From Brazil to Birmingham: building bridges for global climate justice
Academics and students’ experiences bring COP30 lessons to inform future policy
- Published: 4 December 2025
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A failure of imagination: Why knowing isn’t enough to stop the climate crisis
Professor John Holmes explains why COP and the climate inaction it leads to have had a failure of imagination.
- Published: 26 November 2025
University of Birmingham achieves top 50 position in global sustainability rankings
University continues to perform strongly in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026
- Published: 18 November 2025
UoB researchers win award for AI biodiversity research
University of Birmingham researchers win international award for AI-driven biodiversity research
- Published: 18 November 2025
Cheaper cars pollute more than expensive cars, leading to emissions inequality
More expensive cars emit lower levels of pollution, meaning motorists on lower-incomes are more likely to contribute disproportionately to urban air pollution.
- Published: 14 November 2025
University of Birmingham celebrates UK–Amazonia collaboration ahead of COP30
FAPESPA President learns about students' transformative experiences as they prepare to take part in climate conference
- Published: 12 November 2025
Widely cited stat on global water and food security ‘hearsay’ and fragile for policymaking
Statistics on 70% of water use contributing to 40% of food security based on little evidence and poorly connected to current data
- Published: 11 November 2025
Crisis computing and the edge of uncertainty
Researchers from Birmingham and Tokyo are advancing human-centred AI, behavioural science, and immersive tech to boost global crisis preparedness and response.
- Published: 11 November 2025
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