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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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Planet earth

Cambridge is forging a future for our planet

21 Oct 2024

Find out how Cambridge's pioneering research in climate and nature is regenerating nature, rewiring energy, rethinking transport and redefining...

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Bhaskar Vira.

Changemakers: Bhaskar Vira, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Environmental Sustainability

21 Oct 2024

Economist, researcher and educator, Bhaskar Vira is keeping faith with a life-long love for the natural world and a determination to tackle the...

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The price of ecological breakdown

08 Oct 2024

Cambridge researchers are investigating the economic consequences of climate change and biodiversity loss, and identifying ways to drive a more...

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Man (seringueiro) extracts latex from a tree in the middle of the Amazon.

A new way of thinking about the economy could help protect the Amazon, and help its people thrive

06 Aug 2024

To protect the Amazon and support the wellbeing of its people, its economy needs to shift from environmentally harmful production to a model built...

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Fish bellies, fava beans and food security

05 Apr 2024

Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem.

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Britain industrialised much earlier than history books claim

05 Apr 2024

Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s – suggesting the...

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Partha Dasgupta wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Economics

04 Apr 2024

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (Economics, St. John's) wins the BBVA award for Economics, Finance and Management for his groundbreaking work in...

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Policies for People and Planet

06 Dec 2023

Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the rules and incentives needed to combat climate change.

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Factory chimneys blowing smoke.

Carbon-omics and global health

17 Nov 2023

Cambridge Zero to host two research symposia to discuss critical climate change challenges

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Quantifying the Cambridge Cluster

02 May 2023

Thanks to the work of two Cambridge researchers, businesses and policymakers alike can see how the Cambridge Cluster continues to thrive and what...

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Cambridge experts on UK drought and climate change

16 Aug 2022

From pollinators to profits, food to fires, here's what Cambridge experts say about the impacts of water scarcity – and what it signals about our...

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