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As world leaders threw coins for luck at the closing of the G20 summit in Rome last weekend, delegates at the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ held their breath for the results of a weekend of tense negotiations at the 2021 ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Climate Negotiating Forum (WNCF). Organised by and for students, the WCNF saw fifty attendees step into the shoes of delegates from 18 nations to hold their own global climate negotiations, with the aim of inspiring the next generation of climate campaigners.

The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda needs to address employment inequalities between regions, within regions and between people if it is to be effective says ReWAGE, the new independent think-tank based in the Institute for Employment Research at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ University.

Wastewater treatment is vital to remove pathogens, but is incredibly energy intensive. The ability to treat it more sustainably is a challenge researchers from WMG, University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ have been able to achieve, using recycled carbon fibre mats to produce hydrogen from waste water.

A study of UK resident’s exercise patterns during the COVID-19 lockdown in March-June 2020, has found that groups that were most at risk to the adverse effects of COVID-19 were impacted the most in terms of reducing their levels of exercise. Researchers led by WMG, University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ say targeted interventions are required to ensure physical and mental health impacts of sedentary behaviour do not exacerbate the risks to these groups.

On 1st November, the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ and Cranfield University will come together to host the Exploring Sustainable Futures Game at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The game is an innovative, role-playing, learning experience designed to engage participants in systematic and long-term thinking that will help them consider alternate methods to achieving a sustainable future by 2050.

A list of 16 academics and researchers from the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ attending the COP26 summit in Glasgow next week has been announced.