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8 Mar 2021: We are delighted to announce that this year’s call for applications to the CCI Collaborative Fund is now open. CCI Partners are invited to submit applications for the CCI Collaborative Fund for Conservation, for collaborative projects.

24 May 2021: In our next group meeting we are delighted to welcome Connor Nolan, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Earth System Science at Stanford University, to give a talk about his recent paper on natural climate solutions’ contributions to

13 Jan 2021: This week's seminar will be presented by Dr Michelle Jackson from the University of Oxford. Dr Jackson's research interest lies in understanding individual-to-ecosystem level responses to environmental change, including warming, invasion, pollution

8 Jan 2021: Please join us for the official launch event on January 9th, 2021 | 7:30 pm Pacific, 10:30 pm Eastern Time | Sponsored by the Mind & Life Institute We're pleased to announce the release of Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops, a series of five short

26 Jul 2021: In our upcoming Tuesday group meeting we will be discussing two Global Change Biology papers on soil carbon dynamics that came out earlier this week, Mitchell et al. (2021) and O'Bryan et al. (2021), linked below.

11 Mar 2021: The Planetary Health diet recommends approximately 16kg of meat per person per year for a healthy and sustainable diet for 10 billion people.

12 Apr 2021: Collaboration can be one of the most rewarding aspects of a research career: bringing exciting perspectives and opportunities, enhanced productivity, access to resources and enduring relationships. It can also lead to some of our biggest challenges

29 Jan 2021: Mental Health in the Digital World Join CT&S on Zoom on Monday 8th February for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on mental health in a digital world. The panel will cover topics including child mental health, Silicon Valley companies and

1 Feb 2021: In this series of four sessions, Kathrin Hicks will present a framework for understanding how physical and mental factors interact in the experience of long term health conditions, drawing on ideas from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness.

30 Sep 2021: Professor Naomi Oreskes - Harvard University Why trust science? Livestream: David Attenborough Building - Main Seminar Room

22 Nov 2021: Stonechats are present throughout the winter at the Great Fen and have been selected as a focus for monitoring. The birds are slightly smaller and more slender looking than robins, with clear differences in colouration between males and females.

5 May 2021: Developing a Toolkit for Mapping and Deliberating Values for Uplands Management Land uses in the UK uplands can become contested and may develop into conflicts, perhaps particularly when conservation stakeholders are involved.

30 Sep 2021: Professor Jane Memmott - University of Bristol Community ecology – Pure fun and practical too In this talk I will focus on three projects which have a community level approach, and use the latest approaches from pure ecology, but which have

30 Apr 2021: This week we will be joined by Professor Anne Saab, Graduate from the Institute of International and Development Studies Global WarNing where she will discuss: Discourses of Fear in International Climate Change Law. Register here...

1 Jun 2021: This week, Prof Milind Tambe from Harvard University presents the conservation seminar.

25 Mar 2021: offset emissions in hard-to-decarbonise sectors and delivering many other benefits for people and biodiversity.

10 Feb 2021: He is currently working on a number of collaborative projects concerning nature and lockdown; specifically how people engage with gardens and local green spaces, and the various ways in which nature

10 Feb 2021: Impacts of REDD in Brazil C-EENRG Fellow | Scientist, Scion, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Dr Thales A.P. West We are very much looking forward to welcoming Dr. Thales West (CEENRG Fellow, Forest Carbon Scientist at Scion, New Zealand Forest

30 Sep 2021: Three talks celebrating CCI Alumni Dr Josie Chambers - Wageningen University & Research Co-productive agility for sustainability transformations Co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice by diverse societal actors, is argued

4 Mar 2021: This week, CEENRG will be joined by Dr Sabrina Eisenbarth from the University of Exeter Business School. Register Here

1 Nov 2021: Chris Sandbrook with PhD student Rogelio Luque Lora. There will be a limit of 40 people in total in the Main Seminar Room, and we will admit people on a first

30 Sep 2021: Dr Noelia Zafra-Calvo - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change Equity, justice and diversity: towards a transformation in area-based conservation in the twenty-first century Several voices have claimed that in addition to setting goals and targets

26 Jul 2021: We were pleased to invite you for the session in the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) webinar series “From Infrastructure to Development Corridors,” which took place on 27th July 2021 (Tuesday), from 14:00 - 15:00 EAT | 12:00 – 13:00 BST

11 Mar 2021: Dr Sergey Kolesnikov C-EENRG Fellow, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge How technology spillovers contribute to clean energy innovation Abstract: Knowledge spillovers are knowledge developed for one purpose finding application for a

5 Jul 2021: The University Museum of Zoology are set to launch their new summer exhibition, featuring artworks from three artists plus an original giant extinct elephant bird egg belonging to Sir David Attenborough.

