11 April 2024
Cloud ‘engineering’ could be more effective for climate cooling than previously thought, because of the increased cloud cover produced, new research shows.
29 February 2024
The public and politicians do not see eye to eye in prioritising plastic pollution, according to new research.
14 February 2024
A new project, called VaccMap, will track vaccine vials through the vaccine cold-chain system in Rwanda to improve vaccine security for African communities.
13 February 2024
Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss in the Amazon, pushing it towards partial or total collapse
29 January 2024
Scientists have found that the spatial arrangement of plants in drylands can be a sign of the environment degrading, according to a new study.
24 January 2024
Dr Helen Onyeaka and Dr Liza Jabbour have been appointed as Deputy Directors for the Birmingham Institute for Sustainability & Climate Action (BISCA).
16 January 2024
Thirteen cleantech businesses have celebrated their graduation from the Climate Innovation Platform’s ‘Low Carbon Energy Solutions, Innovator Challenge’.
11 January 2024
The University of Birmingham announces the appointment of Professor Sara Walker as the new co-director for the Birmingham Energy Institute (BEI).
28 December 2023
Atmospheric CO2 levels hold the key to finding habitable planets and potentially life itself.
19 December 2023
Nick Cork, PhD Researcher at the University of Birmingham, explores how the railways could help save the UK's biodiversity and Christmas.
13 December 2023
The University of Birmingham has been awarded a 2:2 rating in the People and Planet University League – a 51 place rise from previous results.
11 December 2023
The United Nations estimates that about one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted every year.
08 December 2023
This year’s COP28 summit is placing a huge emphasis on education as a crucial long-term solution to climate change. We are already responding to that focus.
07 December 2023
Students can take a virtual step into a mangrove to learn how these forests adapt to their environments, using new resources from the University of Birmingham.
07 December 2023
The University of Birmingham has been awarded nearly £1.5 million by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority to research technology for fusion energy.
06 December 2023
The University of Birmingham and the International Union of Railways (UIC) have launched the UIC Middle East Hub at the University of Birmingham Dubai campus.
05 December 2023
Our researchers have supported Birmingham City Council to achieve A-list status in a project mapping city-level leadership on climate action.
05 December 2023
University of Birmingham has secured 35th position in the 2024 QS World Sustainability Ranking
05 December 2023
The University of Birmingham has been awarded £20 million in Levelling Up funding for the National Centre for the Decarbonisation of Heat (NCDH).
04 December 2023
From 13 – 17 November 2023 the University of Birmingham hosted Green Week – a programme of events, activities and demonstrations promoting everything eco.
04 December 2023
Led by Birmingham Energy Institute at the University of Birmingham, the project was honoured in the Benefitting Society category.
04 December 2023
Achieving net-zero calls for a transformation of entire value chains, including how we produce, consume, and live.
01 December 2023
New report released during COP28 - Adaptation and Building Resilience in a Changing World.
01 December 2023
In New Delhi, the world’s most polluted capital city, air pollution reduces life expectancy by an estimated 12 years.
30 November 2023
If we want to reach climate targets, then we need to invest in rail infrastructure in low and lower-middle-income countries.
29 November 2023
A whitepaper has made the case for significantly expanding rail in low- and lower-middle-income countries to reach climate goals and provide economic benefits.
29 November 2023
New research has shown that raising the temperature of frozen food by just 3°C could safely reduce food loss and cut carbon emissions.
28 November 2023
Experts from the University of Birmingham are calling for global cooling and cold chain to be considered as critical infrastructure.
27 November 2023
Why is the way in which people of colour experience and engage with climate change in Britain so misunderstood?
23 November 2023
The Mobility Futures Forum will explore future pathways and solutions to address the challenges around the future of sustainable mobility.
21 November 2023
The University of Birmingham is set to launch a major new climate report on its Dubai campus on the eve of COP28.
07 November 2023
A new report explores the challenge of air pollution levels in Africa and why international action is needed to combat it.
