As part of the 2020 Christ's Climate Series, Professor Charlie Kennel posited that climate change is no longer simply a scientific or technological problem, but rather a global and societal phenomenon which he described as “the crisis of the Anthropocene.”

Professor Charlie Kennel, Dr Emily Shuckburgh, and Simon Sharpe kicked off the first seminar in the 2020 Christ's Climate Series with a discussion on UK policy in the lead up to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference and opportunities for academic research to contribute.

How can future leaders in the engineering and physical sciences contribute to policymaking? CSaP and the Bennett Institute explored this question at a recent event with Churchill College.

In December, policymakers and academics gathered at the University of Cambridge for a CSaP-hosted discussion on the future of military operations and rapid response to humanitarian disasters in a changing energy landscape.

How do we create conditions for getting the best value out of data while protecting the interests of data subjects? At a meeting for CSaP Continuing Policy Fellows, Dr McCarthy and Professor Finkelstein explored technologies for data privacy which would allow policy makers and industry to make use of large datasets.

Academics gathered for a day of presentations and information sharing on the topic of healthy ageing. Lively discussions were centred on topics such as public health, individual wellness and the extraordinary qualities of naked mole rats.

In advance of the release of the Absolute Zero report, the Use Less Group’s Professor Julian Allwood met with the current cohort of CSaP Policy Leaders Fellows to host a workshop on getting to absolute zero carbon emissions.

In late November, policymakers and academics gathered at St. John’s Divinity School for a CSaP-facilitated roundtable on the future of plastics. The event was an opportunity to discuss the circular economy, industry challenges, and future directions for policy.

At a meeting on cohesive societies, the University of Oxford's Anthony Heath led a conversation on measuring social cohesion alongside Ed Humpherson, Director General of the UK Statistics Authority.