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Join us at the Lauterpacht Centre to hear from Professor Dan Bodansky of Arizona State University bring an international law perspective to the question 'may we engineer the climate?'.

We are delighted to welcome Prof Daniel Schrag to explore the possibilities and uncertainties surrounding Solar Radiation Management, and why they matter for science, policy, and society.

Is polarisation on geoengineering inevitable? Or can a middle ground be found, and what might it look like? Join us on 6th May to explore these questions. 

A film screening of Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell’s masterpiece ‘Power Station’ documentary about their neighbourhood solar project. Preceded by a community meal and followed by a Q&A.

Is climate repair the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for — or just another overhyped idea? 

In association with the 2026 Cambridge Festival, join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion exploring whether techniques such as solar radiation management could play a serious role in tackling global warming, or if they risk distracting us from urgent emissions cuts.

Do we need a new blueprint for addressing climate change? - policy, science, and economics. Prof Paul Monks (former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK's Department of Energy Security and Net Zero) presents a timely seminar on the next steps for tackling climate change in the UK and beyond.

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

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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.

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.

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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.

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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

Join Shaun Fitzgerald and Hugh Hunt in Baku for COP29! 

A list of the panels/events they will be appearing in are listed here so if you are attending COP this year and wish to hear about the latest developments and research we are undertaking in Climate Repair, do come along and join the discussions.

Shaun Fitzgerald will be in Baku between 11th November - 16th November 2024

Hugh Hunt will be in Baku between 17th November - 22nd November 2024

The third seminar in our Autumn Series looks at the sensitive issue of engagement with communities when looking into climate intervention technologies. Professor Michael Bravo of the Geography Department and Scott Polar Research Institute PhD student, Albert Van Wijngaarden will be discussing this issue.