Sustainability News News stories Our sustainability research is helping to tackle some of the pressing environmental and social challenges facing the planet. Search Engaging farmers and landowners is key to delivering on the UK’s biodiversity targets, say experts Dr Ruth Little warned a Parliamentary committee that the planned Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme needs to engage farmers and landowners to best maintain the UK's biodiversity. 12 November 2020 Funding boost for the next generation of environmental scientists The University of Sheffield and its partners have secured a new £3.5m Centre for Doctoral Training with funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to research chemicals in the environment. 10 November 2020 University of Sheffield pledges carbon neutral campus by 2030 The University of Sheffield has today (Tuesday 10 November) pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions on campus by 2030 and across all activities by 2038. 10 November 2020 How ‘school streets’ could create safer, healthier cities Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, communities living in cities need cleaner air to breathe and outdoor public space to be social yet physically distanced. 22 October 2020 | Published by The Conversation New biofilms study could lead to a more sustainable water industry Slightly reducing the amount of disinfectant residuals we use to maintain clean drinking water could deliver significant improvements to water quality while making our drinking water systems more sustainable. 21 October 2020 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Current page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Next page Next › Last page Last »
