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The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment is a leading interdisciplinary academic hub at the University of Oxford focused upon teaching, research, and engagement with enterprise on climate change and long-term environmental sustainability.
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The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, has worked at the forefront of climate, environment and sustainability research sin...
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Drumroll!!! First #OxfordSmithSchool post! Learn more about the Smith School and its interdisciplinary work on enterprise, sustainability and climate education. #energysky #greensky #climatesky
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@bmj.com article | @rupertstuartsmith.bsky.social explore how medical evidence crucial to uncover impact of air pollution on people’s health is exposing health burdens of climate change.
Medical evidence crucial in holding polluters accountable for harming health
Medical and scientific evidence is proving invaluable in holding public authorities accountable for the impact of unlawful air pollution on people’s health, say Dr Rupert Stuart-Smith and Gaia Lisi in The BMJ’s climate issue today.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
@bmj.com article | @rupertstuartsmith.bsky.social explore how medical evidence crucial to uncover impact of air pollution on people’s health is exposing health burdens of climate change.
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Will you be in Belém for #COP30? Connect with us there! 🌎
Side event with @erikaberenguer.bsky.social , @greenpeace.org, @wwf.org.uk, @sosmataatlantica.bsky.social
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Side event with @erikaberenguer.bsky.social , @greenpeace.org, @wwf.org.uk, @sosmataatlantica.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Will you be in Belém for #COP30? Connect with us there! 🌎
Side event with @erikaberenguer.bsky.social , @greenpeace.org, @wwf.org.uk, @sosmataatlantica.bsky.social
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@smithschool.ox.ac.uk Event
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Side event with @erikaberenguer.bsky.social , @greenpeace.org, @wwf.org.uk, @sosmataatlantica.bsky.social
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#OxfordSmithSchool Stephen Lezak tackles Bill Gate's intervention on climate discourse in the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
Opinion | Bill Gates Has a Point
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November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#OxfordSmithSchool Stephen Lezak tackles Bill Gate's intervention on climate discourse in the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
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Carbon removal features in many G20 net-zero plans - yet commitments remain vague.
Oliver Geden and others explain: without clear CDR targets and verification, credibility gaps widen. @stateofcdr.bsky.social
📘 State of CDR Insight Report (2025)
Oliver Geden and others explain: without clear CDR targets and verification, credibility gaps widen. @stateofcdr.bsky.social
📘 State of CDR Insight Report (2025)
Insight Report 1 — The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal
This Insight Report is the first in a new series of shorter analyses offering timely updates on developments in carbon removal as part of the broader State of CDR initiative.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Carbon removal features in many G20 net-zero plans - yet commitments remain vague.
Oliver Geden and others explain: without clear CDR targets and verification, credibility gaps widen. @stateofcdr.bsky.social
📘 State of CDR Insight Report (2025)
Oliver Geden and others explain: without clear CDR targets and verification, credibility gaps widen. @stateofcdr.bsky.social
📘 State of CDR Insight Report (2025)
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Ahead of #COP30, @stateofcdr.bsky.social released a new report, co-authored by CGS Associate Research Prof. @gidden.bsky.social, that assesses #G20 countries' progress in scaling carbon dioxide removal & whether it's enough to stay aligned with the #ParisAgreement: www.stateofcdr.org/insight-repo...
Insight Report 1 — The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal
This Insight Report is the first in a new series of shorter analyses offering timely updates on developments in carbon removal as part of the broader State of CDR initiative.
www.stateofcdr.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ahead of #COP30, @stateofcdr.bsky.social released a new report, co-authored by CGS Associate Research Prof. @gidden.bsky.social, that assesses #G20 countries' progress in scaling carbon dioxide removal & whether it's enough to stay aligned with the #ParisAgreement: www.stateofcdr.org/insight-repo...
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Curious about the data behind #TheStateofCDR Edition 2?
We’ve made it easier than ever to explore the data yourself. Our open-access Data Portal lets you dive into #CDR data by country, method, and more.
Built for researchers, policymakers, and the climate-curious - portal.stateofcdr.org
We’ve made it easier than ever to explore the data yourself. Our open-access Data Portal lets you dive into #CDR data by country, method, and more.
Built for researchers, policymakers, and the climate-curious - portal.stateofcdr.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Curious about the data behind #TheStateofCDR Edition 2?
We’ve made it easier than ever to explore the data yourself. Our open-access Data Portal lets you dive into #CDR data by country, method, and more.
Built for researchers, policymakers, and the climate-curious - portal.stateofcdr.org
We’ve made it easier than ever to explore the data yourself. Our open-access Data Portal lets you dive into #CDR data by country, method, and more.
Built for researchers, policymakers, and the climate-curious - portal.stateofcdr.org
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How are the world’s largest economies preparing to scale carbon removal and is it enough?
Ahead of #COP30, we release our first Insight Report, that examines how G20 pledges address #CDR alongside emission cuts and what this means for long-term Paris alignment.
