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Ahmadreza Imani @ahmadrezaimani.bsky.social · 4d

We were delighted to welcome our new MSc students at @ic-cep.bsky.social this week! excited to teach and learn with them on Urban Sustainable Environments, exploring how cities can become healthier.
Applications are now open for next year, join us! 👉 campaigns.imperial.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · 2d

Torrential rain has hit Ibiza, turning streets into rivers and flooding the airport 🌧️

Over 180mm fell in 12 hours - the remnants of Hurricane Gabrielle are to blame.

“No doubt about it, these explosive downpours were intensified by climate change,” says Professor @frediotto.bsky.social.

Ibiza floods: Everything we know including impacted travel

The Spanish island has been placed under a red warning for rain, the maximum alert level

www.standard.co.uk

Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · 6d

SMEs drive the UK economy but also produce 36% of domestic emissions. 🚨

A new report, led by Dr Gbemi Oluleye and Imperial colleagues, for Schneider Electric explores the barriers to decarbonisation and the policies & finance needed to unlock solutions. 🌍⚡

#NetZero #SustainableBusiness

New report highlights help SMEs need to reduce their carbon footprint | Imperial News | Imperial College London

Global industrial technology leader Schneider Electric asks Imperial experts to explore the barriers to decarbonisation for SMEs

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 The UK Conservative Party plans to scrap the Climate Change Act if it returns to power.

CEP researcher, Luke Hatton, warns ditching net-zero targets won’t protect consumers from volatile fossil fuel prices.

#ClimatePolicy #NetZero

UK Conservative Party Vows to Scrap the Climate Change Act

The UK’s opposition Conservative Party plans to scrap the Climate Change Act if it returns to power, the latest indication that the longstanding political consensus on climate action in Britain has sh...

www.bloomberg.com

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Matt Clark 🌳🌄🏖️ @mattcscience.bsky.social · 12d

Out in @science.org today. The Ngezi forest of Zanzibar is likely the most intact oldgrowth tropical dry forest in East Africa, if not the continent; it also houses tons of endemic species and gives resources to thousands of people. Bulldozers are waiting at its edge

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Tourism puts Zanzibari reserve at a crossroads

The moist broadleaf forests located on the coasts of Tanzania and Kenya and on nearby archipelagos such as Zanzibar are highly fragmented hotspots of plant and animal diversity (1). On Pemba, the 988-...

www.science.org

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Gbemi Oluleye on her promotion to Associate Professor in Sustainable Market Mechanisms!

This promotion recognises her outstanding contributions in research and teaching ✨

Read more 📖: tinyurl.com/2ahwh9ac

#ResearchImpact #WomenInSTEM #LowCarbonFuture

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 15d

Event: Delivering for climate & health: insights from UK decision-makers

Join us and @ic-cep.bsky.social to explore how the health benefits of climate action are thought about by decision-makers in government 🧵

📍Online
⏰12.00-13.00
📅16 October

Sign-up today: ow.ly/Ll4W50X04V4

Delivering for Climate & Health: insights from UK decision-makers

Climate action can deliver co-benefits for public health. This webinar will explore how can we strengthen the consideration of health in climate-related decision-making.

ow.ly

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · 19d

🌊 Lake Tanganyika is rising, 3m higher in a decade, drowning homes, schools & livelihoods in Burundi. Over 100,000 have been displaced.

Dr Joyce Kimutai warns climate change is a “multiplier of threats” in a region already hit by conflict.

#ClimateCrisis #Burundi

Floods force 100,000 out of their homes – and the water in this city is still rising

People fleeing the rising waters around Lake Tanganyika in Burundi are fighting for space and humanitarian care with refugees escaping civil war. Donald Trump’s slashing of international aid money has...

www.independent.co.uk

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · 19d

Human-made global heating caused 2 in 3 heat deaths in Europe this summer - 16,500 lives lost.

“The causal chain from fossil fuel burning to rising heat & increased mortality is undeniable,” says @frediotto.bsky.social

#ClimateCrisis #Heatwave #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #PublicHealth

Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’

Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Clark 🌳🌄🏖️ @mattcscience.bsky.social · 25d

Massive cross-institutional paper out today, bringing in almost 40 co-authors across 20 institutions and 9 countries 🌍. Led by @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa

Scaling area-based conservation, including initiatives led or comanaged by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, is a flagship goal of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conserva....

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · 27d

A landmark @nature.com study links fossil fuel & cement giants to worsening heatwaves worldwide.

But as @clairbarnes.bsky.social warns: the true impacts are probably much worse - many heatwaves in Africa & South America go unreported. 🌍🔥

#ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience

Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implications | CNN

For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ex...

edition.cnn.com

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 28d

The effectiveness of community-based conservation under climate-induced shocks has now been quantified thanks to research by Dr Matthew Clark (@ic-cep.bsky.social) & Dr Adam Sykulski (@imperialmaths.bsky.social)

Supported by @TurnerKirkTrust

Watch the video⬇️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Ne...

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · 29d

“Unimaginably expensive” & risky geoengineering schemes at the poles are a dangerous distraction from tackling fossil fuels, warn 42 scientists incl. @joerirogelj.bsky.social.

Cutting emissions remains the fastest, safest way to curb the #ClimateCrisis.

Polar geoengineering dismissed as ‘unimaginably expensive’ and ‘dangerous’

Underwater curtains and artificial ice thickening divert attention from cutting fossil fuel use, says group of climate scientists

www.theguardian.com

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Sep 5

@joerirogelj.bsky.social warns the world’s underground CO₂ storage could run out by 2200 🌍💨

Practical capacity may be 10× smaller than thought, just 1,460 Gt instead of 14,000.

