Climate Action
Exploring the University's Whole Institution response to the Climate Emergency
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Grounded travel: Why academia should consider ditching flights and embracing rail
This blog post has been written by doctoral students Nick Langridge and Michael (Mike) Rogerson, who receive Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding from the South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP). The world is facing ecological crisis. The latest report...
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We need systemic change to tackle climate change – and people are key to making this happen
This is the last in our series of posts exploring the results of the Climate Action Survey and taking a closer look at what the University is doing in the areas we asked you about. In this post, guest author...
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Working towards a carbon-neutral campus: building and energy use
Climate Action Survey 2021 results: staff and students have their say on the University’s journey towards carbon neutrality University students and staff have shown their enthusiastic support for investing more in high-quality buildings with low carbon standards. Fewer than 1%...
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Changing diets to change the climate – are you willing?
University staff and students are open to changing their food habits to reduce the impact their choices have on climate change. Food production is responsible for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, which shows the huge impact that our...
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Changing the way we do business: Sustainable Procurement
Sustainable procurement can help to make the University greener. The 2021 Climate Action Survey results show our community is eager for a change in purchasing processes. Procurement involves the purchasing of goods or services for University use and requires our...
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The University’s community supports changing travel habits to tackle climate change
Changing travel habits is one of the biggest impacts students and staff can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Results from the 2021 Climate Action Survey show that our community is very open to significant change to reduce travel. Staff...
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Incentivise the good University research can do for the climate emergency, say staff and students
The 2021 Climate Action Survey results show our community believes research that positively focuses on addressing the climate crisis should be incentivised. Our University is a hub of research and teaching. As a large organisation, we are also...
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Climate change crisis should be embedded in education, say students and staff
Climate Action Survey 2021 results suggest students and staff are ready for climate education to become ‘mainstream’. The results from our 2021 Climate Action Survey show that both students and staff believe education plays a major role in empowering them...
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Understanding the University’s carbon footprint and impact on climate change
Climate Action Survey 2021 results show our community currently lacks a clear understanding of the University’s carbon footprint and its biggest impacts on the climate. Our University has a crucial role to play in addressing climate change, but the complexity...
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Climate change: Can one person really make a difference?
Climate Action Survey results: Most students and staff uncertain about the biggest environmental impacts in the fight against climate change The University’s 2021 Climate Action Survey found a good level of community understanding on climate change and individual carbon footprint...