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CISL's CEO, Lindsay Hooper, has written an opinion piece published in the Financial Times: Wait-and-see is not an option to ensure future climate resilience Dr Nina Seega, the Director of CISL's Centre for Sustainable Finance, is quoted in this FT article and our recent report, Rewiring Finance ...

12 May 2025 - The first flights from Cambridge Airport in an electric plane were highlighted by Cambridge University.

9 May 2025 - This week has seen the first flights made by an electric plane from Cambridge Airport. It was a cross-collaboration with the Whittle Laboratory via the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA) and a good opportunity to show the sort of work that CISL and AIA are doing with the University.

14 April 2025 - Our latest business briefing launched last week. Here's a round-up of op-eds and media coverage. Opinion pieces Newsweek: Silence is not a strategy when it comes to sustainability - Lindsay Hooper, CISL CEO In the current climate, there is huge opportunity for business in leading...

8 April 2025 - Dr Nina Seega, the Director of CISL's Centre for Sustainable Finance, explains why it's time for the private sector to step up and finance adaptations to climate change. First published by Forbes.

7 April 2025 - In the current climate, there is huge opportunity for business in leading. But as the need to act grows more urgent, the political context is driving many companies to retreat from public leadership. CISL's CEO, Lindsay Hooper, makes the case for speaking up. First published in Newsweek.

26 March 2025 - Unless sustainability courses are made more accessible to busy working professionals, the talent shortage will increase, putting the planet’s climate and other sustainability goals further beyond reach, says Dr Theo Hacking at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

19 March 2025 - The G20 is facing a crisis. This is due to the United States’ newfound hostility to multilateralism of all kinds and particular hostility to the holder of the G20 presidency, South Africa, CISL Africa's Sikho Luthango writes. First published by Reuters.

4 March 2025 - Over the past six weeks, multiple Rubicons have been crossed. With geopolitical instability accelerating, our CEO Lindsay Hooper explains why sustainability must be recast as a core component of national resilience.