Full report: tinyurl.com/3kn6seff
Ahead of #COP30, we release our first Insight Report, that examines how G20 pledges address #CDR alongside emission cuts and what this means for long-term Paris alignment.
Full report: tinyurl.com/3kn6seff
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
How are the world’s largest economies preparing to scale carbon removal and is it enough?
Ahead of #COP30, we release our first Insight Report, that examines how G20 pledges address #CDR alongside emission cuts and what this means for long-term Paris alignment.
Full report: tinyurl.com/3kn6seff
Ahead of #COP30, we release our first Insight Report, that examines how G20 pledges address #CDR alongside emission cuts and what this means for long-term Paris alignment.
Full report: tinyurl.com/3kn6seff
State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Insight report - is out now:
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October 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Insight report - is out now:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/633458017a1ae214f3772c76/t/690100cd9dca6f5dc9fa2ff3/1761673421154/State+of+CDR+Insight+Report+-+Carbon+Dioxide+Removal+in+The+G20+Pledges+-+Limited+and+Lacking+Credibility.pdf
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The independent review, led by Dr Alan Whitehead CBE and commissioned by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero considered the economic, policy and regulatory dimensions of GGR deployment and developed five headline recommendations to to ensure prompt GGR deployment to meet Carbon Budgets 👇
The UK Govt published its Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals yesterday. We were pleased to have the opportunity to contribute evidence, & the Review cites research from across our programme. Read our reaction here: co2re.org/reaction-to-...
Reaction to the Publication of the Independent Greenhouse Gas Removals Review - CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub
Yesterday the UK Government published its Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals, led by Dr Alan Whitehead CBE. The purpose of the review, which was commissioned by the Department for Energy Se...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The independent review, led by Dr Alan Whitehead CBE and commissioned by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero considered the economic, policy and regulatory dimensions of GGR deployment and developed five headline recommendations to to ensure prompt GGR deployment to meet Carbon Budgets 👇
"It is critical to mobilise financial resources to support projects that explicitly target the conservation, sustainable management, (...) on which human life depends." @hassanaftab.bsky.social :
How to unlock private finance for nature: reframing risk-return dynamics
Nature-related projects to protect, manage, or restore the Earth’s ecosystems are vital if we are to maintain a liveable planet, yet these projects cannot be funded at the required scale by public finance alone. In my research at the Oxford Smith School, I explore how we can unlock private capital to help replenish the natural world.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"It is critical to mobilise financial resources to support projects that explicitly target the conservation, sustainable management, (...) on which human life depends." @hassanaftab.bsky.social :
How we can unlock private capital to help replenish the natural world? New insight from #OxfordSmithSchool @hassanaftab.bsky.social on a systematic review he co-authored: www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/how-unl...
How to unlock private finance for nature: reframing risk-return dynamics
Nature-related projects to protect, manage, or restore the Earth’s ecosystems are vital if we are to maintain a liveable planet, yet these projects cannot be funded at the required scale by public fin...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
How we can unlock private capital to help replenish the natural world? New insight from #OxfordSmithSchool @hassanaftab.bsky.social on a systematic review he co-authored: www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/how-unl...
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We're so proud of our Senior Research Fellow Professor Radhika Khosla, who has been profiled for the University's Climate and the Environment campaign! Radhika's work focuses on the most pressing challenges posed by climate change, from extreme heat to sustainable urban development. buff.ly/uj6I5VS
April 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We're so proud of our Senior Research Fellow Professor Radhika Khosla, who has been profiled for the University's Climate and the Environment campaign! Radhika's work focuses on the most pressing challenges posed by climate change, from extreme heat to sustainable urban development. buff.ly/uj6I5VS
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Read the report here: netzeroclimate.org/publications... @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @oxsustfinance.bsky.social @thomasnhale.bsky.social
Roadmap to Net-Zero Aligned Carbon Market Regulation - Net Zero Climate
This Roadmap identifies and builds on existing trends and gaps in the regulation of carbon markets and establishes six key pillars for their design or reform. It suggests that governments seeking to…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Kemi Badenoch's announcement that the Conservatives will repeal the 2008 Climate Change Act if they win the next general election has the potential to be a major own goal" @samfankhauser.bsky.social @businessgreen.bsky.social www.businessgreen.com/analysis/452...
Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk
Sam Fankhauser from the University of Oxford warns the Conservative's plans to ditch the Climate Change Act could prove a political, environmental, and economic own goal
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October 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"Kemi Badenoch's announcement that the Conservatives will repeal the 2008 Climate Change Act if they win the next general election has the potential to be a major own goal" @samfankhauser.bsky.social @businessgreen.bsky.social www.businessgreen.com/analysis/452...
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Researchers from @smithschool.ox.ac.uk and the University of Pennsylvania have carried out the most comprehensive review of carbon offsetting yet - finding the practice largely ineffective and plagued by ‘intractable’ problems.
