Samuel Leigh, the POST Fellow for Energy and Environment in Houses of Parliament, visited The University of Sheffield earlier this year to discuss contributions for the note on Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture. After meeting our scholars, he interviewed our supervisors and […]

Scientists and engineers from the University of Sheffield have helped world leaders shape a more sustainable future at the successful United Nations conference on Climate Change in Marrakech. Researchers from the University’s Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures and Energy 2050 […]

Yesterday (2 December), the Grantham Centre and the Worldwide Universities Network hosted a busy panel discussion at the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris. The event, ‘What are the research challenges associated with developing a climate-smart agri-food system?’ brought […]

Soil loss is an unfolding global disaster that will have catastrophic effects on world food production, scientists at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change have warned. Speaking today (Wednesday 2 December 2015) at the 21st Conference of the Parties […]

In the run up to the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21), the University of Sheffield’s Carbon Neutral University group held an event of talks and discussion, ‘A Local Solution to the Global Climate Crisis’. You can now watch the […]

The Fabian Commission on Food and Poverty, which held one of five evidence hearings at the University of Sheffield in January, has today (Wednesday 28 October) published it’s final report and recommendations. Read the report The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures hosted […]

Sheffield MP Paul Blomfield praised the groundbreaking sustainability research taking place at Sheffield Solar when he visited the University of Sheffield to mark Solar Independence Day today (3 July).

The leader of the Green Party for England and Wales visited the University of Sheffield this week to hear about the pioneering research taking place to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. Natalie Bennett met with scholars from the […]

Yesterday (27 January), the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, along with the University of Sheffield’s Department of Geography and the Research Exchange for the Social Sciences, hosted the fourth hearing of the Fabian Commission on Food and Poverty.