World’s first net zero transatlantic flight to fly from London in 2023
Imperial researchers will work with Virgin Atlantic to launch the world’s first transatlantic flight powered solely by sustainable aviation fuel.
Material supply challenges could hamper energy transition, report warns
Climate targets could be put at risk if action is not taken to strengthen and diversify the supply of critical raw materials, researchers have warned.
UK behind European countries on home upgrades to combat bills and climate crisis
The UK’s efforts to upgrade homes to combat energy bills and climate change are trailing behind European countries, according to a new Imperial paper.
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Joining the dialogue about CO2
'Absence Echoed' exploring the concept of the reduction of C02, now stands in the lobby of the Sir Michael Uren Hub, White City Campus.
Imperial graduates win £1m Earthshot Prize for seaweed packaging invention
A startup founded by Imperial graduates has won £1 million in the Prince of Wales’ Earthshot Prize.
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Brian Eno – "We need the creative industry to help inspire climate action"
Music legend, Brian Eno, has called for the creative industry to get behind scientists and help inspire action on climate change.
Sea level rise to dramatically speed up erosion of rock coastlines by 2100
Rock coasts, which make up over half the world’s coastlines, could retreat more rapidly in the future due to accelerating sea level rise.
Climate change made rain behind deadly West Africa floods 80 times more likely
A new study linked floods with climate change, but another on regional drought was unable to reach a conclusion, hindered by a lack of reliable data.
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We can’t tackle climate change if we ignore biodiversity
The biodiversity crisis is as urgent as the climate crisis – and intimately interconnected, says Galina Jönsson.
New Centre to tackle intersection between global environmental change and NCDs
A £10m grant has established the NIHR Global Health Research Centre on Non-Communicable Diseases and Environmental Change.
