Global resources and sustainability
We only have one planet and its resources are finite. Understanding and managing global resources is necessary to ensure a sustainable future, which, in the context of climate change and both economic and population growth, is requiring decision makers in government and industry to consider profound and exacting questions.
The triple-team of food, water and energy security are amongst the biggest challenges of our age and solutions are not straightforward. Addressing these issues requires a multidisciplinary approach, encompassing not only expertise in the fields of food, water, energy and the environment, but also an understanding of risk and uncertainty and behaviour.
The Centre for Science and Policy has brought together leading academics from its network, including the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, together with government departments including the Department for Transport, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department of Energy and Climate Change in order to discuss real world challenges, review the most recent research and share knowledge.
University of Cambridge Initiatives and Centres active in this theme include:
Cambridge Conservation Initiative
Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
CUED Centre for Sustainable Development
University of Cambridge Research Theme on Energy
University of Cambridge Research Theme on Global Food Security
People
Mr Paul Begley Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL)
Miss Briony Bowe Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Mr Creon Butler Cabinet Office
Professor Andrew Challinor University of Leeds
Mr Howard Covington The Science Museum
Dr Joanna Dally Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
Dr Craig Davies European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Mr Brendan Dick BT Group
Dr Miles Elsden Department for Transport
Dr Chris Floyd The Floyd Partnership
Dr Simon Gardner Environment Agency for England and Wales
Mr Ross Gribbin Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Mr Mitchell Harris Cabinet Office
Dr Stephanie Hurst Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
Professor Neville Jackson Ricardo UK Ltd
Professor Andy Jones Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR)
Mr Gary Kass Natural England
Miss Ricarda Kather University of Sheffield
Mr Philip Langsdale Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Sian Loveless University of East Anglia (UEA)
Professor David MacKay Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Dr Chris McFee Government Office for Science (GO-Science)
Mr Gordon McGregor ScottishPower
Miss Isayvani Naicker Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
Ms Liz Owen Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Professor Susan Owens Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
Dr Jenna Panter Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR)
Dr Miles Parker Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge
Mr John Parkinson Department for Transport
Mr Graham Pendlebury Department for Transport
Dr Serge Plattard French Embassy London
Mr Chris Pook Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Ms Pauline Reeves Department for Transport
Mr Rohan Silva Number 10 Policy Unit
Professor William Sutherland Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Dr Iain Thomas Cambridge Enterprise, University of Cambridge
Mr Richard Thomson Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Mr Phil Wynn Owen Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)