A new campaign with support from the Union, RE:GEN, seeks to improve our green spaces to create a sense of being at home and third spaces at Imperial. Emilio Garcia Padron, a part time Masters student, grew the campaign organically out of a desire to improve the secret garden
Kicking off the new academic year’s sustainability forums, Stephanie, Deputy President (Finance and Services), chaired November’s Union Sustainability Forum on Monday 18th. The forum was both a place for Stephanie to share updates from the Union, and for the various societies and campaign groups present to share their
This year’s Green Careers Fair took place on the 12th in Queen’s Tower Room. Well over 500 people attended to see the 27 companies which had set up stalls. Of all the companies present, only two focused on climate adaptation rather than mitigation. This highlights a broader problem:
Grantham Institute's annual lecture cut through the noise with former Green Party co-leader and panelists.
Ahead of each Climate Conference of the Parties, a slew of reports are released seeking to inform the proceedings. For example, the United Nations Environment Programme recently released their Emissions Gap Report 2024. Emissions Gap Reports are published ahead of each COP and assess the gap between pledged greenhouse gas
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Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar closed on Monday. The plant had run for 57 years and its closure has seen widespread coverage in the national press with The Guardian calling the shutdown the “end of an era.” Coal has been part of the UK’s energy
David Lammy gave his first major speech as Foreign Secretary on 17th September in Kew Gardens. His speech was intersectional, covering global inequality, indigenous knowledge, and racial justice all as part of – and essential to – climate justice. Lammy explained the core idea of his approach that “nothing could be more
Hannah Ritchie's Not the End of the World is a thing from which you can emerge hopeful. In it, Dr Ritchie addresses each of seven planetary crises: air pollution, climate change, deforestation, food, biodiversity loss, ocean plastics, and overfishing. The book is extremely high-level. It looks at each
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In 2022/23 Imperial emitted 240,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). Focusing just on Imperial’s direct emissions and emissions from purchased energy – scopes 1 and 2 respectively – it is not only among the top five highest emitting UK universities but also has the highest emissions of any
Last month, Imperial announced a series of new commitments, reports and policies setting out how the university plans to reach net zero without offsets by 2040, in line with their sustainability strategy. I interviewed Academic lead for Sustainability, Professor Tim Green, and Sustainability Officer Rhea Samra about Imperial’s new
