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Now in its eighteenth year, Recycling Week is a time for all companies, universities, governments, and the public to come together and help galvanise efforts to recycle. As we approach COP26, the Climate Crisis is increasingly considered as one of the defining crises of our time and the ability to recycle and re-use materials is a central plank in the global response.

West Midlands Cycle Hire is coming to University of Warwick, linking our campus into a network of 1500 hire bikes and 170 docking stations across the region.

Professor João Porto de Albuquerque, Director at the Institute for Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick, comments on the latest Intergovernmental Report on Climate Change.

Dr Jonathan Clarke, from the Global Sustainable Development programme at the University of Warwick, comments on how society needs to prepare for these effects.

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We are consuming and destroying too much for our planet to remain habitable. Find out more and how you can help push the date back.