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Transition Exeter is a local response to the global challenges of climate change, economic hardship and shrinking supplies of cheap energy.
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Join the GSI next week for our talk with @espagneetienne.bsky.social, author and senior climate economists at the World Bank, on the cross-border risks and dynamics of climate financing in emerging and developing economies.

Please email infoGSI@exeter.ac.uk to register your attendance.
#GSIExeter
March 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Today, Exeter and the IFoA launch the Planetary Solvency Risk Dashboard, providing decision-makers with a comprehensive overview of current and projected climate risks up to 2050. @gsiexeter.bsky.social

Check out the dashboard: lnkd.in/ev3bk6bG

Read more: news.exeter.ac.uk/global-syste...
Risk-informed policies needed to avoid climate meltdown
Climate policies must account for faster-than-expected warming to “avoid the catastrophic impacts of not changing course”, say the experts behind a new climate risk tool. A team of experts from the In...
news.exeter.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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New sea turtle research!

This new study explores how individual green turtles adjust the timing of their nesting patterns in response to warming oceans.

Watch the video for more.

Full paper - doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

🦑🌐🌍🦤🧪🐢
#AcademicSky
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February 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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A team led by the University of Exeter has been awarded £5 million by @aria-research.bsky.social to investigate early warning signs of climate #TippingPoints

Read more here 👇 @gsiexeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
Early warning of climate tipping points funded by ARIA
A team led by the University of Exeter has been awarded £5 million by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) to investigate early warning signs of climate “tipping points”. A tipping point ...
news.exeter.ac.uk
February 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Hi! I’m a reporter covering climate, energy, and environmental issues for an independent, nonprofit newsroom in New York state.

Do you have a tip you want to share securely? Message me on Signal @colin.36, through this link signal.me#eu/v7N4OOIPY... or DM for cell. Can keep tips anonymous.
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February 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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#beaver droning with Devon Wildlife Trust today. Amazing seeing the dams and wetland spread all the way across the valley bottom now at this site #NatureBasedSolutions @exeter.ac.uk @uoe-creww.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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More than two dozen scientists are urging the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) not to allow companies to use carbon #offsetting to meet their climate targets

Read more here 👇 @jamesgyke.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social
Scientists advise against carbon offsetting
More than two dozen scientists are urging the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) not to allow companies to use carbon offsetting to meet their climate targets.  SBTi has become a leading force in...
news.exeter.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Academics from the GSI, Professor Tim Lenton and Professor Gail Whiteman, are participating in the World Economic Forum this week, sharing the vital climate research they and fellow researchers have been working on. 🌍

You can see their involvement using this link.👇
news.exeter.ac.uk/global-syste...
Exeter experts head to Davos to drive action on climate and environment
The University of Exeter will aim to accelerate action on the climate and environmental crisis at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos this week. Academic experts will join the annual gath...
news.exeter.ac.uk
January 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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💭Sustainable Energy for Some?

Join us on 21st Jan for the first #IIPPInConversation Event of 2025. IIPP's @ceciliarikap.bsky.social welcomes @silviaweko.bsky.social &
@kenohaverkamp.bsky.social for a roundtable discussion.

🔗Register here: https://buff.ly/4fNBADT
January 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Mincinglake Wassail is taking place on Saturday, January 25, 2025 from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM GMT at Mincinglake Valley Park Orchard. More details about the event and the location below:
January 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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How can we embed #sustainability and #climatechange in the #curriculum? Have your say - come along to the GSI Assembly on 5 February. All welcome - students, staff, local community 🌍
December 12, 2024 at 11:58 AM

One last reminder that our first event of the year is happening tomorrow. Details down below. We hope to see you there!
January 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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An emerging corridor for battery-electric trucks across Europe, from 🇸🇪 to the south of 🇫🇷 - plus some branches - is visible in this new map from GIREVE. Good blog on the state of play for 🇪🇺 truck charging (and how much has happened in the 8 months since their last look)
www.gireve.com/beyond-ev-ch...
January 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Tickets have gone on sale for a charity talk on military intelligence and Exeter in the Second World War.

People are being invited to join the Lord Mayor of Exeter for a talk by renowned historian Dr Todd Gray MBE, on Saturday 22 February at 2.45pm.

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January 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Just to remind everyone that Transition Exeter's first event is taking place next Thursday. Featuring @stottpeter.bsky.social and Exeter Councilor Diana Moore discussing "Can we afford to save ourselves?" at Queens Lecture Hall 1 at the University of Exeter. We hope you see you there!
January 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM