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Street view images of Cambridge houses showing building features contributing to HtD identification

AI trained to identify least green homes by Cambridge researchers

02 Nov 2023

First of its kind AI-model can help policymakers efficiently identify and prioritize houses for retrofitting and other decarbonizing measures.

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Offset markets: new approach could help save tropical forests by restoring faith in carbon credits

30 Oct 2023

A new way to price carbon credits could encourage desperately needed investment in forest preservation and boost vital progress towards net-zero.

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Cambridge Zero highlights University efforts at Climate Week NYC

06 Oct 2023

Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh took centre stage at the world's biggest climate event of its kind in New York to talk to global...

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Fire in oak savannah

Drier savannas and grasslands store more climate-buffering carbon than previously thought

30 Sep 2023

Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more carbon than scientists previously thought and are helping to slow the rate of...

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Cambridge Zero takes centre stage at Climate Week NYC

15 Sep 2023

Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh takes centre stage at the world's biggest climate event of its kind in New York, talking to global...

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A man holds a sign that says 'Act now or swim later'

Where's the trust? US climate deniers have no faith in universities

06 Sep 2023

US voters who don’t trust universities are also more likely to believe that human activity doesn’t cause climate change, a new collaborative study...

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Community Open Map Platform project supporting green transition secures major funding

04 Sep 2023

A team led by Professor Flora Samuel from Cambridge’s Department of Architecture has been awarded one of four new £4.625 million Green Transition...

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Millions of carbon credits are generated by overestimating forest preservation

25 Aug 2023

Study analyses major carbon offset projects, and finds that – of a potential 89 million credits – only 5.4 million (6%) were linked to additional...

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Cost to protect globally important forests falls disproportionately on those living closest

17 Aug 2023

Local communities are not incentivised to protect tropical forests that are hugely valuable for global climate regulation, a new study has found...

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Drone shot in front of a spinning weather station, Free State, South Africa

Death tolls from climate disasters will ‘balloon’ without investment in Africa’s weather stations

14 Aug 2023

Investment in ‘hydromet systems’ using technologies from AI to SMS would provide a nine-to-one ROI in saved lives and assets across African nations...

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glacier cave on Svalbard

Shrinking Arctic glaciers are unearthing a new source of methane

06 Jul 2023

As the Arctic warms, shrinking glaciers are exposing bubbling groundwater springs which could provide an underestimated source of the potent...

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Volcano erupting near El Paso, La Palma, Spain

Effect of volcanic eruptions significantly underestimated in climate projections

23 Jun 2023

Researchers have found that the cooling effect that volcanic eruptions have on Earth's surface temperature is likely underestimated by a factor of...

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