Imperial’s Food-print
Imperial College’s reports on the food items purchased in 2022–24 reveal their environmental and food footprint, and the changes they’ve initiated.
Oscar Mitcham
Environment Editor (2024-26)
The People & Planet rankings are better, imperfect, and working.
Each year, universities submit data to QS for them to review and create their sustainability rankings. This year, Imperial ranked 7th. It’s a nice process, but it’s not remotely public. Whilst QS does share their criteria, they don’t share how each university did in any granularity and
UKRI agrees to new standards for research funding
The Heidelberg Agreement on Environmental sustainability in Research Funding was published in October. The multi-stakeholder agreement was created by participants from nine European countries and endorsed by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), among other funding organisations. The agreement sets out how funders can lead on sustainability. Research funding is a
New campaign builds community at Imperial through green spaces
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
Despite the grand name, Mother Nature is just another petulant teenager
Oil giants claim Earth is just 'going through a phase'
Updated Union sustainability plan shows progress
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
Green Careers Fair surpasses expectations
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:
"Anti-capitalism: I'm all for it" says Caroline Lucas at Imperial lecture
Grantham Institute's annual lecture cut through the noise with former Green Party co-leader and panelists.
UNEP, WMO, and CCC call for action, but is anything different?
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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David Lammy calls for climate justice in Kew Lecture
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
Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down
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