Environment

Researcher interviewing a local woman in India

Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

25 Nov 2024

Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.

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Thinking the Unthinkable at COP29

21 Nov 2024

Engineer Dr Shaun Fitzgerald reports from COP29 on his discussions about climate repair as a looming necessity.

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ActNowFilm premieres at COP29

21 Nov 2024

Youth leaders from around the planet celebrated the COP29 premiere of a new film demanding global negotiators give them a say in their own future.

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Emerald Swamp, Tasmania

Study uncovers earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape of Tasmania

15 Nov 2024

Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier...

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New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research

15 Nov 2024

Suzano, one the world’s largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in São Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus...

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ActNowFilm to premiere at COP29

15 Nov 2024

Youth 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...

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Surviving the flood at Ahoada in Rivers state Nigeria

Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers

11 Nov 2024

Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people...

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Emerald Lake, Yukon

Planting trees in the Arctic could make global warming worse, not better, say scientists

07 Nov 2024

Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees’ ability to store large quantities of carbon...

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A radical economic transformation is the only way to save nature and ourselves

04 Nov 2024

After two weeks of negotiations last week in Cali, Colombia, the COP16 biodiversity summit was suspended with no overall agreement on a path forward...

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Melissa Leach stands in front of COP16 banner

Hope and determination for nature

31 Oct 2024

Cambridge Conservation Initiative Executive Director Melissa Leach offers insights on the COP16 Global Biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia as...

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10 Cambridge spinouts forging a future for our planet

25 Oct 2024

10 companies taking Cambridge ideas out of the lab and into the real world to address the climate emergency.

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A wind farm in winter.

UK budget rules hand green economy to China

24 Oct 2024

A new report by researchers from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) argues the UK government...

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