Letters from CCS: Week 2
A warm welcome back to Cambridge everyone! 💚
Locals and the Land, Research Presentation Night — Thu 7th May
Ten years of the Paris Climate Agreement — Wed 6th May
Green Officer Drop in Session — Wed 6th May
Scenes from the Climate Era, ADC Theatre— 12-16 May (CCS group visit 12th May!)
Call for web-developer for CCS!
💚 Eleanor and the whole CCS committee
📅 Upcoming Events
Green Officer Drop in Session — Wed 6th May (Tomorrow!)
On Wednesday 6th May, 9.30-11.30am I’ll (Shreya Patel, Cambridge Zero / CCS) be in Clare Cafe, Old Court, Trinity Lane, for a drop in session.
Please come by if you’d like to chat through anything, or just for a quick catch up! More of these will be held across term!
Email (Shreya, sp2068) so I know to expect you (online or in person)
You are welcome to come early / stay later and crack on with work (change of scenery is always good! Clare gardens are open and are lovely too) to again avoid going out of your way during a busy term
This is for Green Officers, as well as any students wanting to chat through what they’re working on within college / dept / wider uni. The offer is open to students wanting general advice on getting involved with environmental work around the uni.
🗓️ Wednesday 6th May, 9:30-11:30am
📍 Clare Cafe, Old Court, Trinity Lane
📨 Email sp2068
Locals and the Land, Research Presentation Night — Thu 7th May
The Cambridge Climate Society is hosting a Research Presentation Night on Locals and Land this Thursday May 7th from 6-7pm in the Bowett Room at Queens’ College.
Our Research Presentation Nights bring together academics and practitioners from across disciplines and everyone is welcome! This will be a great networking opportunity for and a chance to meet people interested in climate research across the university.
🗓️ Thursday 7th May, 6-7pm
📍 Bowett Room, Queens’ College
Introducing our incredible speakers…
Ten years of the Paris Climate Agreement — Wed 6th May
Join Professor Rachel Kyte, UK Special Representative for Climate, and scholars from Cambridge, Manchester, and UCL for a candid look at a decade of climate governance under the Paris Agreement — the wins, failures, and urgent path forward — followed by a networking drinks reception.
A decade after it was adopted, the Paris Agreement stands as both a landmark of global climate cooperation and a reminder of the profound gap between collective ambition and planetary reality.
🗓️ Wed 6th May 2026, 2-6pm
📍The Howard Building, Downing College
🔗 See the programme and register now!
ADC Play, Group Trip (Scenes From The Climate Era) — Tue 12th May
🗓️ Tuesday 12th May
🕒 7.45pm (meet from 7.25pm in the ADC lobby!)
📍 ADC theatre, