Climate change

Former Cape Town v-c Mamphela Ramphele warns that higher education has been captured by elites and needs to prioritise tackling climate crisis

Sustainability-linked loans allow universities to make savings for fulfilling climate targets. So why are they so rare in HE, asks Geoffrey McGinley

Overheated buildings, meat-heavy menus and solar-panel-free roofs are not a good example, say Karin Bodewits and Philipp Gramlich

As institutions embedded within cities and regions, universities can be the catalysts for local action to address national and global problems

Tackling global warming needs a radical shift in business management. Graduates must force it on their employers, says Oliver Laasch

Major report seeks to establish true emissions for the whole of the UK sector – and suggest route to net zero

Staff will need express permission to fly less than 700km, but subsidies for higher train fees are also being scrapped

Growth of chapters seen in the 1990s has tailed off, and they are increasingly pushed towards the back

Nature Positive Universities Alliance launched at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal

Survey finds a vast majority of students want clearer strategies for climate change

Former Irish president tells Glasgow summit universities must redouble efforts on emissions to help hit Paris targets by 2030

While funding streams appear safe for now, academics debate whether they should continue to engage with an increasingly sceptical government

Vast lands owned by state’s campuses since 1800s ofter multibillion-dollar oil profits, along with huge environmental, political and reputational risks

Leaders must mandate objectives for research, teaching and external engagement, with major reviews every decade, says Warren Bebbington

Efforts to curb air travel emissions must be able to accommodate the varying needs of different academics, disciplines, roles and projects, says professor

Colonialism, deindustrialisation and climate change mean universities must help change way we live, professor of educational futures tells CGHE event

Labor may prosecute a big agenda in higher education despite its ‘small target’ campaign

Academics urge action to avoid losing pandemic-era gains, also suggesting making emissions a key factor in project evaluations

THE survey finds that applicants are using sustainability over other factors to decide where to ultimately enrol

Western Sydney University deputy v-c discusses ‘pragmatism’ in climate change research institute title and shopping centre campus, after rankings success

All institutions should set science-based goals. A new project to establish an agreed methodology for higher education globally will help, says Iain Patton

Tyler Prize winner talks about a career combating climate change scepticism and why he is skipping his award ceremony

Accepting industry money risks distorting research and allowing polluting firms to greenwash their reputations, says Zak Coleman

Networks such as Universitas 21 facilitate mutual support to meet net zero targets, say Tan Eng Chye and Anton Muscatelli

Emily Shuckburgh and Alyssa Gilbert, co-chairs of the COP26 Universities Network, draw the lessons from two years of collective effort

Shifting fields takes courage, but if a tenured professor can’t take the leap to address the ecological emergency, who can, asks Adam Aron

A public exhibition during COP26 hopes to engage policymakers with the slow-burn issues that science doesn’t address, says Gerald Taylor Aiken

The pandemic has demonstrated that air miles are not a prerequisite for building international partnerships, says Aimee Ambrose

THE Climate Impact Forum hears issue may still be seen as ‘middle-class problem’ in poorer nations

THE research finds that high share of institutions that have specified goal are not counting indirect emissions such as travel

As the world looks to COP26 to accelerate nations’ progress towards a low-carbon future, how is the higher education sector performing?

UUK says universities need ‘stable funding’ to continue to ‘provide the world’ with science and skills ‘to safeguard the future of the planet’

As COP26 looms, universities’ vital place in the UK’s environmental armoury must be recognised in the spending review, says Judith Petts 

Paper released ahead of COP26 says lecturers need more support to integrate environmental issues into their teaching

Jason Watkins stars in show exploring human costs and political ramifications of hacking of emails from University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit in 2009

Environment-linked discoveries dominating Nobel Prize list demonstrate enduring need to support fundamental science, say experts

Nicholas Till reflects on the path that has led him from research on opera to direct political action

People will always ‘come up with the same bullshit’ to support anti-science agendas, says Nasa scientist

With global warming a priority for the next US president, the International Universities Climate Alliance can lead the academic response, says Ian Jacobs

Environmental experts also more likely to have taken steps to offset or reduce impact of travel

Threats to environment too great to leave education to scientists alone, says Harvard professor Fernando Reimers

Academics suggest ambitious targets for reducing air travel and introducing regional hubs for conferences