Other Event Archive

• Energy: Spending, Saving and Supporting Carbon Reduction – 12th April 2022

  With energy prices at a record high, and still going up, organisations are feeling the squeeze on budgets.  What should we do? Join us on 12th April 2022 14.00-15.00 to explore: The reasons behind the hike in energy pricing and what we can expect for the future Considerations and focus area...

• Race Equality Colloquium 2022 – 31st March 2022

  Racial discrimination in higher education continues to exist. With the sector’s focus on structural and institutional racism, we see growing tensions arising from differing cultural, ethnic and other identities, both on campus and in wider society.    By way of keynotes, panel sessions and w...

• Investing in Nature: Lessons from Greater Manchester (IGNITION project) – 29th March 2022 to 30th March 2022

  We are in the midst of a biodiversity and climate crisis. There is a huge gap in financing that must be addressed if we are to secure a safe and resilient future for our communities. Seeking to address this gap, the IGNITION project was set up with the mission to shed light on the value of nature-ba...

• Towards a more sustainable future: what can HE Leadership do to get there? – 29th March 2022

  2022 is a critical year for higher education and Agenda 2030, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We are less than ten years away from the deadline set for Agenda 2030 and much remains to be done. With the world facing various crises bringing a multitude of challenges and oppor...

• Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Business Travel – 29th March 2022

  Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions across their value chain, the UN Global Compact Network UK is hosting a series of topical webinars exploring how companies can t...

• How Should Future Business Leaders Confront Climate Change?: An Interactive Seminar – 24th March 2022

  What is your business school teaching about climate change? What should it teach? How should it teach? Join this discussion about how to teach climate leadership in business schools. Learn about a comprehensive, systemic model for teaching climate leadership, a decade in the making, and discuss how ...

• "Getting to a fusion pilot plant: a perspective from the US" with Prof Steve Cowley – 23rd March 2022

  Fusion could, if developed, play a major role as a major "firm" addressable power source in the future decarbonised energy supply. However, considerable innovation is needed to bring it to market. The US National Academy has recently called for the US to adopt a strategy to produce fusion electri...

• AoC Annual Climate Change, Sustainability and Green Skills Conference: By The Sector, For The Sector – 23rd March 2022

  Students across the world are identifying the climate emergency as the main issue facing society today, urging immediate collaborative action at scale and pace. This year, AoC’s second Climate Change, Sustainability and Green Skills Conference will bring together key speakers from across the c...

• “What role for science in achieving Net Zero?â€� with Prof Paul Monks – 17th March 2022

  Under the Paris Agreement, 197 countries have agreed to limit global warming to well below 2 °C and make efforts to limit it to 1.5 °C. and on 13 November 2021, COP26 concluded in Glasgow with all countries agreeing the Glasgow Climate Pact to keep 1.5C alive and finalise the outstandi...

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2022: Inclusive Institutions in Action – 16th March 2022 to 17th March 2022

  This conference offers an opportunity to think deeply and creatively about what it means to be an inclusive institution, to explore models of inclusion that challenge traditional concepts of leadership and agency, and to share innovative practice around collaboration, co-ownership, allyship and soli...

• Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Employee Commuting and Homeworking – 17th March 2022

  Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Employee Commuting and Homeworking To support companies to reduce carbon emissions across their value chain, the UN Global Compact Network UK is ...

• Post COP26: successes, lessons learnt & what do we need to do now? – 27th January 2022 to 10th March 2022

  On the 13th November 2021 Cop26 reached a consensus on key actions to address climate change. The decisions consist of a range of agreed items, including strengthened efforts to build resilience to climate change, to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to provide the necessary finance for both. In ...

• "Tropical forests to 2050: science challenges for researchers and policy-makers" – 10th March 2022

  Understanding the dynamics of carbon and biodiversity across the world’s tropical forests and how these change with our changing climate requires global teamwork and a multidisciplinary approach. But how can researchers and policymakers work together to monitor and develop the forests impac...

• Protecting British Pollinators – 10th March 2022

  Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Protecting British Pollinators: Halting the Decline of Bee Populations and Addressing Serious Threats to Biodiversity which will take place on: Thursday, March 10th 2022 between 9:30am and 1:00pm Programme Review recent government strategies...

• SDG Teach In – 21st February 2022 to 4th March 2022

  The fourth annual SDG Teach In will take place between Monday 21st February and Friday 4th March 2022! The annual global campaign delivered by SOS-UK calls on educators to pledge to include the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, otherwise known as the SDGs, in their teaching and learnin...

• Global Governance of the Environment, Indigenous Peoples and the Rights of Nature – 4th March 2022

  Global Governance of the Environment, Indigenous Peoples and the Rights of Nature: Extractive Industries in the Ecuadorian Amazon Seminar by Dr Linda Etchart Linda will provide an overview of her book on global governance of the environment which explores the obstacles facing indigenous communiti...

• “Modelling climate change: predicting the futureâ€� - Tim Palmer & Charles Godfray – 3rd March 2022

  Join Professor Tim Palmer, Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professor, and Professor Sir Charles Godfray, Director of the Oxford Martin School, as they discuss how modelling climate change can inform decisions made by scientists, policy makers & business managers. But how robust are the pr...

• We are what we teach: 5 ways that education can be re-wired for nature – 2nd March 2022

  This event will present 5 innovative ideas around formal and non-formal education for nature and will bring together universities, sport, the gaming industry and youth, as well as offer a unique discussion among education and environment ministers to build out a broader plan around education for nat...

• Collaborating with policymakers to embed climate education in higher education – 2nd March 2022

  Join a 2-hour advocacy workshop to learn from student leaders from around the world about how to collaborate with policymakers to embed climate education in the formal curricula of higher education institutions. Learn from student leaders from around the world about how to collaborate with policy...

• Women in Sustainability: Panel Event – 1st March 2022

  The University of Huddersfield’s Sustainability Team invites you to attend their first ‘Women in Sustainability’ event where we will be joined by an exciting, all female panel to discuss the vital role of women working in sustainability. Outlined as one of the United Nations Sus...