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King's ranks 9th in Europe and 16th globally for social and environmental sustainability

King's has maintained its position as one of the world’s leading universities for social and environmental impact in the QS World University Sustainability...

The Strand during spring with large purple alliums in front of St Mary's church

King's celebrates progress towards 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals in 2023-24 report

The report details innovative projects and events that align with global efforts to create a secure and sustainable future for everyone.

A group of students holding cards with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, standing on the Strand with trees behind them

Student teams innovate new ideas at Change our City Challenge 2025

38 students from across King's collaborate in diverse teams to solve some of London's biggest problems.

Change our City Challenge 2025 - Students working in their team

London Demo Day 2025 spotlights King's entrepreneurs

Four entrepreneurs from King’s College London pitch their ventures to an audience of investors, alongside 16 other start-ups from London’s top universities.

Pitchers on stage at London Demo Day 2025

Global target of fair and inclusive conservation remains a challenge, says study

Despite strong international commitments to equity and justice in conservation areas by 2030, implementation remains a challenge

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King's Geography jumps into top 15 worldwide

King's College London has been named as one of the world’s top places to study of Geography in the latest university rankings.

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King's expert in wildfires and satellite imaging awarded MBE in New Year Honours

Recognition for researcher who helped bring global attention to landscape fire and smoke

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Under Pressure: New database aims to improve understanding of the impacts of dams and reservoirs

With an explosion in hydroelectric dam and reservoir building expected over the coming decades, a new tool jointly developed at King’s aims to help...

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International Development welcomes new Head of Department

Exciting new era for department as it storms up latest world university rankings

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King's announces progress and ambitious targets with updated Climate & Sustainability Action Plan

King’s is delighted to publish the second iteration of our Climate & Sustainability Action Plan to set out our ambitions to address the climate emergency

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Research Director appointed for King's Business School's new Centre for Sustainable Business

Centre will provide businesses with practical solutions to transition to more sustainable practices

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King's achieves first-class sustainability ranking

King’s placed fifth in the UK in rankings from People & Planet

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Impact on a local, national, and global scale: King's publishes report highlighting contributions towards UN's Sustainable Development Goals

The report details some of the diverse ways King’s work aligns with the SDGs to support the global effort to build a better world.

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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.

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