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Climate Change Is Already Showing Up in the Cost of Living
Honorary Research Associate Fulvia Marotta talks to Bloomberg about her upcoming research that links temperature rise to inflation.
35-50% of planned AI data centres are behind schedule
A new white paper from the Oxford Smith School and Marex points to a significant “delivery gap” for planned AI data centres, with up to 50% running behind schedule.
Schools in a warming India: Rethinking heat readiness beyond emergency response
MSc candidate and lawyer Ashima Gulati explores the impacts of India's warming climate on the country's schools and the policy interventions that could mitigate them.
Oxford Smith School alum’s Journey from student to Venture Founder
During her time on the Smith School MSc, Hannah Sassi focused her dissertation on locally-led climate change adaptation – researching how communities in Kenya and South Africa responded to existential climate risks in ways that were deeply contextual and place-based.
To the Extent that Matters for Investors, Climate Risk is Already Priced In
Oxford Sustainable Finance Group Director Ben Caldecott joins the Bloomberg ESG Currents podcast with Grace Osborne to debate Dr Jakob Thomae, Co-Founder and CEO of Theia Finance Labs.
Expert comment: Mr Miliband is right to focus on building out a modern 21st century clean energy system at pace
Dr Anupama Sen, Head of Policy Engagement at the Smith School of Enterprise of Environment, and Smith School and Environmental Change Institute researcher, Cassandra Etter-Wenzel, comment on new policies announced today by UK energy secretary Ed Miliband.
The US cattle industry is eating its own tail
Researcher Stephanie Walton writes on the US cattle industry's self-destructive practicies in an exclusive opinion piece for the Financial Times. "The longer this goes on, the greater the costs will be for everyone involved."
Oxford School of Geography & the Environment tops 2026 QS World University Rankings
This is the sixteenth consecutive year that the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) has achieved this recognition. The University of Oxford also secured first place in three other subjects, making it the UK university with the most courses ranked top in the world.
Microsoft rejects speculation it's axing its carbon business
In this Bloomberg article exploring Microsoft's approach to carbon removal procurement, Ben Caldecott comments on the dependency of the voluntary carbon removals market on a single buyer in a single sector as 'a serious vulnerability'.
Indian Ministry outlines Government plans to tackle extreme heat
Recent research from Radhika Khosla and the Future of Cooling programme showed India will be one of regions most affected by extreme heat globally. In response to these findings, the Government has issued a summary of key climate adaptation activities such as heat action plans.
Would more North Sea drilling mean lower energy prices for UK consumers?
A recent rapid analysis from Anupama Sen, Nadia Schroeder and Cassandra Etter-Wenzel features in this Guardian 'explainer' that concludes renewable energy offers better cost-savings and energy security than further dependence on fossil fuels.
Now unions demand Ed Miliband approve new North Sea oil and gas drilling amid Iran price spike - but green minister insists wind and solar is 'homegrown power we can rely on'
The Daily Mail reports on the intense pressure the government is being put under to grant more oil and gas licenses in the North Sea, citing an Oxford Smith School analysis that found the benefits to households would be neglible when compared to renewables.