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Linking transport, health and wellbeing
A Professional Development Policy Workshop looking at the role of evidence and expertise in making transport policy, with a particular focus on how it can influence health and wellbeing.
4 November 2015
Is climate change about to claim its first cities?
Extreme heatwaves could create conditions in several Middle Eastern cities that would exceed the threshold of what human beings can endure.
8 September 2015
Visions of Cambridge in 2065: report launch on 8 September 2015
What is your vision of Cambridge in 2065? This is the question being asked by 'Visions of Cambridge in 2065', one of 6 city case studies supported by the Foresight Future of Cities project.
13 July 2015
Climate change risk assessment released today
Should the risks of climate change be assessed in the same way as risks to national security or public health? Download our new report here
18 June 2015
CSaP welcomes Visiting Research Fellow working on sustainable energy
The Centre for Science and Policy is delighted to welcome Professor Jatin Nathwani as a Visiting Research Fellow in July 2015.
23 April 2015
Is there a place for the humanities in climate change policy?
A discussion on the multiple dimensions of climate change with a particular focus on the incorporation of the humanities featured three engaging speakers from backgrounds in both academia and the private sector. The session was chaired by Professor James Wilsdon, a lecturer in science policy at the University of Sussex.
27 March 2015
The challenges and opportunities facing our cities
A panel of speakers brought together the challenges and opportunities presented by rapid growth and urbanisation of cities.
23 March 2015
Mountain Messages: Knowledge, Values, and Decision Making in the Himalayas
Dr Hildegard Diemberger and Professor Brian Wynne led a discussion on the tensions between globalised and localised experiences of climate change in the final seminar of the Multiple Dimensions of Climate Change series.
16 March 2015
Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Environment, Our Responsibility
The penultimate session of the Climate and Sustainability in Multiple Dimensions seminar series saw talks from Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, Professor Charles Kennel and Lord Martin Rees on the relationship between humanity and nature, and its implications for sustainability.
6 March 2015
Confronting Climate Risks: Overcoming the ‘Tragedy of the Horizons’
The second instalment of the Climate and Sustainability in Multiple Dimensions seminar series saw Rowan Douglas talk on “Confronting Climate Risks: Overcoming the ‘Tragedy of the Horizons’”.