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Loughborough University academics head to COP27 to showcase sustainable energy research

7 November 2022

Academics from the Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy, Environment, Resilience (STEER) at Loughborough University will showcase their pioneering research to a global audience this month, as part of the events being hosted in Egypt to mark COP27.

A climate change expert’s simple guide to COP27

November 2022

This November, COP27 will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt – but what actually is COP and why should we care about it?

New cookbook aims to accelerate the clean cooking revolution in Ghana

12th October 2022

Researchers are hoping that a new cookbook will help demonstrate the benefits of electric cooking to the people of Ghana and encourage them to move away from more polluting biomass fuels.

Modern Energy Cooking Services research to be showcased at globally influential sustainable energy e

18 May 2022

Staff from Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme are set to share their pioneering research as part of a series of events alongside the Sustainable Energy for All Forum, which is being held from 17-19 May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Tackling the Humanitarian-Development Nexus through the Localisation of Shelter & Settlement Action

29 November 2021

Webinar co-hosted by STEER, Penn State University, and Catholic Relief Services.

Helping Pacific Island communities build energy resilience – new paper

16 November 2021

The inhabitants of the Pacific Islands are locked in an ongoing battle against rising sea levels and tropical cyclones which ravage their homes and their energy infrastructure with devastating regularity.

New £80m research centre will empower countries in the Global South to lead sustainable energy shift

5 November 2021

A new £80m centre that will give vulnerable populations in the Global South a voice, helping them to shape and benefit from the transition to sustainable energy, has been launched by Loughborough University at COP26.

What would 4°C of global warming feel like?

3 November 2021

COP26 is underway and keeping 1.5°C within reach will feature prominently in world leaders’ discussions.

Loughborough University-led clean energy research programme to support Green Grids Initiative

3 November 2021

Researchers from the Loughborough University-led Climate Compatible Growth programme will play an integral part in the global Green Grids Initiative, a collation of the willing, which was launched yesterday at COP26 as part of a new partnership with India’s One Sun One World One Grid.

Register for COP26 events that address clean energy, decarbonising transport, & green investment

2 November 2021

Climate Compatible Growth (CCG), a £38m Loughborough University-led research programme which helps developing countries take a path of low carbon development, is hosting a series of side events at COP26.

COP26: a four-minute guide by a climate scientist

2 November 2021

COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, is the latest in a series of meetings through which the world’s governments attempt to deal with climate change.

Good COP, bad COP: How decisions made at COP26 could impact weather and temperatures in the East Mid

27 October 2021

New infographics created by a Loughborough University physical geographer explore how decisions made at the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP) may impact weather and temperatures experienced in the East Midlands.

What is COP26 and why should I care about it?

25 October 2021

This November, the UK is hosting COP26 in Glasgow – but what actually is COP26 and why should we care about it?

Loughborough University launches campaign to highlight research linked to COP26

25 October 2021

Loughborough University today launches its COP26 campaign to highlight the work being done by academics and researchers which supports the United Nation’s biggest climate change targets.

CCG is contributing to a SuM4All paper on an Equitable Transition to Road Passenger Decarbonization

17 September 2021

This is part of a global partnership to produce transparent starter-data for investment scenarios in the energy sector. (Last story on the page).

MECS and partners announce a 'global challenge'

8 July 2021

MECS calling on international leaders to achieve 40,60 by 2030 for clean cooking.

MECS research praised at Ministerial Thematic Forums Side Event

30 June 2021

A United Nations ministerial-level thematic forum side event was held last week which repeatedly referred to the impacts of important research led by Loughborough University.

Energy 4 Impact and MECS launch a series of reports on unlocking clean cooking financing

25 June 2021

Energy 4 Impact has joined forces with MECS to launch Clean Cooking: Scaling Up with Crowdfunding, the first report in a series that examines financing trends in the sector with the aim of unlocking more investment and so accelerating the transition to clean cooking.

CCG involved in UN High-Level Dialogues on Energy

23 June 2021

CCG (represented by Mark Howells) were privileged to provide three inputs at the Tuesday 23 June United Nations' High-Level Dialogue's Ministerial Thematic Forums.

Sustainable energy expert appointed Chair of UN group dedicated to increasing solar energy uptake

4 June 2021

An academic in Loughborough University’s School of Social Sciences and Humanities has been appointed to a United Nations role that will allow her to continue pushing for solar energy uptake.

New research by MECS and ClimateCare

14 May 2021

The new research has potential to scale provision of clean cooking by unlocking carbon credits for electric cooking - tackling climate change and improving lives.

CCG supporting the Green Grids Initiative to be launched at COP26

4 May 2021

The Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme will help to advance global collaboration on research into green grids to support the Green Grids Initiative.

ESMAP/MECS 'Cooking with Electricity: A Cost Perspective'

18 November 2020

Join us for the launch of the ESMAP/MECS 'Cooking with Electricity: A Cost Perspective' report on 23rd November 2020.

The State of Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services report launched.

8 October 2020

The State of Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services report developed by ESMAP, World Bank Group, Clean Cooking Alliance, Loughborough University and MECS was launched at a high-level virtual event during Climate Week NYC on 24th September 2020.