Sustainability news

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Measures intended to combat climate change could inadvertently undermine international efforts to address the crisis, according to a new report co-authored by UCL researchers. 

A powerful new database and economic model that identifies the most cost-effective strategies to reduce the carbon emissions from the world’s iron and steel processing plants has been developed by researchers from UCL.

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to near-zero needs new clean technologies and changes to how the world invests in them, especially industries like aviation where developing and adopting greener solutions is risky and expensive, finds a new study involving researchers from UCL.

UCL and its catering partners, Food at UCL (Gather & Gather), have been announced as proud finalists in this year’s Green Gown Awards in the Campus Health, Food & Drink category.

Storing renewable energy in large batteries to help balance the energy market is technically feasible at large scale across the UK and EU, but it needs to overcome financial challenges affecting its long-term business viability, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

School meals, provided for free by governments around the world, could be used to curb global hunger and promote a sustainable global food system, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

Our new UCL Sustainability Plan (2025–2035) sets out UCL’s vision for the next decade – grounded in science and shaped by the collective expertise of our community.

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Fergus Green urges the UK government not to approve any more oil and gas fields to prevent the carbon emissions created by burning fossil fuels extracted from them.

Opening any new North Sea oil and gas fields is incompatible with achieving the Paris Climate Agreement goals of limiting warming to 1.5°C or holding warming to “well below 2°C” relative to preindustrial levels, finds a new report published by UCL academics.

'Bridges for Ukraine', a new White Paper led by UCL’s Institute for Global Prosperity, brings together leading experts, policymakers and entrepreneurs from the UK and Ukraine to identify opportunities to support Ukraine’s post-conflict reconstruction.

The North Korean government engages in unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade, which includes species protected under its own laws and poses a threat to biodiversity recovery in the region, finds a groundbreaking new study by UCL researchers.

A new technique to extract tiny cellulose strands from cow dung and turn them into manufacturing-grade cellulose, currently used to make everything from surgical masks to food packaging, has been developed by researchers from UCL and Edinburgh Napier University.

The intensification of existing farmland can sometimes be more harmful to local biodiversity than expanding the area covered by agricultural land, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Writing in the Financial Times, Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) reviews recent books about the rights of nature and natural ecosystems, and the need for new ideas to protect Earth’s natural environment.