Back in November, we formally welcomed our latest cohort of 14 Earth Fellows – a...
December 5, 2024
Research
Meet our 2024/25 Earth Fellows cohort!
Researcher Spotlight: Professor Marc Metzger, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes
At the University of Edinburgh, researchers are at the forefront of tackling the twin crises...
October 17, 2024
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
Small but mighty: the role of local authorities in achieving net zero
In the UK’s journey to net zero, action is needed to reduce emissions from every...
June 13, 2024
£5.9M Wellcome Award funds social scientists tackling single-use plastics in healthcare
After the Single Use, a collaborative project led by Professor Alice Street of the University...
June 6, 2024
“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
Clean plate club: Strength2Food research group takes on primary school plate (food) waste
In a multi-country collaboration, the Strength2Food research group conducted a nutritional and plate waste study...
May 22, 2024
Call out for Earth Fellows research projects
The Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI) is now accepting proposals from University of Edinburgh researchers for...
May 7, 2024
How car culture endangers our health, our environment, our society and what Scotland can do about it
“We have built a whole system around cars; car culture is prioritising cars above everything...
May 6, 2024
The People and the Peat: Making a Living in the World’s Largest Swamp
In the Congo Basin lies an immense system of rivers, forests and swamps. Home to...
April 18, 2024
The role of genomics in safeguarding global food security
Long-term changes in temperature, humidity, rainfall patterns and extreme weather events are increasingly posing a...
April 4, 2024
Amazon SOS: NERC ‘Large Grant’ Award for Scientists at the University of Edinburgh
A consortium of Brazilian and UK researchers, including University of Edinburgh’s Professor Patrick Meir, Chair...
March 21, 2024
FloWave Celebrates 10 Years of Offshore Renewable Energy Research
2024 marks 10 years of operations and industry partnership for the University of Edinburgh’s FloWave...
March 14, 2024
Crossing the Continent for Conservation: Grasslands in Madagascar and South Africa
A recent exchange program brought together Malagasy protected-area managers with conservation experts from South African...
February 29, 2024
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
Energy@Edinburgh at the Scotland Beyond Net Zero launch
On the 23rd January, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition,...
February 2, 2024
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
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
International cooperation on clean energy and climate change: New Global Centre for Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-Free Society
Electricity is used in a myriad of ways, that can include keeping the household warm...
January 26, 2024
An interdisciplinary approach to advancing the Offshore Wind sector: how the Energy@Ed network fosters collaboration to address sector needs
The University of Edinburgh is galvanising academics working in offshore wind and related topics to...
December 20, 2023
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
Team Profile: Dr Lars Schewe
Dr Lars Schewe, Reader in Operational Research at the School of Mathematics, was seconded to...
December 6, 2023
Insights into the BLOOM study: investigating benefits of natural farming on human health
Recognizing that climate change poses an imminent and severe threat to human health, this year’s...
November 30, 2023
COP28 Joint Statement by University of Edinburgh Delegates
COP28 – a global conference that tackles the climate crisis – launches today in Dubai,...
November 30, 2023
Edinburgh joins global climate summit
Students and staff from the University are taking part in this year’s United Nations climate...
November 29, 2023
University of Edinburgh Partnering Up on Energy, Homes and Livelihoods
The University of Edinburgh joins the universities of St Andrews and Strathclyde as leaders of...
November 22, 2023
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
Perspectives of Energy and a Just Transition
The University of Edinburgh is at the forefront of climate research, teaching, innovation and action...
July 12, 2023
On Reimagining Climate Resilience Through Ecopoetics
Climate change is an urgent issue, and interdisciplinary approaches are the need of the hour....
July 3, 2023
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
Exploring the Polemics of Fire: ‘Dilli ki Sardi’ Film Screening and Panel
On May 26, the Edinburgh Earth Initiative hosted a film screening and panel discussion to...
June 21, 2023
The Plastic Pandemic: Rethinking Medical Device Innovation, Use and Disposal for a Circular Economy
A guest blog from Advanced Earth Fellow Marie-Louise Wöhrle, organiser of the ‘The Plastic Pandemic:...
June 13, 2023
On Adaptation, Interdisciplinarity & More: Announcing the Adapt.Ed Project Report
Join us in congratulating Alys Daniels-Creasey and Sarah Manning, our Postgraduate Earth Fellows, for their...
June 13, 2023
The Earth Fellows Showcase and Launch of the Earth Fellows Edit 2023
May 31, 2023 was a special day for us at the Edinburgh Earth Initiative! To...
June 8, 2023
Medical Practice & Environmental Sustainability: The Medical Waste Project
The theme for this year’s World Environment Day on June 5 focuses on finding practical...
May 26, 2023
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
Edinburgh’s Biotechnology Researchers are Accelerating Progress to a Net Zero Scotland
Researchers across The University of Edinburgh are carrying out brilliant research in biotechnology, demonstrating the...
May 17, 2023
How Easy Rice Transforms Agriculture Through Artificial Intelligence
Nuttakan Wiriyakrieng, Chief Information Officer at Easy Rice Digital Technology, tells us how the company...
April 27, 2023
Earth Day 2023: How The University of Edinburgh is Investing in Our Planet
This Earth Day’s focus is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ in recognition of the new dawn...
April 21, 2023
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
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
Meet the Earth Fellows: Spring Cohort
In February 2023, 13 new Postgraduate Earth Fellows joined the growing Edinburgh Earth Initiative family...
February 24, 2023
From the Amazon to the Scottish Highlands: Local and Global peatlands research
Global peatlands are vital stores of carbon, but they are under threat. Changing patterns of...
November 14, 2022
Edinburgh Ocean Leaders: Creative and Sustainable Leadership for Ocean Solutions
A healthy ocean is essential for a habitable planet and to support the livelihoods of...
November 12, 2022
A Future-first Fellowship
Future Cities PhD student and recent Advanced Earth Fellow at the Edinburgh Earth Initiative Henry...
September 12, 2022
Modelling future food security
Dr Peter Alexander, Senior Lecturer in Global Food Security at the University of Edinburgh and...
September 4, 2022
Documenting oil and inspiring change
Emma Davie, director of The Oil Machine and lecturer at the University of Edinburgh’s College...
August 1, 2022