Letters from CCS: Week 1
Lectures are back and so are we! A big welcome to all our new sign ups from Freshers’ Fair - we are so glad to have you! 🌍💚
Our Freshers’ (& Returners) social is this Friday 7pm @ The Bath House
Applications are LIVE for our Mentoring Programme, apply now!
Call for speakers for Polar Research night 🧊 Contact jt934@cam.ac.uk.
New to Cambridge? Our Freshers’ Guide to Climate is now available!
Do you run a climate-related society or group? Please fill in our survey 📝
💚 from Eleanor and the whole CCS Committee!
📅 Upcoming Events
Freshers’ (& Returners’) Social - Friday 10th October 7pm @ The Bath House
Ready to dive into the climate and sustainability community? Join us for our joint Freshers’ Social with CCS, CCJ, and CUETS! This is the perfect chance to mingle, enjoy some free drinks, and connect with the committees of all three societies. See you there! 🍻✨
📅 Friday 10th October | 🕖 7PM
📍 The Bath House, Cambridge
Seminar on Law and the Climate Crisis - Friday 17th October 4pm @ Hughes Hall
The Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis welcomes Lord Robert Carnwath CVO Friday 17th October 4pm @ Hughes Hall. See the pamphlet below for further information and register for free here.
Free conference on International Protection and the Climate Crisis - 27th October @ DLA Piper, London
Register interest here for a half-day conference hosted by Refugee Legal Support in partnership with Earth Refuge and DLA Piper.
This free, in-person gathering will bring together legal practitioners, advocates, academics, and policy experts to explore:
• Strengthening legal capacity to advocate for the protection of persons displaced across borders in the context of the climate crisis
• Bridging the gap between academic insight and practical application
• Advancing a rights-based narrative for protection within existing and emerging legal frameworks
🌍 Research Roundup
Join us for this term’s first Climate Research Night focused on polar research on Thursday, 23rd of October at 6PM in the St. Johns’ Auditorium! The event will bring together researchers from across departments to present and discuss their work. Come listen to some of the fascinating and important climate research that academics and students alike are working on at Cambridge.
Are you a researcher focusing on polar research and would you like to present? Don’t hesitate to reach out to jt934@cam.ac.uk.
🤝 CCS Mentorship Programme
It’s back! Our popular climate Mentorship Programme is now open for applications 🎉
This is your chance to:
🤝 Build a genuine relationship with a professional in your area of interest.
🧠 Unlock tailored knowledge sharing and strategic learning.
🚀 Gain personalized guidance on climate careers and advocacy work.
The best part? It’s intentionally flexible. We know student life is busy, so the scope, focus, and timeline are kept informal and open, allowing your exchange to be fully tailored to your goals.
Don’t miss this chance to build a relationship that will define your career path.
Apply now! Deadline: Wednesday, October 22nd. We will contact successful mentees by email if there is a match.
📖 Freshers’ Guide to Climate
New to Cambridge? Our freshers’ guide to climate is made for you!
The CCS team have worked to create a comprehensive introduction to everything climate within the Cambridge community. It contains information about climate science, individual actions you can take and how you can be involved in the many environmental events and societies in and around the University.
Access it here. Happy reading 🎉
💚Green Stakeholder Survey
This year, the Cambridge Climate Society (CCS) is gathering information on green societies, organisations and other climate-related stakeholders around Cambridge to create a database for the CCS committee! This will help us get a better understanding of your work to provide support, organise collaboration events, and to share contact and other information for students in an anonymised directory on the CCS website.
If you run a climate-related society, group or organisation, we’d love to hear from you! We are also looking to build institutional connections with departments and speakers.
This survey has three short parts and will ask about your contact information, your society/organisation and your role within that. It will take roughly 5 minutes to complete.
That’s all for now! Another welcome to the new faces and good luck to everyone for the start of term 💚