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Sustainability at Warwick

A key goal of our Sustainability Strategy is to progress the University’s contributions to the UN SDGs, guided by the insight from our interdisciplinary research, spanning arts and humanities, the social sciences and science, engineering and medicine. From sustainable battery technology to working with indigenous communities to protect their land, read these case studies to find out how our sustainability research is making a real-world impact.

Teaching for a Sustainable Future: Embedding Sustainability Across Disciplines

The second session of the Transatlantic Teaching Exchange SeriesLink opens in a new window brought together educators from over 20 institutions across the UK, US, and Canada to explore how sustainability can be meaningfully embedded in university curricula.

Tata Power and University of Warwick Forge Strategic Alliance in New Energy Systems Innovation

The University of Warwick has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tata Power, India’s leading integrated power company, to deliver research and innovation in grid modernisation, fast charging, power storage, industrial decarbonisation, digital energy systems, optimisation and advanced manufacturing approaches.

Cleaner solar manufacturing could cut global emissions by eight billion tonnes

Manufacturing next-generation solar panels could cut global carbon emissions by up to 8.2 billion tonnes by 2035, finds a new international study by researchers from the University of Warwick and Northumbria, Birmingham, and Oxford Universities.

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Nationwide seed relay drops off precious heritage seed at the University of Warwick’s UK Vegetable Genebank

Crop scientists at the UK Vegetable Genebank have taken delivery of a golden parcel of heritage seeds

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Climate Change Work at Warwick Politics and International Studies

Read more about PAIS's work on climate change.

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AI in the street Lessons from everyday encounters with AI innovation

The AI in the Street project prototyped everyday observatories of AI and trialled these in four cities in the UK and one in Australia in the summer of 2024, in collaboration with local partners and artists. The observatories used creative methods to invite community participants to observe the effects of AI in the lived environment.

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The housing crisis won’t be solved until planners put homes where people actually want to live

Dr Amrita Kulka and Dr Nikhil Datta have analysed billions of UK homebuyer searches, rental and sales listings, actual build patterns, and planning applications in a bid to discover why decades of house building targets haven’t solved the UK’s housing problems.

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How Action Translate is using multilingual prowess for the good of the planet

Action Translate is an all-in-one team, initiative and crowdsourcing platform that supports volunteer translation initiatives.

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