12 March 2025
Investment in climate-change mitigation and adaptation to limit global warming to 2°C by 2100 would greatly reduce economic damage, and the cost of inaction is equivalent to 11% to 27% of cumulative GDP, says a report issued today (12 March) by Cambridge Judge Business School, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the University of Cambridge’s climaTraces lab.
29 January 2024
This summer, Cambridge Zero is collaborating with the Centre for Landscape Regeneration, the Department of Architecture and Aldersgate Group to offer a number of paid project assistant positions to current or recent undergraduate students as part of the 2024 Future Leaders Programme. These roles present an opportunity to get involved in these organisations at a critical time for climate and environmental issues globally.
8 January 2024
CamEATS ZERO, launching in February 2024, is supporting all Cambridge Colleges to implement sustainable food policies to build on their progress towards achieving Net Zero. CamEATS ZERO has produced science-based Guidance on four priority actions for sustainable food policies together with training in plant-based cookery and minimising food waste for all catering staff.
13 December 2023
The CCE based at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, launched its Law and Climate Atlas during COP27 last year. Now in time for COP28, it is releasing an updated and expanded version. This free online resource maps the intersections between climate change and different areas of law to show the impact of climate change in each area, and how lawyers can help to drive the transition to net zero. The latest version outlines key climate-related legal developments from 2023 from the UK and tracks how noteworthy examples worldwide might influence the UK’s legal landscape. New content includes convenient links to key legislation and cases outlined in each section, an expanded glossary of jargon, and a wider range of resources to help navigate legal climate issues.
6 December 2023
More than 100 Cambridge academics gathered at the Cambridge Zero policy symposium to discuss the "arm-twisting" and "frustration" of international climate negotiations, how to punish corporate "ecocide" and the urgent need for more realistic policies to address climate change.
20 November 2023
Cambridge Zero to host two research symposia to discuss critical climate change challenges
6 October 2023
Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh took centre stage at the world's biggest climate event of its kind in New York to talk to global leaders of government, business and philanthropy about Cambridge’s efforts to tackle climate change.
7 September 2023
U.S. voters who don’t trust universities are also more likely to believe that human activity doesn’t cause climate change, a new collaborative study from researchers at the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) revealed in the PLOS Climate journal this week.
5 September 2023
The third meeting of the Higher Education Climate Network of Networks (NoN) took place in July, and was attended by 24 representatives from higher education institution (HEI) networks around the world, as well as key partners from the Climate Champions Team, COP28 Presidency Team, and UAE Universities Climate Network (UCN).
