The UK was the first major economy to embrace a legal obligation to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Government has set out ambitious plans for a Green Industrial Revolution in the UK. The UK has attracted almost £6 billion of green investment since the launch of the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan.  There are around 56,000 green jobs across the UK economy either already online or in the pipeline over the next decade.  The Department for Education has published a draft Sustainability & Climate Change strategy for education, with a final strategy to be published in April 2022. 

UK universities have come under increasing pressure to improve their environmental track record, particularly from students and are increasingly looking at what they can do across their organisation to improve environmental sustainability. According to a new report published by EAUC, Universities UK, Guild HE and the Association of Colleges, universities should declare a climate emergency and set challenging targets to reach net-zero emissions by 2030. Universities and colleges have a huge opportunity to play a role in facilitating a transition away from ecologically and economically unsustainable practices.

This event will explore the significant progress that UK universities and colleges have made in driving forward the sustainability agenda across learning, teaching, research, campus life and the wider local and global community. Through a series of high-level keynotes and practical case studies, it explores how to embed sustainability into higher education.

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Unable to make the date? All sessions will be recorded and available to watch on demand for 30 days after the event date.