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Climate solutions start at home
Sam Fankhauser's letter to the Times on Rishi Sunak’s decision to now attend COP27. [Paywall]
Letter: Is COP27 U-turn sincere?
Dr Laurence Wainwright, Departmental Lecturer at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, comments on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to attend COP27 in the FT
What to expect from COP27
Professor Sam Fankhauser sets out his expectations as COP27 gets underway. Will this year mark a return to 'businesslike' COPs?
When Does Collaboration Become Collusion?
The New York Times cites a recent article from Oxford University, Harvard University and IMD Business School in Switzerland exploring the legalities of climate collaboration.
Innovative solutions to provide safe drinking water for all
A major UN report into the state of the world's drinking water calls for urgent action to accelerate progress and ensure safe drinking water for all.
COP27 must deliver fast action, swift justice and protect nature
In a series of powerful 'hopes' for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the University have recorded wishes and warnings in videos and written messages for the delegates to COP27.
Copernicus Sentinel satellites help to spur green financial investments
The Spatial Finance Initiative (part of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group) is working to unleash the enormous potential of Earth observation data and machine learning techniques, transforming the availability of information in the financial system.
Big Banks and U.N. Green Finance Group Clash in Alliance
Ben Caldecott, Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, speaks to The Wall Street Journal about the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).
Big businesses are told: Your ‘greenwash’ tactics won’t wash
Speaking to The Times, Ben Caldecott, Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, comments on the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and the pitfalls of net-zero portfolio decarbonisation.
From green politics in Ukraine to the Smith School MSc
Having received a scholarship for Ukrainian Refugees, Anastasiia has enrolled onto the Oxford Smith School’s MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment to strengthen her knowledge of climate change science, enterprise and policy.
Sustainable investing and generating returns go hand-in-hand
At the University of Oxford’s World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment, Hubert Keller, Lombard Odier’s Senior Managing Partner, told an audience of world-leaders in policy, academia and business that the financial industry’s approach to sustainable investing needs a radical overhaul.
Africa needs country-specific narratives for a clean energy future
Ahead of COP27, academics from 50 institutions have called for a shift in how politicians, funders and researchers think about the clean energy transition in the African continent, as a new study highlights radically different energy needs across countries.