Events
Thriving at Nature’s Pace: A New Approach to Climate Change
This session is led by David Ko (Co-Founder, Rethinking Choices). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Industrial Policies: Handle with Care
This session is led by Samuel Pienknagura (International Monetary Fund). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Transparency in Supply Chains
This session is led by Amirhassan Keshavarzzadeh (Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
In Conversation with Greg Jackson, Founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group
Join us for a fireside chat with Greg Jackson, Founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group for a night of insight into the role of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking in the energy sector.
Threading the Needle: The Delicate Art of Designing Debt-for-Nature Swaps
This session is led by Alexander Dryden (SOAS, University of London). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
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This session is led by Cale Reeves (C-EENRG, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
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This session is led by Anna Du (Edinburgh Napier University) and Suwan Long (IESEG). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
The Impact of Extreme Weather on the Economy: Heterogeneous Firms, Heterogeneous Channels
This session is led by Dante Gaviano (Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet
This session is led by Richard Damania and Martin Raiser (World Bank). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Credit Risk in the Face of Climate Change and Climate Policies
This session is led by Rasmus Lønn (Erasmus University Rotterdam). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series
Our Wednesday climaTRACES AI for Urban Sustainability workshop series, are attended by a diverse group of people who are interested in the development and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for environment and urban sustainability problems, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Power Price Stability and the Insurance Value of Renewable Technologies
This session is led by Daniel Navia (World Bank). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Multilevel Governance, Public Policy, and Global Climate Action
This session is led by Lily Hsueh (Arizona State University). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Ensuring the Security of the Clean Energy Transition: Examining the Impact of Geopolitical Risk on the Price of Critical Minerals
This session is led by Jamel Saadaoui (Université Paris 8). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
The Digital Energy Grid Summit: Building the Future of Energy
In partnership with the Innovation Hub for Prosperity at Cambridge Judge Business School, Foundation for the Interoperability of the Digital Economy (FIDE), and the King’s E-Lab, the climaTRACES Lab will host a summit to shape the Digital Energy Grid — which revolutionises energy markets through real-time coordination, universal access, and scalable sustainability — a transformation as profound as the mobile and internet revolutions.
Workshop on Aligning Sovereign Finance with Nature
This session is led by Samira Barzin and Alexander Wollenweber (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
The Digital Energy Grid Hackathon
Join us for the Digital Energy Grid Hackathon: an open innovation challenge to rethink how the UK’s energy system connects, balances, and scales for the future.
Effectiveness of Environmental Policy Integration: Evidence from China's R&D Policy Reform
This session is led by Hongyu Nian (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and climaTRACES Lab). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Urban Climate-Health Resilience: An Economic Analysis of Preventative Interventions Across 11,000 Global Cities
This session is led by Alessa Widmaier (Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Volatile Temperatures and Their Effects on Equity Returns and Firm Performance
This session is led by Atreya Dey (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
AI x city climate action Hackathon 2025
The AI x City Climate Action Hackathon 2025 is organized by the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), Urban Transitions Mission (UTM), C40 Cities, ICLEI, Open Earth Foundation, Hack for Earth Foundation, University of Cambridge climaTRACES Lab, Tech to the Rescue and other leading organizations committed to advancing innovative, people-centered climate solutions.
Our Critical Future: Modelling future critical mineral demand in the UK and globally
This session is led by Sam Stephenson (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Extreme Weather, Climate Views, and Policy Responses in China
This session is led by Henning Zschietzschmann (University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Beyond Green Claims: The Market Value of Credibility in Sustainability-Linked Bonds
This session is led by Suwan Long (IÉSEG School of Management). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Measuring the Macro-Criticality of Nature
There is growing recognition of the importance of natural capital and ecosystem services in driving economic growth and the need to include them in macroeconomic analysis. The aim of this roundtable is to discuss the current state of natural capital accounting and the latest developments in earth-economy modelling.
Exiting the Carbon Market: Analyzing Withdrawals from the EU ETS
This session is led by Marian Suchanek (Masaryk University). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Planetary Uprising: Extinction Rebellion and The Political Thought of the Climate Crisis
This session is led by Tobias Mueller (CRASSH, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Democracy for a Sustainable World: James Bacchus in conversation with Gillian Tett
In this session Jim Bacchus, former Congressman and founding member and twice chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, will in conversation with Gillian Tett on why democracy and sustainable development are unavoidably linked.
Living on the Edge: Climate Change, Coastal Erosion, and the Pricing of Losses in the Distant Future
This session is led by Floris Blok (Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Green Transformations: Climate Risk and Industrial Policy
This special edition of our workshop series brings together researchers working at the interface of climate risk and industrial decarbonisation, with dynamic presentations spanning emissions reduction in heavy industry, corporate exposure to extreme weather, nuclear decommissioning, and flood risks in supply chains. This event is in collaboration with TU Berlin and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), and is part of an academic visit to Cambridge led by Christian von Hirschhausen.
The Voice of Climate: How Public Opinion Shapes Government Responses
This session is led by Yiran Shen (climaTRACES Lab, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Geopolitics and Climate Change
This session is led by Alessio Terzi (Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Transition Risk and Green Innovation: Strategies for Low-Carbon Transformation in Emerging Economies
This session is led by Shuya Zhang (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Climate Policy and Sovereign Debt: The Impact of Transition Scenarios on Sovereign Creditworthiness
This session is led by Matt Burke (University of Sheffield). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.
Quantifying Nature-Related Risks and Opportunities
This session is led by Giacomo Novelli (University of Bologna). Our weekly climaTRACES workshops is attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.