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Read more at: Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2023 shortlist pitching session
Africa Prize for Engineering

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2023 shortlist pitching session

29 November 2022

29 November 2022 - On 23 November 2022, the Canopy of the University of Cambridge institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) welcomed fifteen talented entrepreneurs to the University of Cambridge institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) for a pitching session as part of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation programme.

Read more at: Major breakthrough on loss and damage at COP27 addresses impacts of climate change but talks fail to move forward on limiting causes

Major breakthrough on loss and damage at COP27 addresses impacts of climate change but talks fail to move forward on limiting causes

21 November 2022

21 November 2022 - COP27 has agreed an historic breakthrough on a new fund for loss and damage to support countries most vulnerable to the devastating impacts of climate change. But the Sharm El-Sheikh talks made little headway on the high levels of ambition required to reduce emissions and reach the goals of the Paris and Glasgow agreements.

Read more at: CISL's new sustainable startup hub welcomes electric motor innovator as first business

CISL's new sustainable startup hub welcomes electric motor innovator as first business

28 October 2022

28 October 2022 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) announces sustainable startup Monumo as the first official member of its newly launched Canopy business hub.

Read more at: CISL programme director heads up all-women team to Antarctica to oversee wildlife monitoring and running world’s most southerly Post Office

CISL programme director heads up all-women team to Antarctica to oversee wildlife monitoring and running world’s most southerly Post Office

5 October 2022

5 October 2022 - Built environment and China specialist Lucy Bruzzone is travelling 9,000 miles as part of an expedition to Goudier Island in the Antarctic Peninsula to take up some of the most remote jobs in the world.

Read more at: New poll indicates strong business appetite for net zero regulation 
YouGov Net zero Poll

New poll indicates strong business appetite for net zero regulation 

16 September 2022

21 Sept 2022 - An overwhelming majority of business leaders surveyed in seven major economies agree government policies are necessary to deliver the net zero transition. 

Read more at: We are deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.
Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022

We are deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.

9 September 2022

9 September 2022 - CISL Director and CEO, Clare Shine, said: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Throughout her long reign she provided wise and principled leadership that was felt around the world, far beyond the borders of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

Read more at: BEI announces new Chair and Vice-Chair

BEI announces new Chair and Vice-Chair

22 August 2022

30 August 2022 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) has announced ABN AMRO Global Head of Group Sustainability Richard Kooloos as its new Chair and former Bank of England Senior Advisor Michael Sheren as Vice-Chair.

Read more at: Entopia Building achieves EnerPHit Classic certification
External view of Entopia Building. Image credit: SOLK Photography for ISG

Entopia Building achieves EnerPHit Classic certification

9 August 2022

10 August 2022 - The Entopia Building has been awarded the prestigious EnerPHit Classic certification by the Passive House Institute, a significant moment for a project that has transformed a 1930s telephone exchange into an ultra-efficient office-space meeting the highest possible sustainability standards.

Read more at: The Aviation Impact Accelerator launches its first public, interactive tool and a new Target True Zero report
Target True Zero

The Aviation Impact Accelerator launches its first public, interactive tool and a new Target True Zero report

19 July 2022

19 July 2022 - On 18 July 2022, the AIA team visited the Aerospace Global Forum (AGF), a brand-new platform developed as part of the 2022 Farnborough Air Show and aimed at driving immediate action towards net zero aviation. As part of this event the AIA launched a new interactive tool aimed at accelerating the transition to net zero aviation and published a new report in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Read more at: CISL Signs Open letter to Environment Ministers on the Convention on Biological Diversity

CISL Signs Open letter to Environment Ministers on the Convention on Biological Diversity

22 June 2022

22 June 2022 - CISL has signed an open letter calling environment ministers within governments and the UN to forge ahead with date and location for urgent global biodiversity meeting.

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