Many organisations at the University of Cambridge sponsor seminar series on topics of climate change, energy, conservation and sustainability, most of which are open to the entire University community and others in Cambridge. We can't keep track of all of these interesting talks, and so we provide here links through to their webpages listing those on offer each term.
4CMR Seminars
Our seminars are held fortnightly on Tuesdays at 11 AM in the conference room of 4CMR, top floor of 21 Silver Street (entered through 19 Silver Street). For 2013, they are on the following dates (check back regularly for updates on the speakers/topics):
12 March - Julian Allwood, Department of Engineering: "End use energy demand"
26 March - Mukesh Kumar, Institute for Manufacturing: "Supply chain risk and resilience"
2 April - Aleix Altimiras: "Regenerative economies"
26 March - Mukesh Kumar, Institute for Manufacturing: "Supply chain risk and resilience"
2 April - Aleix Altimiras: "Regenerative economies"
9 April - No Talk
23 April - David Reiner, Judge Business School: "Energy savings and young people"
7 May - Cancelled
21 May - Franz Fuerst, Department of Land Economy: "Hedonic studies of green building financial performance"
4 June - TBA
18 June - To be rescheduled: Rob Mills, World Bank: "Energy investment in developing countries"
2 July - Andrew Coburn, Danny Ralph and Simon Ruffle, JBS Centre for Risk Studies: "A shock to the system: Estimating impacts of geopolitical shocks on global business systems"
7 May - Cancelled
21 May - Franz Fuerst, Department of Land Economy: "Hedonic studies of green building financial performance"
4 June - TBA
18 June - To be rescheduled: Rob Mills, World Bank: "Energy investment in developing countries"
2 July - Andrew Coburn, Danny Ralph and Simon Ruffle, JBS Centre for Risk Studies: "A shock to the system: Estimating impacts of geopolitical shocks on global business systems"
16 July - Katie Jenkins, Oxford Environmental Change Institute: "Modelling climate impacts on urban systems"
30 July; 13 August; 27 August; 10 September; 24 September; 8 October; 22 October; 5 November; 19 November - TBA
3 December - Helen Curry, Department of History and Philosophy of Science: "History of conservation genetics"
3 December - Helen Curry, Department of History and Philosophy of Science: "History of conservation genetics"
Climate Histories Interdisciplinary Seminar Series (offered through the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities).
Cambridge Conservation Seminars (offered through the Departments of Geography and Zoology). A good listing of these seminars and other conservation events is maintained by the Cambridge Conservation Forum.
Cambridge Centre for Climate Science runs a seminar series on a wide array of topics in climate change. These generally are held in the Pfizer Lecture Theatre of the Department of Chemistry on Lensfield Road.
Cambridge Energy Seminars with topics ranging across the University (offered through the Energy at Cambridge strategic initiative).
The Zero Carbon Society, the University's principal student organisation on climate change, maintains an up-to-date diary of all climate related events in Cambridge.
GreenBRIDGE, a University student society dedicated to education in sustainability, has a seminar series on a range of sustainability topics.
