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The ecological and environmental drivers of vector borne disease
In February 2024, Dr Jolyon Medlock, Head of Medical Entomology at the UK Health Security Agency, met with the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum to discuss ecological and environmental drivers of vector borne disease.
8 May 2024
Geopolitics of climate impacts: Implications for the UK’s international policies
The roundtable on geopolitics of climate impacts and their implications for the UK’s foreign policies was hosted by Emily Shuckburgh, Director of Cambridge Zero, and Peter Hill, former Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and CEO of COP26.
23 March 2024
“Road to Sustain”: Learning about biodiversity through Minecraft Educational games
On 23 March, Cambridge Zero Darwin College David MacKay Research Associate Dr. Jinying Xu organised a Cambridge Festival event at the Department of Engineering as part of the family weekend.
14 March 2024
Competition law and consumer protection in the UK’s net zero transition
Members of the Sustainability Taskforce at the Competition and Markets Authority - including their Director, David Middlemiss - met with the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum to discuss current and future issues in UK markets relevant to the taskforce’s work in facilitating the UK’s net zero transition.
7 March 2024
CUSPE Lecture: The economics of biodiversity – Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta spoke to the Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange about 'The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review', published by the UK Treasury in 2021.
11 December 2023
Brain science, net zero and the Black Sea
Members of CSaP’s Horn Fellowship met in Cambridge last month to discuss topics including psychology, psychiatry, and the economics of early-child interventions; the latest in technological developments to assist in meeting the UK’s Net Zero goal; and the history of the Black Sea.
19 October 2023
Citizens Advice and the transition to net zero homes
In September 2023 the Cambridge Zero Policy forum met with Zoe Guijarro, Principal Policy Manager, Net Zero Homes, at Citizens Advice to discuss the transition to net zero homes, with a focus on the role of Citizens Advice.
13 September 2023
The role of locally determined contributions in tackling climate change
In July 2023, Pippa Heylings, Liberal Democrat Candidate for South Cambridgeshire, and Sheryl French, Assistant Director, Climate Change and Energy Services, Cambridgeshire County Council, addressed the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum to discuss the role that Locally Determined Contributions can play in tackling climate change.
30 August 2023
How do we tackle the biodiversity crisis?
CSaP partnered with the Natural History Museum (NHM) in July to hold a unique event bringing together Policy Fellows working in climate and sustainability to discuss the challenges of tackling the biodiversity crisis.
29 August 2023
Challenges and trade-offs in the Cambridgeshire Fens
In April 2023, the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), in conjunction with the the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum and the Centre for Landscape Regeneration (CLR), ran a policy stakeholder visit to CLR, addressing the challenges and trade-offs associated with land use in the Cambridgeshire Fens. This event brought together key academic, policy, third sector and business stakeholders to discuss the CLR’s engagement and collaboration with strategic partners, and to learn about the issues and questions facing policy decision making in the Fens.