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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · Jul 18

In this blog, Will Snell chief executive at @fairness.bsky.social highlights how wealth inequality undermines our climate response in three critical ways - increasing vulnerability, distorting politics and weakening social cohesion.

Read here:

How wealth inequality is supercharging climate risks

This post is by Will Snell, chief executive at Fairness Foundation

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UCL Grand Challenges @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social · 24d

One in three young people surveyed expect to need mental health support in coming year according to polling commissioned from YouGov by UCL’s Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing. Find out more: https://shorturl.at/1Rpfh

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · 25d

🥳 We're celebrating! 🥳

Join us for the celebration of 60 years of Environmental Design and Engineering at The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment. Register to attend our event on Realising the Health Co-benefits of the Transition to Net Zero on 8 October: shorturl.at/Hq6XO

Realising the health co-benefits of the transition to net zero

Join us for the celebration of 60 years of Environmental Design and Engineering at The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · 25d

Proud to have contributed a chapter on our Research Theme on Moisture, Temperature and Air Quality, together with colleagues Jiaxu Zhou and Hector Altamirano-Medina.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · 25d

🎉 Our UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering book "Shaping the Sustainable Built Environment in a Changing Climate", celebrating our 60th anniversary, is here and free to access: shorturl.at/8CeZr

60 Years of The Bartlett Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

In 2025, The Bartlett’s Environmental Design and Engineering (EDE) discipline marks its 60th anniversary, a milestone that reflects a proud legacy of shaping the future of the built environment.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Aug 5

Registrations are now open for the ERBE CDT Colloquium on 5 November in London: www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticket... ERBE CDT focuses on the interactions between energy supply systems and buildings, and the need to create healthy and productive home and work environments to adapt to climate change.

UCL Event Ticketing

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Talk London @talklondon.bsky.social · Jul 1

According to new Met Office research, UK heatwaves could become hotter and longer.

City Hall is working on a new plan to better prepare for heatwaves in London.

You can help inform the plan and find advice on keeping cool.

Take the 6-minute survey now: www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 19

Children in England face ‘lost learning’ from flooding and extreme heat, research finds

School leaders and teachers say findings on climate risks make for ‘grim reading’ Children in England face prolonged “lost learning” caused by extreme heat and flooding at school, according to research on the potential impact of the climate crisis on education. School leaders and teachers said the scenarios published by the Department for Education were “grim reading” regarding the climate risks schools and students might experience, and urged ministers to move quickly to improve school resilience. Continue reading...

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Jun 19

Really excited to be part of the new EPSRC HESTIA network, led by @douglasbooker.bsky.social, and what better way to announce it than with a presentation at the UKIEG conference on Clean Air Day!

Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · Jun 19

This Clean Air Day, I am delighted to announce a new EPSRC funded network, HESTIA.

In HESTIA we are co-developing a health-equity-centred approach to home design & retrofit, integrating existing + emerging building technologies to ⬆️ human & environmental health co-benefits, + ⬇️ health inequalities

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(Just) transitions?
The UK housing stock is undergoing an unprecedented transformation to reduce carbon emissions
The impacts of these changes on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), physical and mental health and wellbeing, and equity are less well known

There is also a picture of a row of houses that have been retrofitted, with one that has not.

Integrated technologies

Delivering low-carbon, healthy, and equitable homes through design and retrofit will need multiple different technologies
Current efforts focus primarily on building fabric or system upgrades, yet there are significant opportunities through replacement technologies, smart devices, and consumer products

The picture shows a house with a range of different technologies varying from building fabric and systems upgrades, to consumer products.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · May 14

Simon Jones, founder of Air Quality Matters, shares what a year and a half of podcasting has taught him about communicating complexity and science, breaking echo chambers, and the power of conversation.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · May 14

This session is organised by the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering Research Theme on Moisture, Temperature and Air Quality I co-lead with Hector Altamirano-Medina and Jiaxu Zhou.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · May 14

Shaping the sustainable built environment is a webinar series and part of the celebrations for 60 years of Environmental Design and Engineering at The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · May 14

One and a half million words on air quality in the built environment. Join us on 3 June for a webinar with Simon Jones, founder of Air Quality Matters! Register now ► bit.ly/3YLVB8a

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UCL Grand Challenges @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social · May 12

Today marks the start of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek & we'll be spotlighting how we're driving innovation through interdisciplinary research & partnerships.

