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

Electric car supplies are running out – and could drastically slow down the journey to net-zero

Governments may be forced to put back deadlines to shift away from petrol and diesel.

Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
May 11, 2022 ~6 min


Relying on carbon capture to solve the climate crisis risks pushing our problems into the next generation's path

Research shows large-scale reliance on carbon capture risks postponing climate action too far into the future.

Neil Grant, PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London • conversation
May 4, 2022 ~8 min

New report assesses global anti-deforestation measures

Comprehensive scientific report shows progress and effects on climate, nature and people. 

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 4, 2022 ~7 min

NHS hospitals are publishing their plans to achieve net zero: here's what it will actually take to get there

For the NHS to achieve net zero, it needs to sort out its supply chains and prioritise community health.

Sally Fowler Davis, Associate Professor in Organisation in Health and Care, Sheffield Hallam University • conversation
April 22, 2022 ~7 min

New England renewables + Canadian hydropower

Power flowing both ways across the border offers a pathway to clean electricity in 2050.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
April 8, 2022 ~16 min

Heating trick gets plastic waste to suck up CO2

A new chemical technique "is a great way to have one problem, plastic waste, address another problem, CO2 emissions," says James Tour.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
April 6, 2022 ~5 min

New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels

Researchers have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 28, 2022 ~6 min


Radical overhaul of construction industry needed if UK to have any chance of net zero by 2050 – new research

We know how to build a truly zero carbon house. So why are we not doing it, on a massive scale?

Ljubomir Jankovic, Professor of Advanced Building Design, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
Jan. 20, 2022 ~23 min

Pricing carbon, valuing people

New research suggests ways to optimize US climate policy design for a just energy transition.

Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Jan. 12, 2022 ~6 min

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