• Renewables 2021 Global Status Report

    A political economist at Edge Hill University is among some of the world’s leading experts in renewable energy to feature in a new report highlighting the serious challenges that lie ahead for global clean energy targets.  Christopher Dent, a Professor of International Business, has featured in the latest REN21 Renewables report, which shows that despite a historic decline of 4% in primary energy demand, polluting G20 countries barely met and still missed their renewable energy targets.  Prof Dent provided his expert opinion…

  • Biden marks the United States’ symbolic return to Paris Climate Agreement

    As President Biden sent a message to the world on his first day in office by signing an executive order for the United States to re-join the Paris Climate Agreement, a political economist at Edge Hill highlights the importance of the symbolic move.  Only hours after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden’s first actions in the Oval…

  • Overcoming the psychological barriers to Climate Change

    On the 27th November Geoff Beattie gave a keynote on ‘Overcoming the psychological barriers to climate change’ at the Italian National Geographic Festival of Science in Rome.  Geoff and Laura McGuire were independently invited to contribute to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee’s report on “COP26: Principles and Priorities – a…

  • UN Day 2020: Moving a global vision to local action

    With the United Nation’s marking its 75th anniversary this weekend, a team of academics at Edge Hill University have warned that greater local action is needed in order to deliver a sustainable future for the planet.   The 17 SDGs were adopted by all UN member states, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which set out an ambitious 15-year plan to achieve the goals.  With the 10-year countdown on to meet the 2030 Agenda, a…

  • Edge Hill Academic’s sustainability research wins her global recognition

    An Edge Hill academic has won a global award from the Sustainability Research Network in recognition of her pioneering work to improve climate change education. Dr Laura McGuire has scooped an esteemed Emerging Scholar Award due to her important work with the public to encourage positive behaviour change and instil messages about tackling climate change…

  • World Ozone Day – what have we learned in the global fight against climate change?

    More than 30 years on since the landmark Montreal Protocol united the world in a bid to save the ozone layer, an Edge Hill academic reflects on the lessons to be learned in the greatest environmental challenge ahead – climate change.  When expeditions to Antarctica in the 1980s confirmed that chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), found in household appliances and personal hygiene products, had caused a hole in the ozone layer, the news…

  • New law to curb deforestation in supply chains won’t address bigger climate change issues

    The UK government unveiled plans this week to make it illegal and impose fines on companies who are unable to provide details of the origins of products and who do not comply with the new law in protecting forests and other natural ecosystems. Although this is a step in the right direction, Dr Sven Batke,…

  • Climate change and COVID-19

    SustainNET members Prof Geoff Beattie and Dr Laura McGuire have recently published a short article in The Conversation entitled ‘Coronavirus shows how to get people to act on climate change – here’s the psychology’. Read the article in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-shows-how-to-get-people-to-act-on-climate-change-heres-the-psychology-143300.