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Science, technology and innovation is not addressing world’s most urgent problems

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Hot molten metal is poured into a large container at a steel factory

Decade delay in investing in steel industry technology could double sector’s contribution to global carbon output

22 October 2021

The sector's emission commitment could double from current estimates if no action taken over next 5 years to phase out carbon-intensive blast furnaces

A large red oil drilling platform looms out of the sea

Energy firms' obstruction likely to prevent 75% target cut in methane emissions from materialising

7 October 2021

Energy expert Dr Abigail Martin discusses the achievability of a new target to cut majority of methane emissions from fossil fuel operations by 2030

A black and red steam engine pulls wooden carriages through a forest

AI’s emergence does not guarantee a raw deal for workers, evidence from past industrial revolutions indicates

30 September 2021

The productivity benefits of past industrial revolutions took up to 40 years to be significantly realised, a new study details.

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Sussex Energy Group forms partnership with Global Wind Energy Council to work on Energy Transition

10 September 2021

The Sussex Energy Group (SEG) has established a unique partnership with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

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Experts split over effectiveness of climate emergency declarations, new comprehensive academic review finds

2 September 2021

Politicians should be cautious in their use of climate and biodiversity emergency declarations as their impact can be harmful as well as helpful

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Getting on top of unhelpful email habits can take up to a years’ hard graft

11 August 2021

The study identified employees with high levels of self-belief as best able to curb unhelpful work-email habits.

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Dollar Green: Stocks in environmentally-minded firms fare better than their polluting peers

11 August 2021

Best-performing environmental stocks could have up to 7% superior annual returns than a portfolio with highly polluting stocks, new study finds.

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"On a track to true climate catastrophe" - Sussex experts respond to landmark IPCC report

9 August 2021

Sussex researchers today responded to a new assessment from UN scientists which details humanity's damaging impact on the climate.

A tractor sits on an old-fashioned tractor in a field of green crops

UK food policy needs much greater diversity to deal with future shocks

13 July 2021

New report co-authored by Prof Erik Millstone warns the UK food system suffers too many lock-ins to unsustainable modes of production and consumption

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Countries investing in renewable energy enjoy greater economic growth and lower income inequality

2 July 2021

Renewable energy acts as a catalyst for reducing income inequality and energy poverty according to analysis of data from over 200 countries.