Experts wanted for East Midlands Climate Ambassadors hub hosted by Nottingham’s two universities

Expert volunteers are being sought to join the East Midlands hub of the government’s national climate […]

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Tags: Climate Ambassador, Climate Ambassador Scheme, climate change, Climate change and Sustainability, sustainability

Carbon literacy training: Tuesday 14 May 2024

We have an amazing opportunity for staff at the university to take part in Carbon Literacy Training, being delivered by our colleagues from Nottingham Trent University.

Tags: carbon, Carbon Literacy Training, carbon reduction, climate change

Sustainability Action Week starts Monday 18 March

Get involved with a week of events promoting environmental issues and action at UoN. There’s something […]

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Tags: climate change, Environmental, environmental sustainability, SAW, SAW24, sustainability, Sustainability Action Week

Tackle climate change with Climate Fresk

The university is rolling out Climate Fresk and aiming to train up to 60 staff and students all at once on the science of climate change at a large kick off event.

Tags: climate change, Climate Fresk, sustainability, Sustainability Action Week, Sustainability Action Week 2024

Adapting our cities to climate change: a blue-green vision

In this lecture, Dr Emily O’Donnell will explore how barriers to BGI may be overcome to enable blue-green visions for cities to be realised.

Tags: climate, climate change, School of Education, School of Geography, sustainability

Climate change: we are determined to make a difference

Research update from Professor Neil Crout  Following COP27 in Egypt, I am pleased to share news […]

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Tags: climate change, COP27, Horizon, Professor Neil Crout, R&D, research update

Reducing the climate impact from food

The university is trialling using carbon labelling on menus to calculate the climate impact of dishes […]

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Tags: carbon, carbon footprint, carbon labelling, climate change, food waste, Klimato, UN Climate goals

From ‘me’ to ‘we’ a new paradigm for security

To find answers, we must reclaim the notions of interdependency and common security. Individually, we can (and must) be part of the solutions, but society must rediscover that climate security will only be found through interdependencies (with each other and with nature).

Tags: climate change, climate security, COP27, environmental sociology, sociology, sustainable economics

How can we cut our carbon emissions at the university?

The University of Nottingham needs to cut carbon emissions significantly over the coming decades. Join a discussion to understand how.

Tags: carbon emissions, climate change, climate crisis, COP26, environmental sustainability

COP26: an opportunity for our community to come together and help tackle climate change

COP26 takes to the world stage from Monday 1 November, as global leaders and citizens come […]

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Tags: climate, Climate action, climate change, Climate conference, COP26, environment, sustainability, UK Climate Change Conference