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Reflections and lessons from COP28

19 December 2023 - CISL’s Chief Systems Change Officer, Eliot Whittington, examines the COP process, what lessons we can take from this year’s UN Climate Summit in Dubai and why the outcome is always a compromise.

Building Towards Zero: An Existential Challenge for the Built Environment Sector

Building Towards Zero: Existential Crisis in the Built Environment Sector

15 December 2023 - Dr Tim Forman, Senior Teaching Associate and Course Director of the Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment ( IDBE ) postgraduate courses, discusses the emission reduction challenge for the built environment sector.

Business impact: Beyond Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Social Justice

15 December 2023 – Where does a business begin its conversation and work on social justice? While Diversity and Inclusion represent the institutional aspect of social justice, business plays a broader societal role that is more relevant today than ever before.

Aerial view of Vanuatu coastline. Photo by Seiji Seiji on Unsplash

Rich Nations’ $700 Million COP28 Pledges Cover 0.2% Of Climate Change Loss And Damage

13 December 2023 - Dr Nina Seega, Director of CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance, discusses the role of private finance and risk-sharing mechanisms in addressing loss and damage, and the need for more ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Left - Helen Ma and her family stand by her purple plaque award. Right - a close up of the award

Dr Helen Xiaoqin Ma Accepts a Purple Plaque Award at the Entopia Building

12 December 2023 - Dr Helen Xiaoqin Ma, an alumna from our Women in Sustainability Innovation accelerator programme, accepted a Purple Plaque Award at the Entopia Building. Purple Plaque Awards are an initiative from InnovateUK to address the gender imbalance in the UK's blue plaques by celebrating inspirational women.

What happened in the first week of COP28 and why two little words matter

7 December 2023 - Dr Nina Seega, Director of CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance, discusses the declarations already made in Dubai and why all eyes are now on the Global Stocktake wording

The $100 Billion To Reverse Climate Change Has Swelled To Trillions. Here’s How To Raise It

4 December 2023 - Nina Seega, Director of CISL's Centre for Sustainable Finance explains how it's time to pin down financial commitments to support developing countries through turbulent climate change.

The great disruption has begun

28 November 2023 - As we head to COP28, Paul Gilding, Fellow at CISL, reflects on ‘the great disruption’ we are now entering, with its ‘crisis, chaos and disruption’ on both the global economy and all of our lives. This discussion paper explores the implications of the great disruption, painting a...

Governing towards a Sustainable Future

27 November 2023 – In this blog, Dr Mario Abela, Course Convenor of the new Governance for a Sustainable Future 8-week online course, describes the challenges businesses face in today's sustainability crisis, the imperative to act, and how governance can be the engine of change.

Is your board being proactive at leading business transformation?

30 October 2023 - CISL Director, Leadership & Culture, Gillian Secrett explains how boards play a key role in transforming organisations to align with a sustainable future.

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Reflections and lessons from COP28

Building Towards Zero: Existential Crisis in the Built Environment Sector

Business impact: Beyond Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Social Justice

Rich Nations’ $700 Million COP28 Pledges Cover 0.2% Of Climate Change Loss And Damage

Dr Helen Xiaoqin Ma Accepts a Purple Plaque Award at the Entopia Building

What happened in the first week of COP28 and why two little words matter

The $100 Billion To Reverse Climate Change Has Swelled To Trillions. Here’s How To Raise It

The great disruption has begun

Governing towards a Sustainable Future

Is your board being proactive at leading business transformation?

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