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Countries will need innovative, fair and inclusive leadership to navigate new and increasingly complex global health challenges.

Today UCL is flying a flag to raise awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgent need to achieve them.

People across Kenya were mysteriously plunged into darkness last month as the country suffered its worst power outage in a generation - except for a tiny remote village.

Britain's energy needs could be met entirely by wind and solar, according to a policy brief  published today  by Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

The University of Manchester is to receive a sample from asteroid Bennu, which will help unveil secrets of our Solar System.

Imperial College London and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore are collaborating on several highly innovative research projects.

Oxford has been recognised as one of the top science and innovation clusters in the world, according to new data released today from the upcoming 2023 Global Innovation Index (GII).

Dr Steve Pye (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) highlight in The Conversation how France was able to reduce its total energy consumption last winter.

Cornwall residents strongly back climate action according to new survey results from Bath's Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST). Published on Monday 18 September 2023 Last updated on Monday 18 September 2023 A new survey of Cornwall residents reveals they strongly back ambitious climate actions.

A model to map energy demand down to street level shows cooling demand in the capital grew by 5% per year between 1980 and 2022 as summers heat up. The Demand.ninja model, created by researchers at Imperial College London and TU Delft, was designed to show how the weather influences hourly energy consumption in buildings.

Writing in the journal Science, scholars of sustainable development at Bath call for action from policymakers on the UN's SDGs. Published on Thursday 14 September 2023 Last updated on Thursday 14 September 2023 Urgent reform to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is needed if countries are to achieve their stated aim of alleviating poverty and addressing inequalities globally by 2030, say a team of researchers writing in the journal Science .

A new CAST review for the Climate Change Committee (CCC) argues that much more is needed to help the UK transition towards Net Zero.

LabCycle, co-founded by a University of Bath graduate, recycles plastic lab waste into new test tubes and petri dishes.

Researchers from the University of Glasgow are part of a new national research hub which will help to upgrade and decarbonise the UK's complex and interconnected national, regional and local transport infrastructures and to adapt to the effects of climate change.

As France prepares to host the Rugby World Cup 2023, a new University of Bath - Mastercard report highlights ways in which the sport is a global force for good.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From smart materials to melting glaciers , here is some quick-read news from across the College.

Imperial energy experts have penned a new book exploring the fast-growing field of energy storage. In today's world, the shift towards cleaner and sustainable energy sources is more important than ever.

A report provides ten recommendations to see governments and policymakers boost success of circular economy plans. Dr Rupert Myers , from Imperial College London's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , has co-authored guidelines for governments and policymakers to implement the circular economy.

A study on -canopy soils- on old trees in Costa Rica shows they are important habitats and carbon stores that cannot easily be replaced. In certain trees, soils can form along branches and can support varied plant and animal life. However, what conditions these 'canopy soils' form in, and what kind of biodiversity they support, has been difficult to study.

UKRI announces £13 million funding for artificial intelligence in health, with three projects launched at Imperial College London.

Investment in -hydromet systems- using technologies from AI to SMS would provide a nine-to-one ROI in saved lives and assets across African nations.

Earlier this summer, Imperial's Global Development Hub led exploratory missions to Thailand, the Philippines, Rwanda and Kenya.

Professor Jenny Parkes, Associate Professor Simone Datzberger and Miss Lottie Howard-Merrill (Ioe, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society) discuss their new research in The Conversation on the links between climate change and violence against children. Every day of the northern hemisphere's summer in 2023 seems to bring a calamitous headline about the climate:  heatwaves ,  wildfires , massive  hailstorms.

Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) highlights in The Conversation research that used modern climate models to map the effects of a nuclear war, and which found the resulting nuclear winter would plunge the planet into a "nuclear little ice age" lasting thousands of years.