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Two smiling scientists in a lab

Low-cost battery-like device absorbs CO2 emissions while it charges

19 May 2022

Researchers have developed a low-cost device that can selectively capture carbon dioxide gas while it charges. Then, when it discharges, the CO2 can...

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Deforestation

New report assesses global anti-deforestation measures

04 May 2022

Comprehensive scientific report shows progress and effects on climate, nature and people.

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Computer generated image of enzyme

New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels

28 Feb 2022

Researchers have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.

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Factories with smoke under cloudy sky

Cambridge-authored book explores how artificial intelligence could help address climate change

30 Aug 2021

Humanity is facing two existential threats. The first: uncontrolled CO2 emissions irreversibly changing the climate. The second: a hostile artificial...

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Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

Can federated learning save the world?

10 May 2021

Training the artificial intelligence models that underpin web search engines, power smart assistants and enable driverless cars, consumes megawatts...

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Wind turbines

Low-carbon policies can be ‘balanced’ to benefit small firms and average households – study

18 Jan 2021

A review of ten types of policy used to reduce carbon suggests that some costs fall on those less able to bear them – but it also shows these...

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The Khone waterfall, Mekong River

Muddying the waters: rock breakdown may play less of a role in regulating climate than previously thought

21 Dec 2020

The weathering of rocks at the Earth’s surface may remove less greenhouse gas from the atmosphere than previous estimates indicated, says new...

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Strategic partner: Rolls-Royce

16 Dec 2019

Researchers at Cambridge are working with Rolls-Royce to make aeroengines greener.

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Green-sky thinking for propulsion and power

04 Dec 2019

A rapid way of turning ideas into new technologies in the aviation and power industries has been developed at Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory. Here...

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Cambridge Zero

26 Nov 2019

If we are to avert a climate disaster, we must sharply reduce our emissions, starting today. Cambridge Zero, the University's ambitious new climate...

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Vegetables

Removing beef and lamb from menu dramatically reduces food-related carbon emissions at Cambridge University

10 Sep 2019

A Sustainable Food Policy at the University of Cambridge, which includes removing beef and lamb from the menu and promoting plant-based food options...

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The ‘brain’ that’s helping reduce carbon emissions

06 Aug 2018

From their base halfway across the globe in Singapore, Cambridge researchers are working with colleagues from around the world to reduce carbon...

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