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Climate law: new AI tool produces fast, accurate reports on fossil fuel company activities
A new open access AI tool created by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Sustainable Law Programme produces reports on the historical activities of fossil fuel companies in respons
Kemi Badenoch’s net zero rant comes close to political tragedy
Drawing on Oxford research, Telegraph World Economy Editor Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reminds readers of the falling costs of clean technology and the 'unstoppable' trajectory of the global energy transition.
Oxford-led programme improves water security for over 10 million vulnerable people
A global research initiative led by the University of Oxford has exceeded its target of improving water security for 10 million people across Africa and Asia, demonstrating a scalable approach to tackling one of the world’s most pressing challenges.
University of Oxford establishes Oxford EARTH, a new programme for sustainable resource research
Caitlin McElroy, Smith School lead for regenerative and circular economy research, joins new multidisciplinary, pan-Oxford initiative OxEARTH (Ensuring equitable Access to sustainable Resources for a Thriving Habitat).
Greenwashing And What To Do Instead: Lessons From The Oxford Ad Archive
"Clarity about how corporate claims connect to strategy is not nice-to-have. It’s an imperative," writes Mary Johnstone-Louis for Forbes. She references the launch Oxford Carbon and Climate Advertising Library (OxCCAL) by the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme, which is a searchable database of over 1,700 fossil fuel industry ads.
Republicans want to repeal Biden’s climate legacy. Good luck with that.
A repeal of the inflation reduction act by the Trump administration is "hardly a fait accompli," write Noah Mihan and Dr Stephen Lezak. The article references a policy brief by Mihan and Professor Sam Fankhauser, which identified 32 republican representatives who are likely to rebel against such a measure.
With more collaboration, export credit agencies could supercharge climate finance
Professor Andreas Klasen and Noah Mihan write on how Export Credit Agencies can unleash huge sums of climate finance to developing countries - if they work together.
Oxford to help establish safe drinking water for schools and clinics in Zambia
Guided by a Presidential Decree in 2022, the Government of Zambia is focused on delivering safe drinking water to all public facilities. The University of Oxford’s water programme is supporting this work with the pilot of a results-based contract in Mumbwa District, with the goal to deliver a national model to all public facilities by 2030.
Is Nature’s code just a commodity to be traded?
Reflections on Digital Sequence Information (DSI) and benefit sharing, which stem from genetic sequencing and were a key part of the COP16 agenda.
Researchers can explore 1700 fossil fuel ads through the Oxford Carbon and Climate Advertising Library
After more than a year of research by a team of ten researchers, the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme’s Climate Litigation Lab, led by Associate Professor of Climate Litigation Benjamin Franta, has launched the Oxford Carbon and Climate Advertising Library (OxCCAL).
Changing the world, one woman engineer at a time
Mia Fahey McCarthy, Head of Sustainability at SSE Ireland, writes on gender parity in the clean energy transition for the Oxford Smith School's Community Insights series.
Countries seal critical $200 billion deal to save nature
Audrey Wagner was quoted in The National News on the outcome of the COP16 negotiations in Rome, and the broader political environment surrounding them. "The US pulling funding internationally not only from environment initiatives but development funding more broadly, including the defunding and shutting down of USAID, is very unhelpful and certainly hinders progress on biodiversity and climate issues," she said.