07 November 2023
AI analysis shows pollution levels, extreme weather events and increasing temperatures devastate biodiversity in freshwater lakes.
27 October 2023
CIP has launched their fourth Low Carbon Energy Solutions Innovator Challenge, designed for innovators who are developing low carbon energy solutions.
27 October 2023
The Clean Air Fellowships programme goes from strength to strength - nurturing the next generation of air pollution experts.
26 October 2023
One of only 17 projects selected by the MSP, which aims to build secure, responsible mineral supply chains to meet net zero-carbon goals.
24 October 2023
An emergency shelter made from 100% recycled materials has won two awards from the British Plastics Federation.
20 October 2023
Roads Minister Richard Holden visited Voltempo at Tyseley Energy Park to tour the site and find out more about the future HGV Charging Hub
20 October 2023
The new method can simplify battery recycling, which currently concentrates on recycling elements by dissolving battery cathodes using strong acids
18 October 2023
Climate change and increasing drought will heat our rivers - creating major challenges for people, animals and plants.
13 October 2023
Major African symposium brings together industry, academia, medical professionals and health agencies to drive progress in sustainable vaccine logistics.
12 October 2023
We must align road infrastructure management and development with efforts to address complex global development challenges.
09 October 2023
A Faraday Institution Industry Fellowship has been set up to between the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre and the University of Birmingham.
04 October 2023
The University of Birmingham has appointed David Hannah as Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor of Sustainability.
29 September 2023
The University of Birmingham is part of a global consortium that will develop hydrogen technologies responsibly and with net zero emissions at scale.
18 September 2023
The University of Birmingham is to be the UK lead for a new £6.2m Global Centre in Clean Energy.
14 September 2023
The University of Birmingham has announced plans to build a net zero carbon smart building and significantly expand its energy research and education.
13 September 2023
Organised by the University of Birmingham’s Magnetic Materials Group, the 300-delegate REPM conference took place from the 3rd to the 7th September 2023.
12 September 2023
According to new research, we could be breathing in toxic substances from cooking and cleaning for longer because of surfactants present in aerosols.
11 September 2023
The renowned fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien died fifty years ago on 2 September 1973. Tolkien described Worcestershire as ‘in an indefinable way “home" to me.'
08 September 2023
Birmingham Energy Institute to support Faraday Institution battery research projects refocused for maximum impact
04 September 2023
Evidence that most forest areas withstand periods of severe drought but greatest impact in forests with drier climates
01 September 2023
A new partnership agreement will bring the University of Birmingham’s mineral extraction expertise to new markets.
10 August 2023
News of an international agreement to save the Amazon rainforest should not deflect us from decarbonising our energy needs.
09 August 2023
The Telangana Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain will promote food and health security, empower farmers and boost exports.
21 July 2023
The US has said it will not pay climate reparations to countries affected by climate change disasters "under any circumstances".
18 July 2023
DIATOMIC Accelerator launches applications to provide West Midlands based companies with funding for trials.
14 July 2023
Farmers and fishers in Rwanda are joining sustainable cooling experts to learn how clean-cold technology can revolutionise their businesses.
14 July 2023
Thirteen technology innovators have joined the third cohort of the climate innovation platform innovator challenge.
12 July 2023
The Supergen Energy Networks (SEN) Hub, set up to help facilitate transition to a fully sustainable energy sector, has received substantial funding from UKRI.
01 July 2023
We gathered experts from across the United Arab Emirates to discuss the future of sustainable energy.
29 June 2023
The Energy Research Accelerator and Midlands Engine have launched Midlands Nuclear in parliament.
29 June 2023
The Energy Research Accelerator and University of Birmingham have started a policy commission that investigates the case for a publicly owned energy company.
16 June 2023
On Tuesday 13 June, the University of Birmingham hosted 200+ colleagues and students to celebrate all who took part in this year’s Green Impact Challenge.
12 June 2023
We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the global food system, if we want to have any impact on climate change.
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.
21 November 2022
Professor Uekötter talked to the Guardian about sustainable food production.
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.