My experience of COP26 in Glasgow
COP26 in Glasgow finished a couple of weeks ago, and despite only attending in person for one day, I am still recovering from the excitement and energy I expended. I imagine those involved in the ...
New modular manufacturing process for latex rubber gloves on course for net zero
In 2019 the average medical gloves used in England every month was 150 million. During the height of the pandemic (Feb 2020 - August 2021), this figure rose to 500 million. To put it into ...
Building strength and breaking down barriers
Professor Mark Jolly, Director of Manufacturing, and Hiran Odedra, Cranfield’s Head of ED&I discuss the importance of diversity in creating the strongest team. Over the last few years the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ...
Net zero – “The only mega project we want to be proud of in our lifetime.”
The decarbonisation agenda has been talked about by politicians the world over. In 2015, the Paris Agreement dramatically stated that the world needed to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, by 2050. The ...
Industry-academia: addressing the climate crisis by working together
If there’s one thing everyone involved with tackling climate change agrees on, it’s the need for collaboration globally. Partnerships of all shapes and sizes, a coming together of governments, business, industry regulators and the third ...
Soil, carbon and climate change
Organic matter in soil, which contains carbon originating from plants and organisms, is an important part of regulating the Earth’s climate. Soil is a huge store of carbon and is estimated to contain three times ...
Why rising sea levels are a problem for today, not just tomorrow
Much of my research has been carried out in the middle of the Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. I’ve sat in a freezing tent studying the impact of climate change on sea levels – ...
How to make green investments part of the global sustainability cycle
We need sustainable investment, not token finance for green projects that leave traditional ways of doing business untouched. Planting more trees, or funding eye-catching blue sky technologies is not the answer. There is growing commitment ...