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New model says world cities face expected losses of $4.6 trillion in economic output over the next decade as a result of natural or man-made...

In a landmark project with UN-Habitat, a team of Cambridge researchers has designed a community centre in one of Kenya’s biggest and oldest slums...

A new online resource, which summarises the implications of climate change for specific sectors of the economy, has been produced and made freely...

Wood is one of the oldest building materials but its use is limited by its properties. With new funding, researchers aim to stretch these properties...

The construction industry could slash its carbon emissions by as much as 50% by optimising the design of new buildings, which currently use double...

University departments receive grant to examine natural building materials.

Climate change may have contributed to the decline of a city-dwelling civilisation in Pakistan and India 4,100 years ago, according to new research.

Today we commence a month-long focus on research on sustainability and the environment. To begin, Professor Lord Martin Rees and Professor Paul...