Past Events

Biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history. Since 1970, there has been on average almost a 70% decline in the populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. It is thought that one million animal and plant species  - almost a quarter of the global total - are threatened with extinction.

A CT&S Debate: Should Twitter have banned Trump?

Join CT&S on Zoom on Monday 1st February at 5pm GMT for an exciting debate on one of the hottest questions in the tech and political worlds today. Our three speakers include academics from Cambridge and Harvard, and a senior and long-serving British politician.

This Thursday, 28 Jan, our next CEERNG Seminar takes place online (2-3pm, UK Time). 

We look forward to seeing you at our online networking mornings which start again on Thursday 29^th January from 11 – 11.30 am. These short, informal sessions are designed to give our network a chance to catch up and discuss recent papers.

This week's seminar will be Conservation lessons for the future from Gen Z which features a number of the British Trust for Ornithology’s Youth Representatives and will be moderated by Faye Vogely from the BTO.

Wednesday 27^th January, 4:00-5:00pm

Despite our best efforts, most of us are likely to experience failure at some point.

While nobody likes to fail, how we deal with failure can make an enormous difference to our eventual results.

For our next journal club meet the CSG will be discussing whether eating invasive species might be a good or bad idea for conservation.

Natural History collections represent a huge source of information. They provide snapshots into the past and allow us to view the history of wildlife over the last few hundred years.

This session will explore the psychology underlying human behaviour generally as well as applied to the context of conservation, such as barriers that prevent and levers that can motivate pro-environmental action.

The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource
Governance (C-EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2020-21
academic year. Seminars take place online every Thursday, 2-3pm (UK)
during the term. Please register online to obtain the Zoom link.
Everyone is welcome!