Birkbeck Climate Festival

This session explores how energy utilities, efficiency, and net-zero strategies can be made accessible and equitable.

Exploring the intersection of technology, policy and finance in building sustainable energy solutions that are both accessible and equitable across all communities.

Bringing together veterinarians, social scientists and environmental researchers to explore the sustainable practice of parasiticide use in our pets.

A collaboration between the Birkbeck Research Centre for Environment and Sustainability and the Environmental Education Team, this session looks at how to work across disciplinary divides.

This session looks at the emotional dimensions of climate change - anxiety, grief and solastalgia and provides a space for discussing how these emotions relate to the climate crisis.

This talk looks at early philosophical ideas on the relationship between humans and nature, focusing on cultivation, farming and human agency.

This event brings together PhD students from across the College and across disciplines to showcase their research on environment and sustainability.

'Financing a greener world: How do we manage environmental risks in investment and insurance?'

A hands-on session in the art of Sashiko - the traditional Japanese mending technique.

Focusing on urban resilience, climate adaptation, resource management and social equity, this session will highlight the role of narrative in addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene.

This talk provides an overview of existing approaches to the issue of Just Transitions in urban food systems, highlighting key political and policy implications of these ideas.

Prospective students can hear from programme directors, lecturers, and current students about Birkbeck’s environment, sustainability and climate-focused programmes.