Advancing the energy transition amidst global crises

MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future.

Leda Zimmerman | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Nov. 9, 2022 ~12 min

Carbon-busting hemp could help transform Scottish agriculture to zero emissions

A new study emphasises the huge potential and environmental benefits of hemp production and provides a road map to develop the nascent industry across the UK.

Cesar Revoredo-Giha, Senior Economist, Team Leader of Food Marketing Research, Reader in Food Chain Economics, Scotland's Rural College • conversation
Nov. 9, 2022 ~7 min


Methane research takes on new urgency at MIT

Desiree Plata's research focuses on developing technologies and strategies for environmental sustainability.

Eric Brown | MIT Industrial Liaison Program • mit
Nov. 2, 2022 ~13 min

Offshore carbon storage deployment and research needs to scale up for UK to deliver net zero pledge, says report

The UK will need to step up research and deployment of new offshore carbon storage wells if it is to achieve the capacity required to deliver its net zero

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 19, 2022 ~6 min

'Dark data' is killing the planet – we need digital decarbonisation

Vast amounts of digital data is stored on computer servers and never used.

Ian R. Hodgkinson, Professor of Strategy, Loughborough University • conversation
Sept. 29, 2022 ~5 min

Wooden housing boom needed to boost climate goals, says new study – but is it possible?

Engineered wood is a sustainable alternative to cement and steel in construction.

Ljubomir Jankovic, Professor of Advanced Building Design, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
Aug. 30, 2022 ~6 min

‘Extremely dangerous’ heat will be much more common by 2100

New research lays out a range of heat impacts worldwide by the end of this century, depending on future emissions of greenhouse gases.

Hannah Hickey-U. Washington • futurity
Aug. 25, 2022 ~6 min

Congo peat swamps store three years of global carbon emissions – imminent oil drilling could release it

Peat is partially decomposed plant matter that has accumulated over thousands of years.

Simon Lewis, Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL • conversation
July 21, 2022 ~9 min


The 'carbon footprint' was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame – here's how it can serve us again

The concept of the carbon footprint can do more than just make us feel guilty about the climate cost of our everyday lives.

Marcelle McManus, Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Bath • conversation
May 27, 2022 ~7 min

Low-cost battery-like device absorbs CO2 emissions while it charges

Researchers have developed a low-cost device that can selectively capture carbon dioxide gas while it charges. Then, when it discharges, the CO2 can be

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 19, 2022 ~4 min

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