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.
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.
Sussex has also been ranked 7th in the UK for its efforts towards campus sustainability and an environmentally friendly infrastructure…
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.
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.
The ‘transformative systemic change’ called for in the IPCC SR15 (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report can not only be met, but can also help us tackle other global sustainability goals, argue leading researchers at the University of Sussex.
The 2018 TIPC (Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium) was held last week at the University of Sussex. The theme for this years conference wa…
UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced the Government’s commitment to halve the energy use of all new buildings by 2030. This comes as part of a series of initiatives introduced to deliver the UK’s Industrial Strategy.
Professor David Ockwell, Reader at The Sussex Energy Group, has contributed to an article in the New Statesman, regarding the UK’s summer heat wave and its perceived link to climate change.
