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Does Science Need the People?

July 19th, 2012

Do the UK’s high carbon investments pose a threat to economic security?

January 19th, 2012

Tell us what you think in our online consultation

December 7th, 2011

Could the ‘Green Deal’ create a new ‘bubble’?

December 1st, 2011

National voluntary agreements are essential to replace Kyoto

November 29th, 2011

Professor Sir David King calls for muscular bilateralism ahead of COP17 in Durban.

November 28th, 2011

Rwanda approves ambitious green growth strategy

November 25th, 2011

Energy, Transport and the Environment: Addressing the Sustainable Mobility Paradigm

November 14th, 2011

Smith School Appoints Head of Low-Carbon Energy Centre

October 27th, 2011

Smith School Fellow shortlisted for CMI award

October 25th, 2011

The ‘Green Deal’ is not the right solution

October 19th, 2011

Does regulation have limits?

October 18th, 2011

Algae-derived biodiesel – the answer to our fossil fuel crisis?

August 12th, 2011

Agave-derived biofuels show favourable energy balance and avoid competition with food production and biodiversity

July 28th, 2011

Individual governments must take more action to curb emissions

July 18th, 2011

The Nigerian Guardian: Africa needs a tough stance on climate change

July 15th, 2011

Climate Change and Health: What are the impacts?

July 5th, 2011

World Forum 2011 draws to a close

July 1st, 2011

The World Forum 2011 is underway with full online coverage

June 29th, 2011

There is no Planet B – King urges governments to focus on saving the natural environment and dismisses interplanetary travel

June 28th, 2011

There is no Planet B – King urges governments to focus on saving the natural environment and dismisses interplanetary travel

June 28th, 2011

Speakers at the World Forum 2011

June 28th, 2011

Professor Sir David King to address Tech Tour Cleantech Summit 2011

June 22nd, 2011

Are we approaching the 4th economic revolution?

June 20th, 2011

Energy expert warns MPs and peers of oil shock

June 15th, 2011

Biodiversity loss does not get the attention this problem deserves

June 2nd, 2011

The Times Eureka – The most significant advance of the past 10 years

June 2nd, 2011

Newsnight – Nuclear power in Germany

June 1st, 2011

Dr Lavanya Rajamani – 60 Second Interview

May 16th, 2011

Dr Robert (Bob) Hahn – 60 Second Interview

May 3rd, 2011

The World This Weekend – Energy gap without nuclear power

April 11th, 2011

Nuclear power investment must not be delayed as report highlights multi-billion pound opportunity for UK

March 29th, 2011

A low carbon nuclear future: Economic assessment of nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel management in the UK

March 29th, 2011

Thomas Brewer – 60 Second Interview

March 24th, 2011

Telegraph – Lessons need to be learned from Japan disaster warns King

March 23rd, 2011

Earthwatch Oxford lecture highlights the scientific challenges for the future

March 4th, 2011

Creating Prosperity and Jobs in the Low-Carbon Economy

February 22nd, 2011

Reduced emissions mean green path of growth for Europe

February 22nd, 2011

Jeremy Bentham – 60 Second Interview

February 21st, 2011

UBS banks on the Smith School for Environmental Leadership

January 13th, 2011

Leo Johnson – 60 Second Interview

January 12th, 2011

Thames Estuary needs integrated approach to plan for its future

January 4th, 2011

Government needs to prepare for more frequent snowfalls

December 23rd, 2010

Project Launch – A Rwandan National Strategy on Climate Change and Low Carbon Development

November 30th, 2010

CBI Climate Change Summit: Should business care about climate change?

November 17th, 2010

Nature – Spending review leaves research in the lurch

October 28th, 2010

The Daily Telegraph – We need to reinvent the way we make and use energy

October 25th, 2010

The Times – Climate change must be a Government priority

October 6th, 2010

ABC National Radio – Saturday Extra with Geraldine Doogue

September 27th, 2010

Defossilise electricity before rolling out electric vehicles

September 21st, 2010

Defossilise electricity before rolling out electric vehicles

September 21st, 2010

Sustainable Business – Formula One strategy: a radical move in the race to greener land mobility

September 7th, 2010

The Guardian – Lawson and King square up in clash of the titans

August 31st, 2010

New Civil Engineer – Airships: a transport idea that won’t go away

August 11th, 2010

Financial Sense Newshour – Energy ‘Pearl Harbour’ or Collapse?

August 4th, 2010

Nature – The business of biodiversity

July 29th, 2010

New Civil Engineer – Research on lighter-than-air craft

July 26th, 2010

The Telegraph – World Forum Coverage

July 12th, 2010

New Civil Engineer – World Forum Coverage

July 12th, 2010

CNN – World Forum Coverage

July 12th, 2010

BBC – World Forum Coverage

July 12th, 2010

The Guardian – World Forum Coverage

July 12th, 2010

Newsnight – The real future of low carbon mobility

July 1st, 2010

World Forum – First day

June 29th, 2010

Racing towards a low carbon economy

June 28th, 2010

Getting real about climate change

June 28th, 2010

The World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment

June 28th, 2010

Gorbachev and King urge new strategy for dealing with climate change

June 27th, 2010

No cause for climate despair

June 22nd, 2010

How much should we worry about running out of oil?

June 15th, 2010

Governments have their heads in the sand when it comes to oil says Sir David King

June 9th, 2010

Governments have their heads in the sand when it comes to oil says Sir David King

June 9th, 2010

Lighter-than-air research in the press

June 4th, 2010

Is it a bird, is it a plane? Is it the end of conventional aircraft design?

