01 June 2023
UK-Brazil science cooperation is driving a global effort to understand how our forests will respond to high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the future.
25 May 2023
The TEED Partners have secured £300,000 from Innovate UK to further develop their shared net zero delivery plans in East Birmingham.
22 May 2023
The foundations have been laid at a first-of-a-kind green ammonia to hydrogen demonstrator site at Tyseley Energy Park.
17 May 2023
The University of Birmingham has appointed Charmaine Morrell as Head of Sustainability and Dr Julia Myatt as Director of Sustainability Education.
26 April 2023
A University of Birmingham / Echion Technologies collaboration that is facilitating the commercialisation of an active materials that could cut charging times.
25 April 2023
A blog post from Dr Thomas Fender
21 April 2023
Developing countries will receive £4 million to reduce harmful emissions from outdated air conditioning units, cooling refrigeration and cold supply chains.
20 April 2023
The Birmingham Energy Institute’s ATETA project celebrate supporting over 300 businesses over the past six years at an Energy Innovation Showcase.
06 April 2023
The River Cole and Tyseley Energy Park: Creation of Community Commons Project has been shortlisted for an award following the removal of a 170-year-old weir.
04 April 2023
CIP has launched their third Low Carbon Energy Solutions Innovator Challenge, designed for innovators who are developing low carbon energy solutions.
20 March 2023
New research into how quantum sensing technology can benefit environmental sciences has been launched at the University of Birmingham.
17 March 2023
The University of Birmingham is to participate in the West Midlands Innovation Accelerator announced this week by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
14 March 2023
Roads are essential to society and constructing climate resilient highways holds the key to unlocking solutions to the tough challenges ahead.
07 March 2023
Fourteen cleantech businesses have celebrated their graduation from the Climate Innovation Platform’s 'Low Carbon Energy Solutions, Innovator Challenge’.
09 February 2023
Materials with better resilience to the extreme conditions in fusion energy powerplants are to be developed in a partnership with the UK Atomic Energy Authority
08 February 2023
The University of Birmingham is part of a new consortium that will deliver the €7 million, Horizon Europe, THUMBS UP project.
06 February 2023
Dr James Levine has been named one of the new UK Treescapes fellows - looking to answer some key questions surrounding Treescape Expansion in the UK.
02 February 2023
Birmingham's exciting new Green Innovation Quarter promises to put the city at the heart of the Green Industrial Revolution
02 February 2023
Sustainable water management will play a critical role in galvanising action on climate change at COP28
26 January 2023
The transition to cleaner technologies can either be done well or done badly – the route we take is down to us
26 January 2023
New evidence has emerged on production of particles that could have a major global impact on atmospheric pollution
26 January 2023
Negative environmental impacts and pressures associated with EU consumption have increased in Eastern Europe and around the globe
24 January 2023
Birmingham researchers have devised a ‘closed loop’ carbon recycling system that could radically reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the steelmaking industry
18 January 2023
Experts call on global educators to give youth more opportunities to ‘break new ground’ during studies
18 January 2023
Plans for East Birmingham’s transformation into a Green Energy and Innovation Quarter is being launched today by city partners.
14 December 2022
In the face of a changing climate, long-life road surfaces could provide more durable highways and value for money in low-income countries
09 December 2022
The air we breathe today is much cleaner than in 1952, when choking smog brought London to a standstill – but is it clean enough?
01 December 2022
Thousands of migrants in overcrowded refugee camps are threatened by the effects of climate change
25 November 2022
The effects of climate change are taking their toll on refugees and migrants, as they wait in camps for their future to be determined.
22 November 2022
The Rwanda and UK governments joined forces at COP27 to help speed the delivery of innovative cooling technologies in Africa.
18 November 2022
NERC has appointed a new Chair, Professor David M. Hannah, to its Science Committee. This new appointment will commence on the 3 January 2023.
18 November 2022
A new carbon footprint calculator for metal polishing has been created thanks to a tie-up between industry and the University of Birmingham ATETA programme.
11 November 2022
Professor John Bryson warns against COP27 becoming a talking shop for politicians displaying climate change concerns before returning to everyday politics.
11 November 2022
The River Cole and surrounding area is to be transformed in a Community Commons project launched at Tyseley Energy Park.
10 November 2022
The African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) is working with a major global cold-chain provider.
10 November 2022
Whatever happens in COP27, we need unilateral action now to reduce the use of fossil fuels and limit the severity of future climate change.
09 November 2022
A new report from has outlined a plan to make the Midlands the UK’s first Smart Energy Region, helping tackle both the cost-of-living crisis and climate change.
27 October 2022
The next two decades will be critical in producing energy from nuclear fusion with the UK leading the way.
18 October 2022
An Expression of Interest has been submitted to the Government for a series of Investment Zones that will “unlock growth” in East Birmingham & North Solihull.
04 October 2022
We're taking the next steps toward delivering sustainable, resilient cold-chains to distribute food and medicines effectively in Africa, India and beyond.
04 October 2022
The University of Birmingham welcomes the announcement from the BEIS that West Burton will host the UKAEA’s pioneering prototype fusion power station.
03 October 2022
A new partnership between leading British Universities and the Met Office will help to offset the increasing impacts of extreme weather and climate change.
