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SSRP director calls COP26 "almost-but-not-quite" summit and calls for greater progress at COP27

15 November 2021

Professor Joseph Alcamo says COP26 delivered some encouraging news but not enough to hail the UK-hosted climate conference a success.


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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.


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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


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Rural communities most exposed to risk of energy and transport poverty, new study finds

8 November 2021

Rural residents are most likely to be impacted by the twin pressures of energy poverty and transport poverty simultaneously


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COP26 deal to limit methane could be big deal for climate protection says Sussex scientist

5 November 2021

More than 100 countries have signed up to the initiative to limit methane emissions by 30% compared with 2020 levels.


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President of Costa Rica returns to University of Sussex campus with message on climate change

5 November 2021

The President made the Brighton trip to meet with local students and researchers while in the UK to participate in the UN climate conference COP26


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Winners of the COP26 student video competition revealed

5 November 2021

On Monday, whilst COP26 got finally underway in Glasgow the winners of the Film for COP26 video competition were announced.


Coal goes flying off the end of a conveyor belt on a coal mining site

COP26 coal phase out agreement is welcome but ignoring steel significantly limits impact

4 November 2021

Phasing out thermal coal in the near future is to be celebrated but it is only half the battle, says SPRU academic Valentin Vogl


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Brighton and Hove youngsters given chance to pick their environmental objects that matter in new exhibition

3 November 2021

The ESRC Festival of Social Science event opens at the Jubilee Library in Brighton this Friday and runs until Tuesday 9 November.


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Blaming large numbers of herbivores for ecosystem damage might not be wholly accurate, research suggests

3 November 2021

New study reveals levels of wild herbivore numbers across the globe, contradicting the view that they are ‘unnaturally high’ in the UK.


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COP26 deforestation pledge: Agreement is history repeating but could lead to significant progress this time around

2 November 2021

University of Sussex experts welcome major global pledge to end and reverse deforestation agreed at the COP26 conference in Glasgow


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University of Sussex unveil climate events as part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science

25 October 2021

A number of University of Sussex events will be working to draw the public’s attention to some hugely important environmental ideas next month


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