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Founded in 1977, we are Imperial College's unique interdisciplinary department conducting policy-focused research to solve environmental & sustainability issues
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After decades of climate action, the world is still on track for 2.3 - 2.8°C of warming, far above the Paris goal.

Professor Joeri Rogelj warns: “Given the evidence we see, I would really not consider anything between 2 and 3 degrees livable.”

#ClimateCrisis #COP30 #ParisAgreement
New reports paint picture of an ‘extremely dangerous’ future with warming expected to blow past key limit | CNN
Melting ice sheets. Massive flooding. Dead coral reefs. Humanity is careening toward an untenable future as global temperatures rise, scientists warn
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November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Really fun to go on ABC News Australia to talk about @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social, @morenamills.bsky.social, and my new paper (along with several coauthors not on bluesky). See more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....

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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
🌿 As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, The Observer highlights new Imperial research warning that thousands of conservation projects, from Chile’s fisheries to protected areas across Africa & Asia, are being abandoned or neglected 👇
Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Conservation is not just about starting something new, it’s about ensuring what we start endures.”

As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
Imperial study highlights overlooked crisis of conservation abandonment | Imperial News | Imperial College London
As COP 30 gets underway today in Belem, Brazil, Imperial researchers warn about the abandonment of conservation initiatives.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Think your energy is 100% renewable? 🌍

A new index suggests some tariffs supply only half their power from green sources.

Dr @iain-staffell.bsky.social says we need real-time matching, not annual accounting, to make claims truly green.

www.telegraph.co.uk/money/bills/...
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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COP30: Study reveals “highest possible ambition” for countries' climate pledges

With COP30 kicking off on Monday, a new paper by Julia Schönfeld and Professor Joeri Rogelj provides a framework for assessing countries’ climate pledges 🧵

Learn more: ow.ly/CiB050XnMK2
COP30: Study reveals “highest possible ambition” for countries' climate pledges | Imperial News | Imperial College London
A new study, for the first time, shows how the ‘highest possible ambition’ of countries' climate pledges can be assessed.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage.

Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss and Damage
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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In a new collaborative paper between the Grantham Institute and @climatecares.bsky.social, Monica McCall outlines the key evidence on mental health and climate change, including how interventions can better realise the co-benefits of tackling these two interrelated issues 🧵

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October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Hurricane Melissa, the world’s most powerful storm of 2025, has struck Jamaica with devastating force. 🌪️

Professor @frediotto.bsky.social warns that unusually warm Gulf waters, supercharged by #ClimateChange, made Melissa stronger & more destructive.

#HurricaneMelissa #ClimateCrisis
How 'strange, slow' Hurricane Melissa became such a monster
Like other blasts this year, Melissa has exhibited strange, intense growth spurts - which scientists are attributing to climate change.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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At our launch event we presented our new report in collaboration with the @ic-cep.bsky.social, which investigates how the health benefits of climate action are currently considered by decision-makers 🧵

📺https://ow.ly/yxNH50XfqBz
Webinar: Delivering for Climate & Health: insights from UK decision-makers
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🌍 Ready to get real about #NetZero? Join us for a compelling lecture by Professor Niall Mac Dowell, exploring how climate action intersects with energy security

📅 Wednesday 12 November 2025
🕠 17:30 - 18:30 GMT
📍 Lecture theatre 200, City and Guilds Building (and online)

Register below 👇
Getting real about net zero
Join Professor Niall Mac Dowell from the Centre of Environmental Policy for his inaugural lecture.
www.imperial.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
While the UK debates nuclear, we’re missing a major clean energy opportunity: tidal power.

Jonathon Porritt highlights new @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social research showing tidal projects can support ecosystems, not harm them. 🌊

Read his blog 👇
jonathonporritt.com/tidal-energy...
TIDES, NUKES AND BIRDS - Jonathon Porritt
A critical examination of tidal energy in the Severn Estuary: could this renewable resource rival nuclear power, or does it pose an unacceptable risk to biodiversity?
jonathonporritt.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Private members’ clubs are going green 🌿

At Brimm’s clubhouse, members aim to cut their carbon footprint by 30% by 2030 through planet-positive brands, eco events and regenerative farm trips

As Dr Richard Carmichael notes, visible action can spark “social contagion” - inspiring others to follow
The groundbreaking clubs that are helping to save the planet
There’s a boom in green private members’ clubs whose aim is to improve the health of our environment
www.thetimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social & Climate Central reveals the world could face ~2 more months of extreme heat days per year by 2100

Without the #ParisAgreement, it would have been 114 more days.

Even amid alarming trends, climate action makes a real difference
The world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The world is on track to add nearly two months of dangerous superhot days each year by the end of the century, with poorer small nations...
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Applications are now open for our MSc programmes in Conservation Science and Practice and Environmental Technology at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 🌍✨

Join a community shaping solutions for a sustainable future.

