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24 January 2024 - CISL’s current Executive Director Lindsay Hooper will now step up to take the helm of the Institute into an exciting 2024  The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership today announces that Lindsay Hooper has been appointed as its interim CEO/Director.In her previous position as Executive Director at CISL, Li…

13 December 2023 - Today representatives from nearly 200 countries have agreed at COP28 to a landmark deal to start “transitioning” away from fossil fuels.More than 100 countries had called for the deal to agree “phase out” oil, gas and coal use. Instead the summit agreed to “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly…

27 November 2023 - The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership has worked with UNICEF on Innovation30, an Initiative Calling For Critical Investment in Sourcing and Scaling Youth-led Climate Innovations from Across the Globe.In Dubai at COP28, young climate innovators from 19 countries will present their climate solutions at…

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.The smallest and mo…

17 October 2023 - ClimateWise has appointed accountancy firm, Crowe, to undertake a review of its climate disclosure framework.The ClimateWise Principles express expectations of best practice in the insurance industry including incorporating climate considerations into strategy, informing clients and supporting better public policy on climate chang…

28 September 2023 - From September 17th to 22nd, government officials, corporate executives and civil society leaders from around the world came together in New York for extensive discussions at the UN on sustainability, international affairs and the road to COP28.The week of talks, alongside over 400 climate events across the city, took place agai…

29 August 2023 - CISL to support UNICEF and global leading innovation accelerators in launching Under-30 Climate Innovators Shaping the Future Initiative (the Initiative).The twenty-first century faces one of the most pressing challenges in history: climate change. With every year, the world witnesses an increasing number of extreme weather events,…

22 August 2023 - Clare Shine has stepped down as CEO of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). The University Management Board has invited her to become a Fellow of the Institute and Clare will remain actively involved with CISL’s critical work and its unique global community of leaders and innovators. Clare joined CISL in 20…

31 July 2023 - Another 20 young male and female employees of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) have graduated as Sustainability Ambassadors. The graduates completed the third workshop of the Sustainability Youth Ambassadors Programme launched by DEWA, in cooperation with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership…

19 July 2023  - ClimateWise is pleased to announce leading rural insurer NFU Mutual as its newest member committed to reducing the impact of climate change on society.Sid Miller, Programme Director, ClimateWise said:"It is great to expand the membership of ClimateWise and I look forward to working with NFU Mutual on their insights in shaping soluti…

28 June 2023 - A landmark report from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), the Fashion Pact and Conservation International maps out how the fashion, textile and apparel industry can implement the first science-based targets for nature. Raising the ambition for nature: A primer on the first science-based target…

22 June 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)’s green office retrofit, the Entopia Building, has won ‘Collaboration of the Year’ at the Architects’ Journal (AJ) 100 Awards 2023.The AJ100 Awards celebrate the achievements of the UK’s largest architecture practices, including those leading the way on sustainability.The Entop…

19 June 2023 - Prof Richard Calland has been appointed as the new Director of CISL South Africa, where he will lead the Institute’s work in South Africa – the region he now regards as home.Richard came to South Africa in 1994, the year of its first democratic election, which saw Nelson Mandela become the country’s first democratically elected Presi…

31 May 2023 - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)’s green office retrofit, the Entopia Building, has been shortlisted for the Architects’ Journal (AJ) 100 Awards 2023. The AJ100 Awards celebrate the achievements of the UK’s largest architecture practices, including those leading the way on sustainability. Entopia has been short…

10 May 2023 - His Majesty The King yesterday broke ground on the New Whittle Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, as the first public engagement following Their Majesties’ Coronation. CISL’s Chief Systems Change Officer, Eliot Whittington, and Emeritus Founder Director, Dame Polly Courtice, joined representatives from the University, UK gover…