Other Event Archive

• Behind the Scenes: UNFCCC COP Negotiations – 25th March 2021

  International climate negotiations often take place in pre-defined spaces (such as UNFCCC COP rooms and halls) and sometimes behind closed doors. Through this online event the aim is to find out more about COP negotiations. This event aims to delve into questions such as: What forms of negoti...

• Protecting British Pollinators: Addressing Long Term Threats to Bees and Pollinators – 25th March 2021

  Recent difficulties around the transportation of bee populations due to border constraints imposed by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the increasing scarcity of native pollinators in Britain, and the potential threat this poses to the British agricultural industry. Three quarters of...

• Short Course - Navigating the sustainability agenda – 9th March 2021 to 23rd March 2021

  The UCL Institute for Sustainability Resources (ISR) is launching a series of short courses, based on its world-leading research and policy advice on pathways to sustainability, to act as a compass for the future.   The courses bring together the world-class academic expertise of London’s Gl...

• CO2 solutions: ocean carbon storage options - University of Oxford – 22nd March 2021

  The modern ocean contains an enormous (38000 GtC) reservoir of carbon in dissolved form. Recent geological history shows that the oceans have repeatedly absorbed CO2 from the atmosphere during the periodic glacial periods and released it during the warm interglacial periods. This additional capacity...

• Sustainable Innovation 2021-Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion – 15th March 2021 to 21st March 2021

  Sustainable Innovation 2021  Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing, Sportswear & Accessories Organised by: The Centre for Sustainable Design ® at UCA, UK  CONCEPT  Whilst sustainability is high on the global agenda for policy makers, business and citizens, the speed and scale ...

• Climate Futures: Youth Perspectives - Virtual Conference – 9th March 2021 to 18th March 2021

  The climate emergency has inspired youth-led activism across the world and young people have been at the forefront of campaigns and political protest on climate justice. In April 2019, Extinction Rebellion began to galvanise support in the UK, before turning into a global movement, denouncing ina...

• Conserving biodiversity in a dynamic world – 18th March 2021

  The main way we tend to try and preserve wild species is to designate natural spaces for them, where we hope they will survive and thrive away from human developments. However, species all around the world are changing their distributions in response to climate change. This talk will ask whether the...

• Trends in Local Climate Action in the UK – 18th March 2021

  PCAN, the Place-based Climate Action Network is launching its first report on Trends in local climate action in the UK, 13.30-14.30 on Thursday 18th March 2021. There is strong, vibrant and broad-based support for more climate action at the local level in the UK; and local authorities and comm...

• The Future of ICT: Circular Solutions for a Post-Covid World - Zero Waste Scotland – 18th March 2021

  Changing the way that products are made, procured and used is essential to avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. ICT equipment has a high environmental impact which can be significantly reduced by closing the materials loop through sourcing, use and end of life management This transnat...

• The race to zero: action by cities, business and investors - University of Oxford – 15th March 2021

  Net zero targets are proliferating across the world, covering not only countries but also business, investors, cities, states and provinces, universities, and many others. But are these targets credible? And how can we ensure they lead to change?  A new report sheds light on both the scope and, c...

• Coventry/Leamington Spa Green Week! – 8th March 2021 to 14th March 2021

  Communities across Coventry and Warwickshire are being urged to make the fourth annual Green Week a launchpad for sustainability. Green Week, which this year will take place between Monday 8th and Sunday 14th March 2021, originated from talks between the University of Warwick, Coventry City Counc...

• Leopards, mountains and politics - University of Oxford – 10th March 2021

  Although its broad geographical range and charismatic appeal make the leopard one of the most potent mammalian ambassador species, it is experiencing a greater range loss than most other large terrestrial carnivores. In Asia, leopard subspecies currently occur in only 16% of their historical range, ...

• Climate Reality: is COP26 our one shot for success? – 10th March 2021

  This event will be hosted by local Climate Leaders, from The Climate Reality Project, a network of over 31,000 Climate Reality Leader activists mobilizing communities in 170 countries. The Earth is facing a climate crisis, driven by fossil fuels. At Climate Reality, we’re here to make urgent a...

• ESD and lifestyle: Re-designing consumption and production – 10th March 2021

  10 March 2021, 14:00 GMT+1 (3pm GMT) Reflects on the trends in consumption and production observed during the pandemic, such as re-defining of our daily necessity and the return of single-use plastic, and highlights ways ESD can accelerate transformation towards a more sustainable economy. For...

• Online Workshop: ESD and lifestyle: Re-designing consumption and production – 10th March 2021

  Climate change, shrinking forests, declining biodiversity and world food shortages are all results of the fact that we are demanding more from nature than it can supply.    To build a more sustainable world, attitudes and behaviours must change at different levels: individual, community, national,...

• GenComm Hâ‚‚ Webinars: 1 - Hydrogen Optimisation – 10th March 2021

  The webinar will focus on using Green H2 and optimising its use economically, environmentally, commercially and socially as SMART H2, and accelerating our energy transition journey to a zero CO2 destination. The theme of the webinar is to show how we can produce and use green hydrogen in an indus...

• Net Zero for Local Communities - University of Oxford – 8th March 2021

  Local communities have an important role to play in the net zero transition, developing new models of collective living to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.  Cities in particular represent 70% of the worlds emissions and are expected to grow to 68% of the global population by 2050. This ...

• London’s progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals – 8th March 2021

  Report launch by the London Sustainable Development Commission The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set ambitious targets to create transformative social, economic and environmental progress by 2030 – the closest thing we have to a global sustainability strategy. But national governm...

• UN Sustainable Development Goals Action and Awareness Week – 1st March 2021 to 5th March 2021

  The purpose of this week is to promote awareness of the SDGs among students in higher education and inspire them to take action in furtherance of the goals on their campuses and in their local community. For full details, click here....

• Cultural Adaptations Conference – 2nd March 2021 to 5th March 2021

  The Cultural Adaptations conference will take place online from 2-5 March 2021. Over four afternoons, this inspiring event will feature participatory works, explore wider knowledge and international experiences of how creativity can help us adapt, and share learnings from our project activities in f...