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Call Out for COP31 Official Observers 

We have an exciting opportunity for researchers, academics, PhD students and professional services staff at The University Of Sheffield to attend COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, as an official observer to witness international climate policy being made.
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Can AI lead the fight against illegal logging in the Peruvian rainforest?

Find out more about the FORGE project, led by Jefersson A. dos Santos, which received funding through the Grantham Amplification Fund Initiative.
An audience watching a speaker present at the Water Blew Up Everything exhibition

Amplifying the Reach of Disaster Discussions: an Exhibition in the City Centre of Buenos Aires

Find out more about the 'Water Blew Up Everything' research project, led by Adriana Laura Massidda, which received funding through the Grantham Amplification Fund Initiative.
An audience sitting in a lecture theatre while a speaker presents at the front. Overlaid in the top right hand corner is is a circular illustration featuring a close up of a person's hands holdinga small planet. Next to this is the text "Rethinking Prosperity on a Finite Planet"

Rethinking prosperity on a finite planet: beyond the growth assumption

Dr Ben Lowe from the Sustainability Assessment team explains why we need to look for alternatives to our current growth-obsessed system and discusses the aims of the Grantham Centre's 'Rethinking Prosperity on a Finite Planet' event series.
Event poster featuring a colour circular illustration, featuring a photo of a tree and a cloud, next to some text which reads: 'Visions of a Sustainable Future' at the University of Sheffield Sustainability Symposium 2026

Call for Lightning Talks: ‘Visions of a Sustainable Future’ at the University of Sheffield Sustainability Symposium 2026

We are looking for presenters to deliver a short ‘lightning talk’ of their particular vision of a sustainable future at the the University of Sheffield Sustainability Symposium 2026.