Rogelj argues that we should use carbon storage sparingly & focus on zero-emission energy.

#ClimateAction #NetZero

We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought

Storing carbon dioxide underground is seen as a way to mitigate climate change, but the world could run out of safe storage space within 200 years if we keep on burning fossil fuels

www.newscientist.com

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 Wildfires in Spain & Portugal were made 40x more likely by climate breakdown, says @wwattribution.bsky.social

“The sheer size of these fires has been astonishing,” adds CEP’s Clair Barnes (@clairbarnes.bsky.social) 🌍🔥

#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds

Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say

www.theguardian.com

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌡️ Scientists from @wwattribution.bsky.social say this summer’s wildfires in Greece, Turkey & Cyprus were 22% more intense & 10x more likely due to climate change.

Events that were once 1-in-100-year now happen every 20 years. 🔥

#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires

Climate Change Made Turkey, Greece Wildfires 10 Times More Likely

Hot, dry and windy conditions in the eastern Mediterranean will happen more often in a warmer world.

www.bloomberg.com

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Marta Koch @martakoch.bsky.social · Aug 26

Honoured to be interviewed for @imperialsci.bsky.social
2025 end-of-year magazine as @ic-cep.bsky.social PhD researcher & share my #sciencepolicyinterface experience as #UNFCCC,@unep.org & #UNDESA delegate to highlight #knowledgexchange on #techinnovation 4 #climateaction & #sustainabledevelopment.

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Aug 22

💧 Can deleting photos really help with the UK’s drought?

Yes, says Claire Hunt on Sky News FYI: storing 10,000 photos uses as much water as you'd save with a water butt or turning off the tap while brushing your teeth.

Small actions add up! (🎥 From 2:04)

#SaveWater #WaterCrisis #EcoTips

FYI: Can deleting photos really help with the UK's drought? | Weekly News Show

YouTube video by Sky News

www.youtube.com

Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Aug 22

🐝 Wasps are booming in Britain this year thanks to a record warm spring.

Bad news for your picnic 🍦🍺 - alcohol & sweet treats are magnets, says Dr Tilly Collins (@polytilly.bsky.social).

But don’t panic: wasps are vital pest controllers & pollinators 🌱

UK wasp numbers soar after unusually warm and dry spring

The scourges of picnics have arrived early and in greater numbers amid ideal conditions for colonies to thrive

www.theguardian.com

Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Aug 21

As climate extremes intensify, renewable energy projects are turning to parametric insurance for rapid payouts.

Dr @iain-staffell.bsky.social warns that such unpredictability increases the equity needed to fund projects, posing a barrier to development.

#RenewableEnergy #ClimateRisk

Renewables Battling Climate Change Now Need to Insure Against It

Solar and wind projects are betting on a novel insurance product to help offset losses from erratic weather.

www.bloomberg.com

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌍 Leading the charge on climate action

@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social has 11 IPCC AR7 authors - the most of any institution!

CEP’s Joeri Rogelj, Friederike Otto, Robin Lamboll & Jarmo Kikstra are shaping the science behind global policy.

#IPCC #ClimateAction

Imperial researchers take leading role in major IPCC climate report | Imperial News | Imperial College London

Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial report on climate change than any other organisation in the world.

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Aug 19

Blaming disasters solely on climate change can be as misleading as blaming 'nature,' says @frediotto.bsky.social.

What turns weather into catastrophe is human choices - building in risky places, weak planning, poor warnings.

Accountability matters.

#TexasFloods #ClimateResilience

After the Texas floods, when is the right time to ask what went wrong?

The rare window to ask tough questions opens after a disaster. Too often, it closes before accurate answers can emerge.

grist.org

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Aug 18

Great to see CEP alumna Kate Hofman sharing her expertise 🙌

Kate studied an MSc in Environmental Technology with us before founding GrowUp Farms and co-founding Pesto.

Inspiring advice for early-stage startups on raising investment ⤵️

Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation @undaunted-hq.bsky.social · Aug 18

Kate Hofman, Founder of GrowUp Farms & CEO & Co-Founder of Pesto, shares top tips for early-stage startups on raising investment! ⤵️ www.youtube.com/shorts/q-t1w...

Learn more ➡️ granthaminstitute.com/2025/08/05/v...

@ic-cep.bsky.social @granthamicl.bsky.social @imperialenterprise.bsky.social

Kate Hofman: 3 tips for early-stage startups on raising investment

YouTube video by Grantham Imperial

www.youtube.com

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Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial @ic-cep.bsky.social · Aug 15

Don’t miss the FoNS Research Showcase!
A full day of inspiring talks & innovative ideas!

10:05–10:35 CEP Showcase:

🌱 Dr Caroline Howe – Restoring biodiversity and tackling climate together
🤝 Karl Scheifinger – Co-creating climate action with the public

🎥 Watch a preview from Karl below ⬇️

Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · Aug 14

A sneak peek at some of the upcoming talks at the FoNS Research Showcase on 11 September 2025....

Register now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Aug 14

🌡️Climate change made ‘relentless’ Nordic heatwave at least ten times more likely, according to research by @wwattribution.bsky.social.

The two-week heatwave led to sightings of reindeer in urban areas in Norway, Sweden and Finland, alongside wildfires, overcrowded hospitals and algal blooms 🧵

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