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Insights from staff and students across Imperial working in climate and environment related areas.

Getting to the roots of healthy soil

PES Technologies have developed a sensor that performs a full assessment of soil health to inform land management decisions for...

17 August 2023

by Grantham Institute
Taking a hands-on approach to insect farming

Flybox are tackling the growing demand for protein through a novel decentralised approach to insect farming. Undaunted reporter, Franca Davenport,...

10 August 2023

by Grantham Institute
Oil palm: does it have to be a frontier for environmental destruction?

Ben Roberts, Research Postgraduate on Imperial’s President’s scholarship, is researching sustainable palm futures in West Africa. In this…

08 August 2023

by Grantham Institute
Clarity and effort needed to reduce travel emissions

Ben Winchester, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training Partnership, reflects on his recent...

17 July 2023

by Grantham Institute
Innovating across business and regulation for net zero energy

Emergent is trialling a business and regulatory innovation to help make net zero technologies available to all UK households. To...

14 July 2023

by Grantham Institute
How to create a climate action mural: Meet art prize winner, Julia de Korab Skulska

Julia de Korab Skulska, a second year biology student at Imperial, was one of the winners of the Grantham Institute...

27 June 2023

by Grantham Institute
Working with the foundations of net zero cement

By refocusing on the underpinning processes of concrete manufacture, Seratech has created a net zero cement without changing its fundamental...

22 June 2023

by Grantham Institute
A whole new category of sparkle

Developing technology inspired by nature’s iridescent colour, Radiant Matter is producing alternatives to plastic sparkle that keeps their…

13 June 2023

by Grantham Institute
Keeping in touch with our food’s freshness

Mimica’s technology is getting to the heart of food waste problems by providing consumers with an accurate reading of freshness...

08 June 2023

by Grantham Institute

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Climate and Environment at Imperial

Getting to the roots of healthy soil

Taking a hands-on approach to insect farming

Oil palm: does it have to be a frontier for environmental destruction?

Clarity and effort needed to reduce travel emissions

Innovating across business and regulation for net zero energy

How to create a climate action mural: Meet art prize winner, Julia de Korab Skulska

Working with the foundations of net zero cement

A whole new category of sparkle

Keeping in touch with our food’s freshness