Past events

Join us every other Thursday at 1pm for talks from experts on climate science, engineering, and policy.

In person and online

What really happened at COP30? Good COP, Bad COP brings together leading experts to dissect the highs, lows, and next steps after the world’s biggest climate summit — and to answer your burning questions about where we go from here.

In-person and online

Join us at the Centre for Climate Repair for the third seminar in our inspiring series, Discover Climate Repair. This one-hour session will shine a light on some of the most exciting research taking place across the University of Cambridge, showcasing how ground-breaking science is turning bold ideas into practical solutions for our changing climate.

Speakers: Zhenna Azimrayat Andrews, Luca Lin and Professor Hugh Hunt.

The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from 10-21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil.

In-person and online

The second seminar of our Autumn series will explore real research happening in the UK right now. 

In-person and online

Speakers: 

• Prof Hugh Hunt (Dept of Engineering, Deputy Director of CCR)
• Clara Botto (Dept of Architecture, Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering (DSG))

Join us for the first seminar of our Autumn series, introducing climate repair and wrestling with the controversies and considerations of this kind of climate action. 

Arctic Repair has been proposed as a form of climate engineering that could be deployed to reduce declining sea ice over the Arctic summer. It does not address the root cause of climate change, and does not eliminate the urgent need to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions. Apart from scientific uncertainty surrounding repair techniques, there are ethical, political and social issues that also need to be addressed.

This conference, held in Cambridge, is an engaging event of discussions, research presentations and networking opportunities with the aim to bring together the latest research and ethical debates on climate repair.

Part of the Cambridge Festival, we invite you to a critical discussion on a pivotal topic in the fight against climate change: the role of climate interventions. 

Panellists include Oliver Morton (Senior Editor at The Economist Briefings), Alisha Fredriksson (Co-founder of Seabound), Hugh Hunt (Professor at Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge), and Robert Chris (Honorary Associate, Geography, The Open University).

Engineering has changed the world. But global temperatures are rising due to human action and emissions reduction is not sufficient to protect vulnerable people and places from the worst effects of climate change. What if engineering could help cool the planet? 

Engineering for the Climate, a seminar series from University of Cambridge and Centre for Climate Repair. 
LR4, Department of Engineering. 
27 Feb & 13 Mar 2025.
Free to attend and open to all.

In our final Lecture Series Seminar, a lively panel discussion will look at the outcomes of COP29 and what this means for Climate Repair in the future.

Chair:  Professor Hugh Hunt

Panel:

• Dr Natalie Jones
• Dr Joanna Depledge
• Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger 
• Dr Antoinette Nestor
• Dr Shaun Fitzgerald