The role of technical innovation in responding to climate change is of great interest to universities – researchers are investing time into developing technologies, and two discussion events during the #ClimateTalks Festival 2021 were dedicated to the topic.
To help facilitate greater adoption of the UNFCCC University Partnership Programme, APRU hosted several information workshops with member universities, including UNSW Sydney and the University of Auckland. The UNFCCC University Partnership Programme aims to provide master students with the opportunity to focus their thesis/ cap stone projects on areas that address adaption knowledge gaps at sub-regional, national or local level.
New scheme offering crash courses in climate change for teachers; helping schools, colleges and nurseries transition to net zero; and supporting them in making their buildings resilient to extreme weather.
Monash Energy Institute explain how sugar adds longevity to lithium-sulfur batteries
Supporting solutions via the newly launched EIT Climate-KIC ClimAccelerator program.
Nine researchers from Manchester University to attend the Blue Zone at COP26.
Surveys of teachers by climate education campaign group Teach the Future showed that 9 out of 10 teachers agree that climate change should be compulsory in schools, yet only 3 out of 10 feel equipped to teach it. Through their Mock COP Declaration, young people around the world are demanding up-to-date teaching on environmental impacts…
Taught by instructors with decades of experience in climate change and online learning, this empowering course is a collaboration between leading experts in the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. You’ll learn about the solutions needed from governments and big business, how you can help to make them do more, and what…