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Are you a postgraduate student at the University of Cambridge with an interest in climate change, sustainability, decarbonisation, or net zero research? We invite you to apply for a leadership role within the Cambridge Zero Postgraduate Academy Steering Committee. This is a unique opportunity to take on a leadership role, develop valuable skills, and support the climate-related research community at Cambridge.

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UKCEH appoints Prof Emily Shuckburgh to board

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has appointed Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh OBE to its board as a science trustee, alongside a newly appointed chair.

What is COP and How Can I Get Involved?

The University of Cambridge is officially admitted as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) Observer to the COP negotiations, and is eligible to nominate delegates to attend the Intersessional meetings and COPs. This process is coordinated by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) for the whole university, in collaboration with Cambridge Zero (CZ) and other university partners. Learn how it works here.

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27 September 2022

Climate aware and resilient national security: Challenges for the 21st Century

Cross-disciplinary report led by the Alan Turing Institute providing a detailed background of the risks and opportunities that climate change poses to the UK’s security.

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27 September 2022

Localized impacts and economic implications from high temperature disruption days under climate change

Research paper examining the change in frequency of exceeding a daily mean temperature threshold on 5- to 20-year time horizons, in collaboration with Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies and the British Antarctic Survey.

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16 September 2022

Green Recovery: A Blueprint for a Green Future

An ambitious multidisciplinary report from the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum on how we can ensure a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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16 September 2022

Carbon offsetting and nature-based solutions to climate change

This discussion paper from the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum provides an overview of the key issues of offsetting.

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Cambridge Zero Fellow Dr Ramit Debnath captures global attention with new research

Deadly heatwaves fuelled by climate change in 2022 made almost 90 percent of Indians more vulnerable to public health issues, food shortages and increased risks of death, a new study from researchers at the University of Cambridge - led by Cambridge Zero Fellow Dr Ramit Debnath - reported in the PLOS Climate journal.

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Conspiracy Theories and Geoengineering: A data-driven look at how online climate misinformation works

Dr Ramit Debnath, Cambridge Zero Fellow, led an interdisciplinary team of political scientists, engineers, and justice theorists to investigate how online conspiracy theories are having an impact on the funding for research into new climate technologies like solar geoengineering, which could help lessen the effects of climate change. Read more about the study here.

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New Research: COP must reverse rising pessimism over building sector decarbonisation

The building sector is one of the most important and challenging to decarbonise because it involves a complex overlap of people, places and practices that creates a barrier to designing just emission reduction policies. In a new study led by Cambridge Zero Fellow Ramit Debnath, researchers found that social media engagement with climate policy events is vital to reducing building emissions and ensuring environmental justice.

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