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Exchanging ideas on key climate actions needed at COP28

Students, academics, staff and visitors came together to discuss priorities for climate action ahead of this year’s COP28 meeting of world leaders.

Panel and audience at the SSPP COP28 event Nov 2023

Celebrating the King's community driving forward sustainability

Staff, students and alumni came together at the King’s Climate & Sustainability Awards 2023 to celebrate the efforts of those helping to make King’s a more...

Group photo taken at the sustainability awards 2023 showing about 100 people holding up SDG boards.

One year of King's Volunteering

As we mark one year since the launch of King’s Volunteering, we look back at how students and staff have volunteered and celebrate their achievements.

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King's joins research network on ecology and evolutionary biology

Researchers now have access to the Centre for Ecology & Evolution, a network of scientists looking to foster research collaboration in these fields.

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Wastewater microfibres contributes to potential pollution on Kenyan coastline

Researchers from King’s and Northumbria University found that microfibres released from washing clothes may pose problems for East African ecosystems

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New book argues for a critical, social understanding of water to solve global challenges

The book by academics from the King’s Water Centre explores how social practices and geometries of power shape the flow of water.

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Brazilian conservation policy less effective on private lands

A policy designed to conserve forests has been less effective on privately-owned land in the Amazon due to an exemption for small property owners, leading to...

Deforestation in the Amazon

New sensors set to determine air quality and the impact of fires in Southeast Asia

King’s researchers have installed a network of remote sensors in Upper Southeast Asia to collect ground-level data at the largest scale yet, on how landscape...

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Boost your employability this summer with an internship

10 part-time paid internships offer King’s students the opportunity to experience life in a start-up.

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Listening to forests: new project explores soundscapes as method for ecological research

A new collaboration between the Departments of Geography and Digital Humanities explores how soundscapes can be used as a way to 'attend' to forest life.

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Global perspectives of fire on Earth

Scientists and artists gathered to discuss wildfire, landscape management and traditional practices at the world preview of the artwork, ‘Stolen Climate’.

Clinton Naina speaking about his artwork Stolen Climate

King's students and staff spotlight climate and sustainability across February

King’s Sustainability hosts 39 events across February as part of King’s Climate & Sustainability Month to shine a light and come together on these global...

Group of students and staff smiling at the camera holding up their seed bombs.

King's hosts the London Student Sustainability Conference 2023

Hosted at King’s, students from 10 London-based universities came together to present and learn about the work inspiring positive impacts around the world.

A group of students holding up SDG boards during the LSSC networking.

Law and Geography students involved in Ugandan deforestation case

Law and Geography students, working through King’s Legal Clinic, have contributed original research to a ‘friend of the court’ submission, in a climate case...

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Celebrate the King's Global Day of Service by volunteering this March

Join us to celebrate the King’s Global Day of Service and volunteer this March to help make a difference in our local, national, and international...

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