Apply now 👇

#Sustainability #Conservation #EnvironmentalPolicy #StudyAtImperial
PG Environmental Policy - Imperial multisite
Emily, MSc Conservation Science and Practice Pranjal, MSc Environmental Technology Read Layla's full story Take a virtual tour Explore Imperial’s outstanding facilities, see campus highlights and get ...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Event today: Delivering for climate & health: insights from UK decision-makers.

Join us and @ic-cep.bsky.social at midday UK time 👇🕛
Event: Delivering for climate & health: insights from UK decision-makers

Join us and @ic-cep.bsky.social to explore how the health benefits of climate action are thought about by decision-makers in government.

📍Online
⏰12.00-13.00
📅16 October

Sign-up today: ow.ly/Ll4W50X04V4
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Fears about tidal power harming ecosystems have held back a key renewable for decades.

A new @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social study finds those fears largely unfounded, showing how tidal energy can support wildlife, generate clean power and protect coasts.
🌊🔋

#TidalEnergy #RenewableEnergy
New study challenges ecological fears around tidal power | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Tidal power is often dismissed as damaging to wildlife, but a large-scale review of evidence shows its effects are often neutral or even beneficial
www.imperial.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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We were delighted to welcome our new MSc students at @ic-cep.bsky.social this week! excited to teach and learn with them on Urban Sustainable Environments, exploring how cities can become healthier.
Applications are now open for next year, join us! 👉 campaigns.imperial.ac.uk/postgraduate...
October 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Torrential rain has hit Ibiza, turning streets into rivers and flooding the airport 🌧️

Over 180mm fell in 12 hours - the remnants of Hurricane Gabrielle are to blame.

“No doubt about it, these explosive downpours were intensified by climate change,” says Professor @frediotto.bsky.social.
Ibiza floods: Everything we know including impacted travel
The Spanish island has been placed under a red warning for rain, the maximum alert level
www.standard.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
SMEs drive the UK economy but also produce 36% of domestic emissions. 🚨

A new report, led by Dr Gbemi Oluleye and Imperial colleagues, for Schneider Electric explores the barriers to decarbonisation and the policies & finance needed to unlock solutions. 🌍⚡

#NetZero #SustainableBusiness
New report highlights help SMEs need to reduce their carbon footprint | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Global industrial technology leader Schneider Electric asks Imperial experts to explore the barriers to decarbonisation for SMEs
www.imperial.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 The UK Conservative Party plans to scrap the Climate Change Act if it returns to power.

CEP researcher, Luke Hatton, warns ditching net-zero targets won’t protect consumers from volatile fossil fuel prices.

#ClimatePolicy #NetZero
UK Conservative Party Vows to Scrap the Climate Change Act
The UK’s opposition Conservative Party plans to scrap the Climate Change Act if it returns to power, the latest indication that the longstanding political consensus on climate action in Britain has sh...
www.bloomberg.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Out in @science.org today. The Ngezi forest of Zanzibar is likely the most intact oldgrowth tropical dry forest in East Africa, if not the continent; it also houses tons of endemic species and gives resources to thousands of people. Bulldozers are waiting at its edge

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tourism puts Zanzibari reserve at a crossroads
The moist broadleaf forests located on the coasts of Tanzania and Kenya and on nearby archipelagos such as Zanzibar are highly fragmented hotspots of plant and animal diversity (1). On Pemba, the 988-...
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Gbemi Oluleye on her promotion to Associate Professor in Sustainable Market Mechanisms!

This promotion recognises her outstanding contributions in research and teaching ✨

Read more 📖: tinyurl.com/2ahwh9ac

#ResearchImpact #WomenInSTEM #LowCarbonFuture
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Event: Delivering for climate & health: insights from UK decision-makers

Join us and @ic-cep.bsky.social to explore how the health benefits of climate action are thought about by decision-makers in government 🧵

📍Online
⏰12.00-13.00
📅16 October

Sign-up today: ow.ly/Ll4W50X04V4
Delivering for Climate & Health: insights from UK decision-makers
Climate action can deliver co-benefits for public health. This webinar will explore how can we strengthen the consideration of health in climate-related decision-making.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🌊 Lake Tanganyika is rising, 3m higher in a decade, drowning homes, schools & livelihoods in Burundi. Over 100,000 have been displaced.

Dr Joyce Kimutai warns climate change is a “multiplier of threats” in a region already hit by conflict.

#ClimateCrisis #Burundi
Floods force 100,000 out of their homes – and the water in this city is still rising
People fleeing the rising waters around Lake Tanganyika in Burundi are fighting for space and humanitarian care with refugees escaping civil war. Donald Trump’s slashing of international aid money has...
www.independent.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM