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4 March 2024 - With time running out to bend the curve on the climate and nature crisis, rising geopolitical tensions, conflict and AI dominating political agendas, CISL brought together influential thinkers, experts and leaders for a 2 day summit to address the unprecedented challenges that currently face global leadership.

30 January 2024 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) latest research shows that Africa’s ambitious climate commitments are significantly underfunded, with the 2030 deadline to meet promises fast approaching. The report Financing Africa’s Low Carbon Transition finds that tailor-made...

13 December 2023 - Today representatives from nearly 200 countries have agreed at COP28 to a landmark deal to start “transitioning” away from fossil fuels. Read responses to this agreement from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability (CISL).

21 November 2023 - New research from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), with risk analysis from global insurance group Howden, demonstrates the transformative economic efficiency of risk-sharing systems to provide vulnerable countries with financial security from climate related disasters.