Environment
Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds
25 Nov 2024Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.
Thinking the Unthinkable at COP29
21 Nov 2024Engineer Dr Shaun Fitzgerald reports from COP29 on his discussions about climate repair as a looming necessity.
ActNowFilm premieres at COP29
21 Nov 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.
Study uncovers earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape of Tasmania
15 Nov 2024Some 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...
New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research
15 Nov 2024Suzano, one the world’s largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in São Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus...
ActNowFilm to premiere at COP29
15 Nov 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...
Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers
11 Nov 2024Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people...
Planting trees in the Arctic could make global warming worse, not better, say scientists
07 Nov 2024Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees’ ability to store large quantities of carbon...
A radical economic transformation is the only way to save nature and ourselves
04 Nov 2024After two weeks of negotiations last week in Cali, Colombia, the COP16 biodiversity summit was suspended with no overall agreement on a path forward...
Hope and determination for nature
31 Oct 2024Cambridge Conservation Initiative Executive Director Melissa Leach offers insights on the COP16 Global Biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia as...
10 Cambridge spinouts forging a future for our planet
25 Oct 202410 companies taking Cambridge ideas out of the lab and into the real world to address the climate emergency.
UK budget rules hand green economy to China
24 Oct 2024A new report by researchers from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) argues the UK government...