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Loughborough academics showcase sustainable energy research at COP28

The road to clean energy is dependent on whether each country can solve its own complex and unique set of political, financial, social and geographic circumstances.
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Global electric cooking initiative to be launched at COP28

Loughborough is due to launch a global electric cooking initiative at the COP28 climate change conference in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

COP28 UAE explained by Dr Richard Hodgkins – Video

The 2023 United Nations climate change conference begins in the United Arab Emirates this week – here is all you need to know.
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Geographer embarks on prestigious Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship

Dr Jonathan Millett, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, has recently started a prestigious Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship.

How the higher and further education sector can help the creative industries and technology to collide

Dr Allan Watson will be working on an exciting new research initiative funded by the Royal Anniversary Trust, which will examine how UK further and higher education institutions can foster connections between the creative industries and technology sectors.

Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine washing – new research

Between 6,500 and 87,000 tonnes of microfibres are shed during domestic laundering every year in the UK. Many of these minuscule fibres end up in rivers and oceans, with devastating consequences for aquatic animals and environments.

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