In category: Sustainability

Dr Gerald E. Arhin is a Research Fellow at University College London, where he investigates the political economy of climate-compatible development. His work is based within the Climate Compatible Growth project, funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. His current research spans Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Nepal, examining the political and policy dynamics […]

Dr Aryo Feldman grew up on the island of Jersey, where agriculture was part of the landscape and daily life. Much of the island is farmland, and with a father who worked in agricultural economics and international development, farming and food systems were always in the background. Still, it wasn’t until later that these early […]

Growing up in Benin City, Nigeria, Dr Irekpitan Okukpon was struck by the mounds of waste in the gutters and the casual way people discarded rubbish. That experience set her on a path that has carried her from Nigeria to South Africa and now to the United Kingdom, where she teaches and researches environmental law […]

Led by Professor Sarah Hartley (ACCESS Leadership Team, University of Exeter), this short project will examine the environmental impacts of AI through a social-science lens, providing a holistic understanding of the problem and making policy recommendations to address these impacts in a way that is environmentally and socially just.   Click here to read more about […]

Travel represents a major component of the carbon impact of universities through travel associated with research, student recruitment, international student travel and field courses. Many universities have declared environment and climate emergencies and have values-statements that reference ecological care. Yet shifting practices, systems and policies is challenging, as flying has become so entwined with research […]

Steve: Stewart, can you tell us why people are so concerned about air travel?  Stewart:  From a climate perspective, the way we travel has a significant impact. For example, the well-known travel website seat61 estimates that travelling by train rather than flying can reduce the carbon impact of travel by 80-90%.   The figures can be […]

  The ACCESS Guiding Principles team (Stewart Barr, Kate Burningham, Sarah Golding, Steve Guilbert and Sarah Hartley) compiled and published our Guiding Principles in March 2023. We’ve recently developed our own ACCESS Travel Guidance document as an extension to these. In this blog, we outline the context for developing this guidance. Our Guiding Principles focus […]

Patrick Elf’s ACCESS Flex Fund project’s findings will be included in this fashion industry event in London. Join and share this opportunity to discuss how the fashion industry must change to decarbonise and promote biodiversity, social justice, and gender equality. The online event will also include the launch of Regenerative Fashion Futures – Towards a Just […]

  This week (Tuesday 7 November) I joined several ACCESS Co-Investigators at a British Academy event in Exeter city centre looking at what a future sustainable Exeter might look like. The workshop also included several other academics, an ACCESS Leadership college fellow (lovely to catch up Mandy Bisset from The Southampton Collective), as well as […]

This is the thinking at the heart of a new partnership project between ACCESS Leadership College Fellow, Pamela Buchan from the University of Exeter and Aisling Lannin from the Marine Management Organisation ‘Marine planning reform for better governance’. Together their project ‘Marine planning reform for better governance’ will help support local Councils who, through their Ocean […]