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Read more at: ESD MPhil students’ start-up Terracotta Cooling secures runner-up position at the 2024 Cambridge Climate Challenge
Terracotta Cooling: Sebastian Lindner-Liaw and Jerrell Ong

ESD MPhil students’ start-up Terracotta Cooling secures runner-up position at the 2024 Cambridge Climate Challenge

2 October 2024

A design proposed by ESD MPhil students Jerrell Ong and Sebastian Lindner-Liaw , working with colleague Eric Tay , has the potential to reduce the energy costs and water consumption involved in cooling data centres in the Global South. The design by Terracotta Cooling would make use of locally sourced and produced...


Read more at: ESD MPhil students place in the top three for the International Finance Corporation’s Impact Investing Challenge 2024

ESD MPhil students place in the top three for the International Finance Corporation’s Impact Investing Challenge 2024

10 July 2024

MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development students Ryuta Kuniyoshi and Jocelin Wijaya, together with Cambridge MBA candidate Daisuke Nishizawa, took the second runner-up place at the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Impact Investing Challenge 2024 Grand Finale, in Washington, D.C., after securing a top...


Read more at: Edoardo Borgomeo contributes to the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Environmental Science

Edoardo Borgomeo contributes to the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Environmental Science

25 June 2024

What’s the best approach to plan water resources? And what lessons can be learned from centuries of water resources planning? These are some of the questions addressed in an article published on 18 June 2024 and authored by CSD’s Edoardo Borgomeo. Edoardo’s invited contribution is titled “Policy Analysis and Investment...


Read more at: CSD's André Cabrera Serrenho joins study exploring whether circular economy can meet needs of UK's buildings

CSD's André Cabrera Serrenho joins study exploring whether circular economy can meet needs of UK's buildings

25 March 2024

Cambridge engineers will join a new £6 million project exploring the extent to which the circular economy could meet the UK’s building needs – using zero new material extractions, with zero emissions and zero waste. At Cambridge, Professor Jonathan Cullen and the CSD's Dr André Cabrera Serrenho will be developing the most...


Read more at: Centre for Sustainable Development contributes to the 2024 Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership report

Centre for Sustainable Development contributes to the 2024 Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership report

22 February 2024

Edoardo Borgomeo of the Centre for Sustainable Development was one of the lead authors of the 2024 Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership report People and Planet: Addressing the Interlinked Challenges of Climate Change, Poverty and Hunger in Asia and the Pacific . This is the annual flagship publication of the SDG partnership...


Read more at: Seven Challenges for Sustainable Infrastructure - a blog article by Professor Richard Fenner

Seven Challenges for Sustainable Infrastructure - a blog article by Professor Richard Fenner

2 March 2023

A new blog article by Professor Richard Fenner, released in conjunction with the release of the fully-revised second edition Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice by Fenner, Ainger and Sykes, highlights a range of critical issues that must be overcome in developing sustainable infrastructure systems that...


Read more at: Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice – fully revised second edition now available

Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice – fully revised second edition now available

2 March 2023

Professor Richard Fenner , Charles Ainger and former Engineering for Sustainable Development MPhil student Judith Sykes have recently released the updated second edition of their book Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice with ICE Publishing. The book is a practical handbook to help engineers deliver...


Read more at: New study co-authored by CSD’s André Cabrera Serrenho identifies methods to reduce fertiliser carbon emissions by up to 80% by 2050

New study co-authored by CSD’s André Cabrera Serrenho identifies methods to reduce fertiliser carbon emissions by up to 80% by 2050

16 February 2023

A new study by Dr André Cabrera Serrenho and Dr Yunhu Gao has mapped the global flows of fertilisers and their emissions. Their work, featured in February’s Nature Food, has established that the production and use of nitrogen fertilisers accounts for 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions and that around two-thirds of...


Read more at: "Coping with Conflict in the Gaza Strip": article by Emma Houiellebeqc is featured in The Scholar

"Coping with Conflict in the Gaza Strip": article by Emma Houiellebeqc is featured in The Scholar

30 May 2022

An article by the CSD's PhD student Emma Houiellebecq is featured in the 2022 edition of The Scholar, a Gates Cambridge publication. Emma's work addresses the challenges of maintaining essential infrastructure, such as the provision of electricity and water, in the Gaza Strip. " Coping with Conflict in the Gaza Strip...


Read more at: Dr Dai Morgan recognised with prestigious teaching award
Dr Dai Morgan

Dr Dai Morgan recognised with prestigious teaching award

18 March 2022

Congratulations to Dr Morgan for being awarded a Pilkington Prize by the University for his excellence, innovation and leadership in teaching. He is one of 12 winners from across the University and the only academic from Engineering to be a recipient of the award this year. The Pilkington Prize awards were endowed and...