22 September 2022
A ‘digital twin’ to comprehensively model and test pathways to clean energy and net zero emissions in East Birmingham is being planned in a new partnership.
22 September 2022
We need a new approach to governing the UK economy - encouraging new forms of decarbonised growth that enhance exports whilst reducing dependence on imports.
06 September 2022
Rare Earth materials used in high performance magnets for electronic devices will be recycled in a new facility.
02 September 2022
Forests perform a delicate dance - balancing extraction of carbon dioxide from the air with existential threats from droughts, wildfires and ecosystem shifts.
30 August 2022
Experts leading research into sustainable cooling have received a multi-million pound boost for their work in Africa.
17 August 2022
Holidaying must be decarbonised, but this requires innovations in current planning regulations and practices.
05 August 2022
The Climate Innovation Platform (CIP) has welcomed its second cohort of 14 SME’s focused on driving energy technology innovation.
29 July 2022
This month, the Government launched the UK’s first-ever critical minerals strategy, aiming to improve the security of supply of critical minerals.
11 July 2022
Net zero goals for heating need to be owned and delivered by regional and local governments, with East Birmingham serving as one of three testbeds for the UK.
30 June 2022
We know that we must keep global temperature increase to below 1.5⁰C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
27 June 2022
An initiative designed to put the Midlands at the forefront of hydrogen innovation has formally launched.
19 May 2022
The project aims to design, build, commission, and operate the world’s largest and most efficient ammonia to hydrogen conversion unit of its kind.
26 April 2022
University leaders are calling for practical solutions to key global challenges ahead of the Forum for Global Challenges on the 3-5 May.
22 April 2022
The University of Birmingham is one of fifteen universities supporting a campaign to bring the UK’s first fusion power plant to Nottinghamshire.
14 April 2022
Thirteen cleantech businesses recently celebrated their graduation from the Climate Innovation Platform’s 'Low Carbon Energy Solutions, Innovator Challenge’.
05 April 2022
A research project aimed at bringing a truly circular economy one step closer, has received a £1.2 million research grant from EPSRC.
05 April 2022
The programme, which is the first of its kind to be launched in the UK, has been designed by academics who are world-leading in their field
29 March 2022
Professor Sir Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England visits Tyseley Energy Park.
23 March 2022
Researchers from the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage are supporting three EPSRC grants to develop and integrate energy storage technologies at grid scale.
15 March 2022
Tools that can produce accurate models of indoor air quality are to be designed in a project led by the University of Birmingham.
07 March 2022
Ordinary potted house plants can potentially make a significant contribution to reducing air pollution in homes and offices, according to new research.
02 March 2022
University of Birmingham experts are joining the Government of Telangana State to create a 'hot spot' for sustainable cooling innovation in India.
24 February 2022
The BSc Accountancy and Finance degree is incorporating climate change into the programme, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the world.
22 February 2022
A new application round launched for the second Low Carbon Energy Solutions Innovator Challenge.
21 January 2022
Common air pollutants from both urban and rural environments may be reducing the pollinating abilities of insects by preventing them sniffing out the crops and wildflowers that depend on them, new research has shown.
29 October 2021
Forestry experts from around the world are gathering at the University of Birmingham to explore whether an obscure phenomenon discovered by Charles Darwin could provide a new weapon in the fight against climate change.
28 October 2021
The University of Birmingham and Southeast University, in China, have joined forces to lead the establishment of a global alliance of universities aiming to boost their contribution to fighting climate change.
26 October 2021
Climate 'tipping points' can be better understood and predicted using climate change data taken from the ancient past, new research shows.
25 October 2021
Government targets to make the UK carbon neutral by 2050 could be worthless if current carbon accounting systems aren't radically reformed, warns a leading academic.
15 September 2021
As part of the UoB report Addressing the Climate Challenge, HSMC's Steve Gulati and Catherine Weir explore the role of service innovation and public sector leadership in sustainable healthcare.
09 September 2021
A 170 m record of marine sediment cores extracted from Adélie Land in Antarctica by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme is yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea ice and climate change.
09 September 2021
A new climate change report produced by the University of Birmingham intends to make academic expertise more available to global policy makers and to the public ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in November.
25 June 2021
The University of Birmingham along with Birmingham's four other universities are teaming up with NatWest's Climate Hackathon
22 June 2021
Although the emissions targets for aviation are in line with the overall goals of the Paris Agreement, there is a high likelihood that the climate impact of aviation will not meet these goals, according to a new study.
16 June 2021
Experts from the University of Birmingham have contributed to a major review of climate risk in the UK, produced by the Climate Change Committee.
14 June 2021
The winners of the University of Birmingham Climate Change Student Writing Competition 2021 have been announced, with the first prize awarded for an article on the contribution made by armed forces to climate change.
20 May 2021
The Birmingham Energy Institute (BEI) and HSBC UK are supporting businesses across the West Midlands and beyond in developing services or technologies with potential for impact on climate change.
14 May 2021
Scientists exploring the drivers of Antarctic climate change have discovered a new and more efficient pathway for the creation of natural aerosols and clouds which contribute significantly to temperature increases.
30 March 2021
Giant trees in tropical forests, witnesses to centuries of civilization, may be trapped in a dangerous feedback loop, according to a new report.
05 March 2021
Professor John Bryson discusses the three interrelated strategies of the March budget and asks if it goes far enough towards a new carbon light future?