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Man (seringueiro) extracts latex from a tree in the middle of the Amazon.

A new way of thinking about the economy could help protect the Amazon, and help its people thrive

06 Aug 2024

To protect the Amazon and support the wellbeing of its people, its economy needs to shift from environmentally harmful production to a model built...

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Fish bellies, fava beans and food security

05 Apr 2024

Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem.

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Britain industrialised much earlier than history books claim

05 Apr 2024

Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s – suggesting the...

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Partha Dasgupta wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Economics

04 Apr 2024

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (Economics, St. John's) wins the BBVA award for Economics, Finance and Management for his groundbreaking work in...

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Policies for People and Planet

06 Dec 2023

Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the rules and incentives needed to combat climate change.

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Factory chimneys blowing smoke.

Carbon-omics and global health

17 Nov 2023

Cambridge Zero to host two research symposia to discuss critical climate change challenges

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Quantifying the Cambridge Cluster

02 May 2023

Thanks to the work of two Cambridge researchers, businesses and policymakers alike can see how the Cambridge Cluster continues to thrive and what...

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Cambridge experts on UK drought and climate change

16 Aug 2022

From pollinators to profits, food to fires, here's what Cambridge experts say about the impacts of water scarcity – and what it signals about our...

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Nature loss pushes nations towards 'bankruptcy'

23 Jun 2022

The first biodiversity-adjusted sovereign credit rating warns of looming national debt crises across 26 countries. Financial markets should use...

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Beyond GDP: Time to measure inclusive wealth and revolutionise economics

28 Apr 2022

Cambridge economists are at the forefront of a global movement to create new statistical methods that include vital components of prosperity – from...

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New Janeway Institute to transform economic research

19 Oct 2021

The new Janeway Institute will be conducting and disseminating research at the frontier of economics, according to founder and alumnus William...

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Women economists underrepresented ‘at every level’ in UK academia – report

13 Jul 2021

New research shows the gender gap in the teaching and study of economics is still dramatic and actually getting worse. Economists argue that this is...

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