May 26th, 2010

Future of Mobility Roadmap in the Press

May 10th, 2010

Moving to a Low-Carbon Economy

May 9th, 2010

Smith School Appoints World Leading Futures Expert

April 22nd, 2010

Smith School appoints world leading futures expert

April 22nd, 2010

Smith School biofuels research getting big attention

April 16th, 2010

World Oil Reserves at Tipping Point

March 23rd, 2010

World oil reserves at tipping point

March 23rd, 2010

Airship ahoy! Could airships replace planes?

March 1st, 2010

Oxford green: Event promotes Oxford’s low carbon potential

February 23rd, 2010

Better air traffic control will cut emissions

February 2nd, 2010

Air traffic control is key to cutting aviation emissions

February 1st, 2010

Call for Papers

January 25th, 2010

Home Office job for Smith School expert

January 20th, 2010

Making complicated things simple

January 20th, 2010

The future for low-carbon transport

January 15th, 2010

Biofuels have only limited potential

January 13th, 2010

Snow joke: weather forecasts should have more detail

January 8th, 2010

Snow joke

January 7th, 2010

Letter from Copenhagen

December 22nd, 2009

Copenhagen Accord: what, how, who and so what?

December 21st, 2009

Resistance to funding solar energy in India is blocking progress

December 21st, 2009

Obama’s Hopenhagen

December 19th, 2009

Hey big spender! Pension fund invests in climate change

December 18th, 2009

Climate victims speaking out

December 17th, 2009

Soaring population poses huge challenge

December 17th, 2009

Climate talks behind closed doors

December 16th, 2009

Heathrow-on-Sea: the pros and cons of a Thames Estuary airport

December 16th, 2009

Is making carbon ‘safe’ the answer?

November 30th, 2009

Exxon is right!

November 20th, 2009

Saving forests and those living in them

November 18th, 2009

Best and worst practices of global energy firms

November 16th, 2009

Finance measures have failed to cut emissions

November 12th, 2009

Waking with Penguins

November 12th, 2009

Letter from Barcelona

November 6th, 2009

Entrepreneurial spirit

November 5th, 2009

The best entrepreneur

November 5th, 2009

Economics of climate change

November 3rd, 2009

Sir David King recieves major French honour

October 29th, 2009

Breathing life into low-carbon cars

October 27th, 2009

Boffins meet business to plan a green future

October 26th, 2009

Costing the Earth

October 26th, 2009

Delaying tough decisions

October 25th, 2009

A 21st century cultural Renaissance

October 25th, 2009

The Science Show

October 24th, 2009

India should agree new climate deal

October 23rd, 2009

Smith School off to a flying start

October 21st, 2009

We are consuming too much too quickly

October 20th, 2009

Disasters caused by climate change

October 13th, 2009

Nobel prizes need reform

October 1st, 2009

Any Questions

September 11th, 2009

Smith School hosts first disaster risk centre

September 7th, 2009

Bad targets and excess profits tar climate change policies

September 3rd, 2009

Geoengineering: diverts attention from cutting emissions

September 2nd, 2009

Sealing in aircraft emissions

August 25th, 2009

Too many gaps in Arctic research

August 20th, 2009

Importing food could be green

August 15th, 2009

The quest to reduce the risk of disasters

August 13th, 2009

Higher food prices could cut emissions

August 10th, 2009

Cutting emissions means cutting costs

July 29th, 2009

Rwanda’s progress

July 25th, 2009

Rwanda: We could not continue with business as usual

July 23rd, 2009

Approach to emissions cuts too patchy

July 14th, 2009

Approach to emissions cuts too patchy

July 14th, 2009

Climate change is a problem of consciousness

July 13th, 2009

Climate progress despite dubious G8 pledge

July 9th, 2009

Times/Smith School World Forum

July 7th, 2009

Islands shun deal with carbon devil

July 3rd, 2009

Tackling climate change costs money

June 26th, 2009

Not enough biofuel to go round

June 19th, 2009

Why we must switch to a low carbon economy

June 18th, 2009

We need energy research more than ever before

June 12th, 2009

Scientists call for CO2 limits

June 10th, 2009

First Government minister to Smith School

May 22nd, 2009

Coal isn’t cool

May 22nd, 2009

Trusting you, trusting me

May 8th, 2009

Business leaders in the making

May 6th, 2009

Save the trillionth tonne, warn scientists

May 1st, 2009

Using our fossil fuels could take us back 50 million years

April 28th, 2009

Kyoto treaty failing the world’s poor

April 16th, 2009

Electric cars

April 15th, 2009

Fuel from rubbish could power aircraft

April 12th, 2009

Cutting transport emissions: We must change the way we move around

April 6th, 2009

Obama on course

April 2nd, 2009

New award for Sir David King

March 24th, 2009

Biofuels: Buy one get two free

March 17th, 2009

Mini redundancies

February 18th, 2009

Green credentials of Mini

February 18th, 2009

More crop per drop. Sir David King warns of new, global climate change conflicts

February 12th, 2009

Visit from the Science and Technology Advisor to the US Secretary of State

November 24th, 2008

Presentation of EFMD/Emerald Outstanding Doctoral Research Award

October 31st, 2008

School’s Official Opening

October 9th, 2008

Sir David King’s Presidential Address

September 9th, 2008
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