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Carbon offsets have failed for 25 years, and most should be phased out - research
Academics at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the most comprehensive review of evidence on the effectiveness on carbon offsetting to date and concluded the pr...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Researchers from @smithschool.ox.ac.uk and the University of Pennsylvania have carried out the most comprehensive review of carbon offsetting yet - finding the practice largely ineffective and plagued by ‘intractable’ problems.
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“We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale,” said Stephen Lezak, a researcher at the @ox.ac.uk ’s Smith School"
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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
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October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale,” said Stephen Lezak, a researcher at the @ox.ac.uk ’s Smith School"
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"When colleagues & I interviewed people (...) about the act a few years ago, they emphasised the predictable process, the clear rules on accountability & the evidence-based discourse it has enabled." @samfankhauser.bsky.social @theconversation.com theconversation.com/tory-plan-to...
Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk
The country has enjoyed a unique period of consensus and stability under the Climate Change Act, which the Tories now want to scrap.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"When colleagues & I interviewed people (...) about the act a few years ago, they emphasised the predictable process, the clear rules on accountability & the evidence-based discourse it has enabled." @samfankhauser.bsky.social @theconversation.com theconversation.com/tory-plan-to...
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Associate Professor Steve Smith at the @smithschool.ox.ac.uk discusses with Sustainability Unlocked how the approach to climate strategy has shifted over time, transitioning from a focus on GHG concentrations to adopting net zero CO2 emissions.
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The Science Behind Net Zero Targets
In this video, Steve explores the concept of net zero emissions, tracing its origins and outlining the essential principles for achieving it. From the evolution of climate strategy to the scientific…
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October 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Associate Professor Steve Smith at the @smithschool.ox.ac.uk discusses with Sustainability Unlocked how the approach to climate strategy has shifted over time, transitioning from a focus on GHG concentrations to adopting net zero CO2 emissions.
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Debate on whether 'Chinese technology is the key to a global green transition'. @smithschool.ox.ac.uk World Forum event. Really intrigued to hear what the arguments are and whether they can change our minds. Two:one for:against in an audience poll before the debate begins. #wfee
October 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Debate on whether 'Chinese technology is the key to a global green transition'. @smithschool.ox.ac.uk World Forum event. Really intrigued to hear what the arguments are and whether they can change our minds. Two:one for:against in an audience poll before the debate begins. #wfee
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Inspiring first panel at @smithschool.ox.ac.uk World Forum on Enterprise & Environment. Lots of positive routes to using better facts, narratives, engagement methods, recognition of co-benefits and what really matters to people to win the argument on climate and the clean energy transition. #wfee
October 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Inspiring first panel at @smithschool.ox.ac.uk World Forum on Enterprise & Environment. Lots of positive routes to using better facts, narratives, engagement methods, recognition of co-benefits and what really matters to people to win the argument on climate and the clean energy transition. #wfee
Ben Franta highlights corporate accountability in climate related disasters, like wildfires. Last year, we hosted a conversation between Ben and @johnvaillant.bsky.social @davidrvetter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/kNqHCrb...
September 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Ben Franta highlights corporate accountability in climate related disasters, like wildfires. Last year, we hosted a conversation between Ben and @johnvaillant.bsky.social @davidrvetter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/kNqHCrb...
@oxfordnetzero.bsky.social & Futerra launched a white paper on the Spheres of Influence – a new framework for incentivising corporate climate action. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/page/outputs...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
@oxfordnetzero.bsky.social & Futerra launched a white paper on the Spheres of Influence – a new framework for incentivising corporate climate action. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/page/outputs...
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Yesterday President Trump called climate change a "con job". Members of Oxford Net Zero joined the UK Science Media Centre's expert response: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... @ox.ac.uk @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social
expert reaction to Trump saying climate change is the ”greatest con job ever perpetrated in the world” and that climate change predictions ”were wrong” and made by ”stupid people” | Science Media Cen...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yesterday President Trump called climate change a "con job". Members of Oxford Net Zero joined the UK Science Media Centre's expert response: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... @ox.ac.uk @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social
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Yesterday at #ClimateWeekNYC, @netzerotracker.bsky.social launched the Net Zero Stocktake 2025. netzeroclimate.org/net-zero-sto.... We're proud to be part of this amazing consortium w/@datadrivenlab.bsky.social, @eciu.net & @newclimate.bsky.social.
Net Zero Stocktake 2025: Global net zero commitments rise, even as U.S. federal government retreats - Net Zero Climate
Today at Climate Week NYC, the Net Zero Tracker publishes the Net Zero Stocktake 2025, its latest iteration of an annual assessment that reviews both the quantity and quality of net-zero commitments. ...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Yesterday at #ClimateWeekNYC, @netzerotracker.bsky.social launched the Net Zero Stocktake 2025. netzeroclimate.org/net-zero-sto.... We're proud to be part of this amazing consortium w/@datadrivenlab.bsky.social, @eciu.net & @newclimate.bsky.social.