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

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

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

Carbon colonialism must be challenged if we want to make climate progress

For the UK to achieve its net zero targets, it needs to take action on its carbon-intensive, poorly regulated supply chains.

Laurie Parsons, Lecturer in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
Dec. 21, 2021 • ~6 min

How measuring emissions in real time can help cities achieve net zero

By measuring emissions in real time, cities can take stronger action against air pollution and global warming.

Ronald Cohen, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
Dec. 17, 2021 • ~6 min

Why people in some parts of England pay far more than others to heat their homes

People in some areas are paying hundreds of pounds more to heat their homes every year.

Ruchi Choudhary, Professor of Architectural Engineering, University of Cambridge • conversation
Nov. 29, 2021 • ~7 min

We can't let markets decide the future of removing carbon from the atmosphere

Removing carbon from the atmosphere raises political questions that should be addressed by democratic institutions.

Kirstine Lund Christiansen, PhD Fellow, Political Ecology, University of Copenhagen • conversation
Nov. 16, 2021 • ~9 min

Embodied carbon: why truly net zero buildings could still be decades away

Embodied emissions in buildings could be a hidden setback for carbon reduction targets.

Ljubomir Jankovic, Professor of Advanced Building Design, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
Nov. 11, 2021 • ~7 min

We have reusable cups, bags and bottles: so why are our buildings still single use?

Embodied carbon - carbon produced during a building’s construction - urgently needs reducing, and reusing buildings could help.

Charles Gillott, PhD Student in Engineering, University of Sheffield • conversation
Nov. 11, 2021 • ~7 min

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