This Handbook and Framework from Adaptation Scotland has been developed on the principle that successful adaptation is not simply a case of improving understanding through...
EAUC and the Higher Education Business Continuity Network (HEBCoN) have been working with a group of Members over the last year, with the support of AECOM, to develop a guide...
Many attempts have been made to influence behaviour in a positive way e.g. recycling correctly, using design-thinking, participatory design, and choice architecture. However,...
The unspoken challenge of university in the age of climate change: students diligently prepare for careers while scientists sound the alarm that business as usual is untenable.
This session looked at the effect of working with students to change the curriculum for the better.
Delegates had the opportunity to dive a bit deeper into the Governance Guide and Business Case Guide and also hear what this year’s Sustainability Institution of the Year,...
It brings together powerful networks of businesses and governments, in order to shift global markets and policies towards accelerating climate action
KCL Sustainability Team shared lessons learned from these different projects, including easy wins, challenges to overcome, and unintended consequences to be aware of.
Attendees learned about the steps taken towards developing carbon negative products.
Glasgow Kelvin Velocity is a project designed by a group of the Glasgow Kelvin College’s Support for Learning students and staff, aimed at encouraging outdoor and cycling...
The University of Edinburgh has released its Adaptation Framework, to fit in with its aim of becoming net zero by 2040. This feeds in to the overall vision that the University...
There is wide recognition that the success of both the University of Edinburgh’s Climate mitigation and adaptation strategy should closely align with the...
This was a Business School group consultancy project for MSc Carbon Finance and MSc Carbon Management students The main research question this study seeks to answer is:...
Communication is fundamental in ensuring University stakeholders understand, support, and act upon, climate change adaptation measures taken by the University. It is therefore...
In August 2014, a removable flood barrier was installed to the entrance of Barnes Wallis, on Shakespeare Street (Nottingham) in response to previous flash flooding...
Disaster risk has no borders. Indirect losses from extreme weather events can cripple national economies, kill small businesses, shut down factories and take away jobs....
This climate change risk assessment addresses the risks to ARU resulting from climate and weather events, and their associated health, operational, and financial consequences....
ISO 14001 is the most popular environmental EMS in the world and is commonly found in UK institutions. In can be confusing to work out how to integrate climate change...
This discussion paper aims to foster a conversation about the impacts of climate change, how they might affect our operations and what the University may need to do to manage...
As a public body, the University of Glasgow has a legal duty under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 to address the changing climate and take adaptation measures to ensure...