United Kingdom

Report highlights link between child poverty and poor educational attainment

Press release / The research content and methodologies of the SAMHE project were included in the University of York's contributions to a major UK government report.

Choking on indoor air pollutants? We should all care for cleaner air

Perspective / Improving indoor air quality remains a global issue that requires collective action.

Paths to gender equality: the G20’s role in the spotlight

Past event / The event explores the complex challenges entwined with gender equality and its integral role in sustainable development.

Environmental citizen science in schools

Project / Investigating if and how hands-on experiences with nature impact values, attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour amongst secondary school students.

Ecological Citizen(s)

Project / The Ecological Citizen(s) project cultivates trans-disciplinary collaboration and research to enable a digital sustainable society for positive climate action.

Britain’s North Sea decision: waning leadership at home and abroad

Perspective / This perspective argues that the UK's decision to expand oil and gas licenses in the North Sea signals waning leadership on the fossil fuel transition at hand.

Promoting the transfer of pro-environmental behaviours between home and workplaces

Journal article / The authors argued that consistent messaging is key to creating habitual and universal pro-environmental behaviours.

Lessons from oil and gas transitions in the North Sea

SEI report / This report underscores the need for Denmark, Norway and the UK to adopt policies to transition away from fossil fuel production in the North Sea.

Reimagining disaster risk reduction to cope with the new European summer

Perspective / This perspective argues that Europe must reimagine policy approaches for disaster risk reduction to cope with summers of fires, floods and high temperatures.