Climate Exp0 was the first conference organised by the COP26 Universities Network and ‘Rete delle Universita’ per lo sviluppo Sostenibile (Italian University Network for Sustainable Development), sponsored by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Cambridge University Press and All4Climate Italy 2021, with support from UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021. It took place on 17–21 May 2021.
All of the content from Climate Exp0 is available free and on-demand via https://www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/event-details/609c4e8ee519e337ef75a5e1. You can also watch video highlights via https://climateexp0.org/highlights/.
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Dr Hector U. Levatti, London Southbank University
It has been demonstrated that directly or indirectly climate change kills people and extinguishes species on our planet. Since this is a global problem that involves all of us and requires coordinated action to tackle it, the response must be global.
Society and…
Nadia Jogee, Deanna Coleman
For many students, travel is unavoidable. It allows for a more diverse education, fosters collaboration and enables capacity building across the globe. Yet, in a world where we have a social responsibility to minimise our carbon footprint, pressure is mounting for a change in how we…
Dimitri Zenghelis, University of Cambridge
Managing public finances well reduces vulnerability to future debt crises, especially if interest rates rise or growth disappoints. The unprecedented government response to the global pandemic and the need for public investment to boost productive capacity has raised concerns about fiscal space as public debt…
Herbie Bradley, Arduin Findeis, Katherine Green, Yilin Li, Simon Mathis and Simon Thomas
Habitat fragmentation occurs when large animal habitats are broken up into smaller areas, such as a road being built through a forest. This breaking up of habitats can impact biodiversity by preventing the movement of certain species…
Anita Shepherd, University of Aberdeen
At the University of Aberdeen, Astley Hastings and myself have published several papers on projections for bioenergy crop Miscanthus x giganteus. I have travelled across England looking at commercial crops from Worcester to Norfolk and what I have discovered is that our commercial miscanthus are…
Wolfson College Interdisciplinary Research Hubs
Collaboration and interdisciplinarity is key to achieving the green recovery we desire. At Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, our researchers have brought about positive change by working with industry, and through the innovative use of interdisciplinary methods.
Dr Fernando Barrio and Angela Mutsotso, Queen Mary Global Policy Institute, Queen Mary University of London
On 12 December 2015, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, a historical achievement and a turning point for global climate action; 196 State parties…
Thomas Lützkendorf, Maria Balouktsi and Rolf Frischknecht
Climate Exp0 impressively showed the intensity and diversity of efforts to secure the natural basis of life for the future by reducing man-made greenhouse gas emissions. There are many initiatives in a wide variety of fields of action, declarations of intention and proposed…
Tatiana Bruce da Silva, Bizibrains Okpeh
While greenhouse gas emissions may be nationalised, the devastating effect of climate change is universal. It ensures unequal suffering around the world, with developing countries bearing a greater burden of the damaging impacts of increasing global warming. …
