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Photo of finalists at Climate Challenge 2026

Cement and faith top innovation competition

08 May 2026

A faith-based climate donation platform and a low-carbon cement innovation took the top prizes at the 2026 Cambridge Climate Challenge.

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Forest in Indonesia

Carbon credits have enabled vital protection of tropical forests, despite being oversold tenfold

30 Apr 2026

A major analysis led by the University of Cambridge has found that many REDD+ projects achieved meaningful reductions in forest loss - offering real...

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Mount Grammos, Greece

Snow cover on Greek mountains has more than halved in four decades, study finds

30 Apr 2026

Snow cover in the mountains of Greece – an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months –...

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Ice shelves in the Bellinghausen Sea, Antarctica

Deep-ocean heat has been marching closer to Antarctica, study reveals

28 Apr 2026

A decades-long study of oceanographic data provides the first evidence that deep-ocean heat has moved closer to Antarctica, threatening the fragile...

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Fire in the Brazilian Amazon

Deforestation policies are failing to protect against a potentially bigger threat to the Brazilian Amazon

27 Apr 2026

Antonio has spent the past seven years running toward fires that most others run from. A firefighter in the Brazilian Amazon since 2019, he works...

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Laura Diaz Anadón

UK appoints Cambridge Prof Laura Díaz Anadón to Climate Change Committee

18 Mar 2026

UK ministers have appointed University of Cambridge Professor Laura Díaz Anadón to the independent statutory body which advises their governments on...

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Contrails against a blue sky

Changing flight paths could slash aviation’s climate impact, study suggests

18 Mar 2026

Small changes to aircraft flight paths to avoid the atmospheric conditions that create condensation trails – known as contrails – could reduce...

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Scientists of International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) examining a sediment core from beneath the seafloor off Portugal.

Flickering glacial climate may have shaped early human evolution

19 Feb 2026

Researchers have identified a ‘tipping point’ about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and...

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Super Typhoon Yagi, 2024

Promise the Earth: why real climate action means restraint

06 Feb 2026

A new book by a Cambridge engineer and an Oxford theologian argues that our faith in technology to solve the climate crisis is distracting us from...

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Rice crops in Casamance, Senegal

AI weather forecasting initiative to strengthen climate resilience in West Africa

22 Jan 2026

A new initiative will harness the latest advances in artificial intelligence for weather prediction, with a goal of improving climate resilience and...

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Photo of the Lund University library

Sustainability starts with knowledge

19 Dec 2025

Nearly 300 leading academics from the University of Cambridge and Lund University from wide-ranging disciplines put their heads together in Sweden...

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Dr Kennedy Mbeva, Prof Laura Diaz Anadon, Dr Edoardo Borgomeo in Paris

Cambridge researchers join IPCC Lead Authors at historic Paris meeting

04 Dec 2025

Professor Laura Diaz Anadon, Dr Edoardo Borgomeo, Dr Kennedy Mbeva join other Lead Authors for a historic IPCC meeting in Paris to kick off its...

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