12 Apr 2021: In this Tuesday's group meeting, we are delighted to have Hannah Griffiths from the University of Bristol to give a talk, details as follows: The impact of termites on soil processes, ecosystem resilience and carbon flux in tropical rainforest

12 Apr 2021: was named one of the most 100 influential people in climate policy worldwide in 2019 by Apolitical. ... During her tenure as minister, Bee Yin was recognised by the renowned scientific journal 'Nature' as one of the top 10 people who mattered in 2018.

26 Jul 2021: Topic in brief. The communication to young people and the public of information about sustainability, in particular factors affecting: (a) climate change and (b)human interactions with other species and the

1 Nov 2021: This online course spans 5 weeks, and incorporates 6 hours of self-learning per week, plus 2 hours expert led live session each Friday. You will learn how to develop your understanding of and the practical skills required to be a more effective

7 Jun 2021: Join us for this Thursday's networking morning at 11am where Dr Andrew Bladon from the Department of Zoology will discuss his research and recently released paper: Climatic change and extinction risk of two globally threatened Ethiopian endemic bird

11 Mar 2021: What will the conservation leadership landscape look like in ten years’ time and how do we get there? The conservation landscape has evolved rapidly since the Masters in Conservation Leadership was founded in 2010.

14 Jun 2021: Dr Benedict Probst Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich | C-EENRG Fellow Global Trends in the Invention and Diffusion of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies

8 Feb 2021: “Leadership is arguably the most important attribute in the tool kit of a conservation biologist”. Dietz et al, 2004 Successful and high-achieving conservation biologists often find themselves in leadership roles within projects and organisations

19 Jul 2021: I am writing to inform you that new operating measures will take effect in the CCI Campus from Monday 19th July 2021.

28 Jun 2021: In our next group meeting we will be hearing from Jeremy Fonielle, who will give a talk on his research findings about organic matter diversity in lakes. Abstract: Freshwaters cover less than three percent of the earth's surface but process as much

16 Aug 2021: Hedge hoardings is a walk around Kings Hedges, following the ward’s ancient hedgerows, discovering plants and foraging. Led by artist Hermione Spriggs and local forager/historian Cab Davidson, this event explores hedges as edible places that offer

29 Jan 2021: And as the festival is online this year, we’re excited to welcome people from around the world to be part of these conversations too!

26 Apr 2021: Journal club on Hoffmann et al 2019 paper titled "Predicted climate shifts within terrestrial protected areas worldwide". As always, please let me know if any of you want to do the introduction.

14 Jun 2021: In our next Tuesday group meeting, we are delighted to welcome Nittay Meroz from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem to give a talk on the predictability of changes in microbial community composition due to evolution, based on his recent paper on

8 Feb 2021: For our next journal club meet (4-5pm, Tues 9 Feb) we're going to be discussing how population trends can arise (or disappear!) due to the statistical approach taken.

26 Mar 2021: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Earth Optimism: Saving Species. Welcome to Saving species and celebrate how people around the world are bringing species back from the brink: Lessons from the dodo:

2 Nov 2021: On the Ground - (Panel Talk) Join Charlotte Milbank (Chair), Fleur Nash, Hawa Newell-Sydique, and Kasia Lanucha in discussing some of the best ways to ensure research abroad is productive and how to collaborate effectively in multi-cultural and

8 Nov 2021: Seminars take place every Thursday, 2-3 pm (UK time). The presenter is expected to speak for 30-45 mins to allow substantial time for discussion. Talks focus on issues in law, policy and governance of climate change, environment and energy. All are

28 Jun 2021: CCI Priority Area Project CCI have identified four priority areas which will form the focus of their efforts over the next ten years. They are consulting the whole CCI community to gather ideas for projects which can address these areas. As such we

16 Apr 2021: The Degree Committee has commended the wide range and interesting nature of our students’ dissertation topics and you are all warmly invited to attend what promises to be an engaging and lively forum.

2 Nov 2021: User-Centred Design - Alice Lawrence This session will give an overview of user-centred design (UCD): a process whereby the end-user is involved in the design of an interface or document. We will use a case study from medical communications to

25 Oct 2021: ECR WORKSHOP: CREATIVE COMMUNICATION Speaker: Carmyn de Jonge This workshop is designed for those looking to explore effective communication through versatile designs of poster, booklets and presentations. Register for the ECR Programme 2021/22 here.

1 Nov 2021: This Thursday, 4th November (2-3pm UK Time), our next CEENRG seminar of this term will take place and you are all very cordially invited to join.

19 Jul 2021: Sign up for a short tour of the Leventis Library, and instruction on how to find and borrow items in the library. Book your time slot: https://www.ccihive.org/event/browse-find-borrow-at-the-leventis-library-2021-07-22/

6 Sep 2021: Despite our best efforts, most of us are likely to experience failure at some point. While nobody likes to fail, how we deal with failure can make an enormous difference to our eventual results.