From child wellbeing to the importance of green spaces, find out more on our website 👇 bit.ly/449QX7r

#UCLMentalHealth

Mental Health Awareness Week

During Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 (12-18 May), we're highlighting how our pioneering research is transforming lives globally, nationally and locally. Through transformative interdisciplinary re...

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Apr 11

📣📣📣 Come work with us! #Postdoc opportunity #2: Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow in Indoor Environmental Modelling. Applications open until 27 April. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #thermalcomfort #airquality #climatechange #EnergyPlus #buildingsimulation #jobalert #jobopportunity #hiring

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Apr 11

📣📣📣 Come work with us! #Postdoc opportunity #1: Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow in Urban Climate and Environmental Modelling. Applications open until 22 April. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#urbanclimate #urbanoverheating #urbanmodelling #climatechange #WRF #jobalert #jobopportunity #hiring

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Apr 11

Big thanks to @douglasbooker.bsky.social and Giorgos Petrou for leading this, as well as the HEICCAM PI, Ruth Doherty, and the amazing team of HEICCAM ECR and Co-I co-authors.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Apr 11

📣 So proud of this paper! This was an ECR-led initiative as part of the @ukcleanair.bsky.social HEICCAM Network tackling #indoorairquality through an #environmentaljustice lens.

Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · Apr 7

📢 NEW PAPER: INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 📢

I am excited to share our new paper which poses and addresses ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality (IAQ) and its environmental justice implications.

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Ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications

Humans spend a large proportion of their time at home, where exposure to poor indoor air quality has detrimental – and often inequitably distributed –…

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Gesche Huebner @geschehuebner.bsky.social · Mar 13

Funded #PhD opportunity (home & international students). Start September 2025.

Join us @exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.bsky.social for a 4-year funded PhD project looking how #ClimateChange impacts on the #MentalHealth of #Parents and carers.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The impact of climate change on the mental health of parents & carers-PhD (Funded) at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The impact of climate change on the mental health of parents & carers-PhD (Funded) at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · Mar 4

🌍🧠 Join us at "The Hot Brain 3: Climate Change & Brain Health" conference.

Discover the latest research on how climate change impacts neurological health and learn about strategies to mitigate these effects. @uclqsion.bsky.social

D07 The Hot Brain 3 - Climate Change & Brain Health | UCL Online Store

Climate change continues to worsen: 2024 has been declared the hottest year on record. People with neurological disease are likely to be amongst those affe

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Mar 4

Very much looking forward to working with an amazing team of collaborators and stakeholders across the 3 Hubs over the next 5 years!

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Mar 4

The Hubs aim to increase understanding of how to achieve the Net Zero transition whilst adapting to extreme heat and improving air quality in homes, schools, care facilities, hospitals and prisons, protecting health and tackling health inequalities.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Mar 4

Funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), each Hub will run for 5 years. I'll be part of the HEARTH and INHABIT leadership teams.

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Mar 4

🔥 HEARTH: National Hub on Net Zero, Health and Extreme Heat (led by OBU)
🏠 INHABIT: Indoor Habitability during the Transition to Net Zero Housing Hub (led by UoB)
🚸 CHILI: Child and Adolescent Health Impacts of Learning Indoor Environments under Net Zero Hub (led by UCL)

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Mar 4

📣 So excited to be involved, together with colleagues at the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, in 3 transdisciplinary Hubs aiming to realise the #health co-benefits of #NetZero!

£42m funding to ensure health is central to net zero strategies

Seven new transdisciplinary research hubs will explore ways to ensure the UK’s transition to net zero also protects and promotes physical and mental health.

www.ukri.org

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