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Help us fight the sixth mass extinction

7 March 2022

Take Part in the Big Biodiversity Conversation and Race for the Planet Fund

University of Sussex rewards student climate leaders and sustainable entrepreneurs with cash prizes

4 March 2022

Four innovative sustainable projects by University of Sussex students will receive £20,000 in start-up funding

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The Sussex Energy Group Research Showcase: March 8 – May 3

28 February 2022

The Sussex Energy Group Research Showcase outlines research projects on industrial decarbonisation and energy transition and justice in the Artic

Join us for Sustainable Sussex Week

23 February 2022

Sign up one of the Sustainable Sussex Week events and help your colleagues to make the University a beacon of sustainability

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Recycling Info Genius Competition: Win up to £500 for helping your fellow students improve their recycling

21 February 2022

Do you care about the planet? Do you want to help other students reduce the amount of waste that they produce and increase recycling rates?

TIP Conference 2022 builds action on transformations towards sustainability & a just transition

4 February 2022

Transformative Innovation Policy Conference 2022 gathers researchers & policymakers for action on TIP research & policy.

Four judges from Pitch for the Planet 2021, including Adam Tickell, the former Vice-Chancellor, listen as a student pitches their idea off camera.

Win a share of £20,000 funding to bring your climate change innovation idea to life in Pitch for the Planet 2022

2 February 2022

Do you have a prize winning idea to tackle climate change? You could win a share of £20,000 and a spot on our accelerator to bring your idea to life

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More evidence needed to establish 5G’s green credentials

24 January 2022

Widespread expectations 5G will be a green technology are not currently backed up by a strong, publicly available, fully transparent evidence base

Quickly find a new collaborator at Sussex with “Sustainability Search” database developed by SSRP

13 January 2022

Do you, or people in your network, need to find a University of Sussex collaborator for a new research or writing project? Perhaps you want to find...

SSRP co-organises webinar on Financial Crises, Poverty and Environmental Sustainability

10 January 2022

The webinar was held in Nov 2021 in collaboration with UNDP-UNEP PEA and UNRISD focussing on financial crises in the context of the SDGs and Covid-19.

Join Team Sussex for the 2022 Brighton Marathon and support biodiversity on campus and beyond

8 December 2021

Looking for a challenge in 2022? Join Team Sussex at the Brighton Marathon Weekend in April to race for the planet

What Next After the COP? event - video and Q&A with our speakers

3 December 2021

Watch the 'What Next after the COP?' event held in November, plus read some more answers on climate change from our four event speakers

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Sussex conservation expert hails landmark 'rights of nature' legal ruling, which prohibits mining in cloud forest

2 December 2021

Dr Mika Peck says the ruling, protecting one of the most biologically diverse habitats in the world, is as significant as Paine's 'Rights of Man'.

Title of SEG@COP26 Series and photo from the Paris Agreement

Sussex Energy Group panel question COP26’s focus on unproven technologies & discuss hopes for local action

23 November 2021

In the closing SEG@COP26 panel discussion, Sussex Energy Group researchers discussed their reactions to the outcomes from the COP.

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Biology student James shares his EcoGo journey towards Net Zero

18 November 2021

As a biology student, James was aware of the negative effects of car emissions on nature. Now he's using BetterPoints to act on this knowledge.

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University of Sussex commits to eliminate use of avoidable single-use plastics within five years

11 November 2021

New single-use plastic pledge included in annual sustainability report published today

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SSRP director welcomes China-US joint declaration but calls on superpowers to do more for most vulnerable countries

11 November 2021

Professor Joseph Alcamo says he is cautiously optimistic about surprise COP26 announcement of cooperation between the world's two biggest emitters.

This Sussex Life. MA student Syed Jazib Ali: "These stories are heartfelt and repeated on a global scale."

8 November 2021

MA student Syed Jazib Ali is co-director of ActNowFilm, which is being shown at COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow on 11 November.

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University of Sussex among founder signatories of new COP26 declaration for net zero asset management principles

8 November 2021

The University is one of 24 founding signatories to the COP26 declaration: asset owner climate expectations of asset management launched today