About Us

Who we are...

The Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR) is dedicated to finding paths forward to reduce the risks of climate change and improve sustainability while allowing for a vibrant global economy. This includes strategies for mitigation and adaptation, with a mix of public policies, market instruments and affecting the decisions taken by individual actors and organisations.

4CMR are part of the Department of Land Economy of the University of Cambridge. Our broadly interdisciplinary work meets our mission through scholarly study of the interactions between energy, environmental and economic systems (E3) helping decision-makers meet the challenge of reducing the risks from climate change and related threats to sustainability.

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A University-Wide Resource

We are part of a network of research groups at the University of Cambridge advancing the world's understanding of the inter-related problems of climate change, sustainability, energy, economic prosperity, environmental quality and human health.

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Event on the Horizon: December 2011

Each month we feature an event by one of our partner organisations.

On 7-8 December, the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies will examine the challenges of planning for the future, in particular developing business strategy and government policy over longer term horizons. The call for papers for this event ended 17th October. You can find out more information about the event here.

4CMR News

The University has launched the Cambridge Centre for Climate Science, bringing together the science expertise of the University and of the British Antarctic Survey to complement the social science and policy community organised by 4CMR through Cambridge Climate.

4CMR Director Doug Crawford-Brown met with the coalition government to discuss energy supply and demand projects in the UK, along with senior leadership of Boots, Kingfisher, RBS...in a meeting coordinated by 4CMR Advisory Board member Karen Wordsworth of KPMG.

Finding What You Need...

Research Papers summarising advances in E3 modelling and understanding the effectiveness of climate change policies being developed at 4CMR and at partner organisations.

Briefing Papers on a range of topics in E3. These papers explore the implications of different policies and methods of analysis for reducing the risks of climate change. These are all free to download.

Meet us and our partners Connecting you to 4CMR, our partner groups at the University of Cambridge, and the larger world of climate change research and policy.

Why E3? Why is our research concerned with integrating energy, environmental and economic processes and policies, rather than focussing on them separately?