Climate change

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

Study of module offered at US university suggests it substantially cut graduates’ emissions compared with those of average citizen

Just 5 per cent of funding over past two decades went on studies examining how to change human behaviour to help tackle crisis, researchers find

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

Academia has gone green in a big way in recent years, but some doubt whether it will make much difference to the planet. Nick Mayo speaks to scholars and students to assess the sector’s environmental record

International conferences are a huge boon to academics, allowing them to hear about new findings, make new connections and, above all, enjoy the physical manifestation of their virtual global community. But is all that footfall worth the huge carbon footprint it leaves? Joanna Kidman is increasingly unsure