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Meet our 2024/25 Earth Fellows cohort!

Back in November, we formally welcomed our latest cohort of 14 Earth Fellows – a...

December 5, 2024

Energy Enterprise & Innovation Health Innovation Justice Student Experience Students

University entrepreneurs tackle global challenges in startup accelerator

Startups focused on carbon capture, breastmilk donation and machine learning took centre stage at this...

October 3, 2024

Justice Partnership Research Student Experience Students

We’re hiring x 5 Earth Fellow roles for University of Edinburgh students!

As an Earth Fellow, you will be joining a diverse, fun and dynamic team of...

July 18, 2024

Energy Health Justice Research

“Children are like canaries in a coal mine” Dr Swann’s investigation of health and energy

An academic paediatrician at the University of Edinburgh is unpicking the links between energy use,...

May 30, 2024

Health Justice Research

Jamaican climate justice project promotes ancestral food heritage for resilience

The Caribbean is facing a trio of interlinked crises. The climate crisis is accelerating biodiversity...

February 8, 2024

Justice Land & Seas Research

Reflections from COP28: An Interview with Dr Sian Henley

As the snow settled around the hills of Edinburgh, things were heating up in Dubai...

January 30, 2024

Energy Justice Research

Centering People: Community-Led ‘Just’ Transition Projects at the University of Edinburgh

The framework of a ‘just’ transition is intended to benefit many parties: green and sustainable...

January 26, 2024

Justice Land & Seas Partnership Research

The Vezo People of Madagascar: Navigating our Changing Oceans

On a white sandy Madagascan beach, surrounded by a forest of baobabs, young men launch...

December 7, 2023

Energy Health Justice Partnership Research Students

COP28 Joint Statement by University of Edinburgh Delegates

COP28 – a global conference that tackles the climate crisis – launches today in Dubai,...

November 30, 2023

Justice Partnership Research Student Experience

Edinburgh joins global climate summit

Students and staff from the University are taking part in this year’s United Nations climate...

November 29, 2023

Health Justice Research Students

Climate and Health profile: Blue and Green Spaces and Sustainable Outdoor Environments

Based at the Edinburgh College of Art, OPENspace is a research centre committed to making...

November 21, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Justice

Edinburgh Earth Initiative’s Changemaker

Edinburgh Earth Initiative’s Administration and Communications Officer, Izi Robe, was named as one of the...

October 19, 2023

Justice Research Students

Refugee Week 2023: Understanding the impacts of climate change on refugees and displaced people

For Refugee Week 2023, we are spotlighting the work of two University of Edinburgh Earth...

June 23, 2023

Energy Health Justice Research

The Heat Researchers across The University of Edinburgh Tackling the Impacts of a Warming World

Heat is one of the key intersecting drivers in the issues of climate and health...

May 25, 2023

Health Justice Land & Seas

Ocean Voices, Ocean Leaders, and the UN High Seas Treaty

The Ocean Voices and Ocean Leaders programmes at The University of Edinburgh are taking the...

April 6, 2023

Health Justice Research

Welcoming the Commonwealth Clean Air Fellows

The Edinburgh Earth Initiative recently welcomed Pratap Chandra Acharya, Swati Kumari, and Suparna Karmakar, all from...

March 16, 2023

Justice Partnership Research Students

Gender & the Climate Crisis: A workshop with GENDER.ED

Launched in 2017, Gender.Ed showcases and promotes the range, significance and excellence of teaching, research,...

March 7, 2023

Justice Partnership Stories

In Conversation with a Climate Negotiator

We sat down recently with the Climate Negotiator, Ulfath Ibrahim, who completed her MSc in...

February 23, 2023

Justice Student Experience

Climate justice through Massive Open Online Courses

Massive Open Online Courses, also known as MOOCs, provide a meaningful platform for personal storytelling...

November 14, 2022

Justice Land & Seas Partnership

Creating Climate Awareness Using Innovative Film Making

Impacts of climate change are disproportionate, depending upon the individual’s geographical location, age, gender, political...

November 13, 2022

Enterprise & Innovation Justice Land & Seas Student Experience

Driving Climate Action through a Community-based Approach: How Dophia Agroforestry is Leading the Change in Kenya

Over-farming, unpredictable rainfalls caused by the changing climate and the excessive cutting down of trees...

November 12, 2022

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