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From testing plastic eating bacteria to creating carbon-absorbing bio-curtains on our campus, UCL researchers are leading the way in global sustainability.

UCL shapes the debate

At 皇家华人, we spark debate to co-create sustainability solutions with the wider world.

We are committed to increasing听our sustainability research, with increased focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).听

We do this, by opening a dialogue with our wider community, and using听our campus as a living laboratory to create, test and disseminate sustainability solutions.

We have developed a programme听called LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) to help scientists improve the sustainability of their laboratories, so our research has limited impact on the environment.听

Explore how UCL is helping to achieve the UN听SDGs

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Explore some of our research initiatives听making change possible

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UCL Climate Hub: a community for change

The UCL Climate hub illustrates the extraordinary breadth of climate-focused activity taking place at 皇家华人, and how you can get involved. 

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UCL Environment Domain

The Environment Domain connects UCL's research community to support the development of new insight and expertise on environmentally relevant research activity.

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UCL Grand Challenges: Climate Crisis

UCL's Grand Challenges initiative enables and encourages colleagues to come together across UCL to develop holistic solutions to the Climate Crisis.

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Explore UCL Institutes researching sustainability

  • UCL Clean Air Network听showcases the research on clean air conducted by UCL in collaboration with London hospitals, building on the Clean Air Hospital Framework (CAHF).听
  • UCL Anthropocene听works as a virtual school by assembling projects, people, courses, and events from across UCL听to articulate and address the problems that the Anthropocene poses for our collective future.
  • is a multidisciplinary team of researchers, including scientists, engineers, designers, and social scientists, taking a design-led approach to the issue of plastic waste.
  • USAR听carries out world-leading, interdisciplinary research into sustainability and resilience in the urban environment. USAR听manages postgraduate programmes and works听with industry and NGOs.
  • UCL ISR听generates knowledge in the globally sustainable use of natural resources and trains the future leaders of this field.听
  • CBER听is an interdisciplinary centre within UCL鈥檚 Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment.
  • Circular Economy Lab听is an exciting cross-faculty, cross-discipline initiative, aiming to use UCL's expertise to improve the design of buildings and products, their re-use and recycling, and the return of their constituent materials back to the economy.
  • The Climate Action Unit听works to change how scientists, policymakers, businesses, media, civil society organisations and citizens engage with each other about climate change.

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Living Laboratory

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The UCL Living Lab enables听students and staff to solve UCL鈥檚 sustainability challenges through research, teaching, dissertations and projects.

> View more information on Living Lab.

LEAF

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Our sustainable laboratory programme is being used by 85 institutions across the globe to address the climate and ecological emergencies through science.

> View more information on Sustainable Labs at 皇家华人.

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