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Drumroll!!! First #OxfordSmithSchool post! Learn more about the Smith School and its interdisciplinary work on enterprise, sustainability and climate education. #energysky #greensky #climatesky youtu.be/pbNTt7SKfOI

Video by Liliana Resende. Filmed at CO2RE's "Reclaiming Hope, Removing Carbon" event at the Bristol Botanic Garden. Learn more: co2re.org/reclaiming-h... @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @cabot-institute.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social #SciArt

Can food price caps help respond to rising living costs? #SSDMoney This briefing from academics @oxmartinschool.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk  finds that they are 'economically inefficient':

All images and video by Yambe Tam. Learn more about her work on her website: www.yambetam.com @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk #SciArt

The #OxfordSmithSchool will be collaborating in the following projects: - Electrification Accelerator - Radhika Khosla and Thom Wetzer - Geological Hydrogen - Caitlin McElroy

@oxmartinschool.bsky.social launches four new £1 million research programmes to tackle global challenges 🌍 The programmes share a common starting point: each asks what becomes possible when we look beyond the limitations of existing systems, knowledge or technologies. Find out more: bit.ly/4B8rZn4

📢 A new Comment in #NatureClimateChange by experts across climate, nature, health, national security, and financial risk calls on governments to reconcile how climate and nature risks are assessed. Read more ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/experts... @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

BIG NEWS: Up to 75% of global energy demand could be electrified by 2050 with technologies we already have. Progress is slow and the barriers are mostly political and institutional. Today we launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator to change that. oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/electrification

The brief was a collaboration b/w a team of writers at @smithschool.ox.ac.uk Aurora Energy Research. Our Exec Director Steve Smith & @cameronhepburn.bsky.social, one of our Co-Investigators, were part of the authoring team. Read the brief here: www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

In a recent interview at @thesun.co.uk @amanimaalouf.bsky.social elaborated on the dangers of unregulated, illegal waste sites as well as exploring the potential of engineered landfills when coupled with measures that allow for electricity production, or methane capture.

"(...) Minimizing the damage from climate will require phasing down fossil fuels & reducing livestock herds. (...) But if fossil fuels are politically toxic, livestock is a downright miasma." Stephanie Walton, @fortune.com 

Great to bring Climate Trunk to the Oxford World Forum hosted by the @smithschool.ox.ac.uk. Under the watchful eye of a fairly stern-looking former don, 20 Trunk visuals brightened up the wall a bit. @climatetrunk.bsky.social @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social @skepticalscience.bsky.social #WFSS

Professionals engage with a rigorous curriculum on the science, practice, policy, governance and financing of nature-based solutions Guided by experts from @ox.ac.uk and partner institutions including @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social @wwf.org.uk

Here is your chance to help shape the next edition of The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal 🌍 Your input will help us understand what is most useful to the #CDR community and where we should focus our efforts for the next edition. Share your feedback or scan below: tinyurl.com/StateOfCDRfe...

For @samfankhauser.bsky.social the 2026 heatwaves represent an opportunity to accelerate adaptation: investment made now can reduce both future damage and the cost of retrofitting infrastructure later. Read the @politicshome.bsky.social article: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

@doynefarmer.bsky.social is leading new research focusing on two areas with major implications for the global economy: energy storage and the development of fuels for sectors that are difficult to electrify @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @inetoxford.bsky.social www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

Last weekend Prof Radhika Khosla was on The Climate Question podcast discussing the rising global demand for air conditioning. Listen on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @oxindiacentre.bsky.social @somervillecollege.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

In The Climate Influencer podcast @bencaldecott.bsky.social  examines the intricate relationship between finance and global climate action, exploring how financial systems must work alongside policy, technology & politics. 

👉 Reminder: 5 days left to apply for a place on the 2026 Global Youth Climate Training programme. Don't miss your chance! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @smithschool.ox.ac.uk

The draft ISO Net Zero Standard is currently out for public consultation. What does it mean for businesses? Join our Serviced Emissions Hub tomorrow from 10:30–11:30am BST for a webinar on what's in it & how to participate in the consultation. Sign up here: luma.com/e16iv97p @smithschool.ox.ac.uk

To drill or not to drill? As arguments rage about whether or not the UK should extract more oil & gas from the North Sea, Prof Myles Allen proposes a solution: require the industry to permanently dispose of a rising percentage of the CO2 its products generate. Read more: www.ft.com/content/ee2a...

Organic free-range eggs are often assumed to be the more sustainable choice 🥚 However, a new study finds that producing all UK eggs organically and free-range could lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions, greater land use, and increased pressure on nature 👇 bit.ly/4fI1fzG @smithschool.ox.ac.uk

If that's really true, the conclusion shouldn't be to keep more chickens in cages, but to consume fewer eggs.

It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. (...) If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

“Organic free-range eggs are the worst for the environment, according to an Oxford University study that found caged hens had less impact on the climate and caused less river pollution.”@thetimes.com [paywall] @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Time for energy and climate modelers to start trying to tell the world what’s likely to happen and show them how to phase out fossil fuels completely. @chrisnelder.bsky.social highlights why our work is important @doynefarmer.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk www.transitiontimes.net/nn-7-a-new-c...

A new briefing document on food price caps is out now. Led by Stephanie Walton, in collaboration with @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and academics from @smithschool.ox.ac.uk, it explores whether food price caps are the best way to tackle food affordability. futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/articles/eco...

A new briefing document on food price caps is out now. Led by Stephanie Walton, in collaboration with the Oxford Martin programme @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social and academics from @smithschool.ox.ac.uk, it explores whether food price caps are the best way to tackle food affordability. bit.ly/44vv1mc

Associate Professor Steve Smith at the @smithschool.ox.ac.uk discusses with Sustainability Unlocked how the approach to climate strategy has shifted over time, transitioning from a focus on GHG concentrations to adopting net zero CO2 emissions. sustainabilityunlocked.com/videos/the-s...

Pleased to be featured in the #BusinessReporter Read the full article: www.business-reporter.co.uk/sustainabili... @smithschool.ox.ac.uk

The world's 20 cities most vulnerable to heat risk ⚠️ @smithschool.ox.ac.uk analysed 205 cities worldwide, finding that heat risk depends on more than high temperatures alone. More than 95% of the highest-risk cities are in South & Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4p3RKiN

As Europe is hit by a heatwave (and air-con emissions grow globally), what alternative solutions can help us cool our cities and homes? A film we made in partnership with BBC Ideas based on research by Radhika Khosla and @smithschool.ox.ac.uk is still very current. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMI...