife populations since 1970

10 Sep 2020

Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have declined by over two-thirds in less than half a century, due in large part...

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