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  • 1000's of students demand urgent action on climate change

    “There is no Planet B”

    Throughout February and March, thousands of children and young people across the UK and the rest of the globe, walked out of school to join a nati…

  • The world’s fight against plastic

    The world’s fight against plastic

    News of a seal pup that died because it had plastic in it’s stomach is one of the latest articles demonstrating the problems with overuse of plastic in our society.

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    Sussex students turn search engine hits into trees

    Three campaigning students from the University of Sussex, have helped Sussex become the most active university in the world to use an environmentally-friendly search engine.

  • Not-for-profit founder and Sussex alumni to win prestigious British Council award

    Not-for-profit founder and Sussex alumni to win prestigious British Council award

    Réjane Woodroffe, who graduated from Sussex’s MSc Development Economics in 2005 has been awarded the Social Impact Award at the British Council’s global Study UK Alumni Awards.

  • How can people help save the planet from the climate crisis?

    How can people help save the planet from the climate crisis?

    A major new European study co-authored by a University of Sussex Professor Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Sussex Energy Group, has found that individuals have as big a role to play in tackling climate change as major corporations, but only if they can be encouraged to make significant lifestyle changes by effective government policy.

  • University of Sussex world’s best for development studies for third year running

    University of Sussex world’s best for development studies for third year running

    The University of Sussex has been ranked number one in the world for development studies for the third consecutive year in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

  • University of Sussex gains ranking of world’s greenest universities

    University of Sussex gains ranking of world’s greenest universities

    Sussex has also been ranked 7th in the UK for its efforts towards campus sustainability and an environmentally friendly infrastructure…

  • Sir David Attenborough speaks out on climate change and its devastating future

    Sir David Attenborough speaks out on climate change and its devastating future

    Speaking at the opening ceremony of United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Katowice, Poland, Sir David Attenborough, the famous British naturist and broadcaster, has said that climate change could lead to the collapse of civilisations and the extinction of “much of the natural world”. The COP24 meeting is the most critical meeting on climate change since the 2015 Paris agreement.

  • Sussex academics find 'smart strategies' can reduce emissions

    Earth’s ozone layer is healing says UN

    When we think of recent news about the state of the environment, it’s usually stories of doom and gloom and the negative effects our on-demand and disposable lifestyles are having on the planet.