Speakers from the University of Cambridge and beyond provided insights into economic, political, and scientific changes needed to face the challenges posed by growth.

Anthony Painter from the Chartered Management Institute discussed the culture of management in the UK and the role of management in the private and public sectors.

The need to redevelop the UK’s housing stock is one of the most pressing challenges facing the nation today. Housing accounts for 16% of the UK’s total carbon emissions, making it the second highest sector overall, after surface transport.

In May 2024, the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum hosted a seminar with David Craig, Co-Chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and Advisory Council Member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative launched by His Majesty King Charles III.

This Cambridge Zero Policy Forum workshop was aimed at guiding the development of a report for ministers and policy makers at His Majesty’s Treasury, asking: Is supporting green investment for the UK really a growth strategy?

CsaP’s Continuing Policy Fellows met with Professor Michael Kenny, Inaugural Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at Pembroke College. Professor Kenny led a roundtable discussion based on his book Fractured Union: Politics, Sovereignty and the Fight to Save the UK.

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.

The first meeting of the CSaP Dowling Policy Fellowship brought together the inaugural Fellows for a discussion on UK innovation with Dame Anne Dowling - Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering - and Tim Minshall, Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation, University of Cambridge.

George Freeman MP, Minister for Science, Research, and Innovation delivered a CSaP Lecture at St John’s College, Cambridge where he discussed the UK’s position within global research and innovation. The talk on 28 April 2022 explored the mission of making Britain a “Science Superpower”.

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow Dr. Sadie Watson led a CSaP seminar on the relationship between development-led archaeology and public benefit. Her research at the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) aims to establish project design strategies that will maximise the social value of future development-led archaeology projects.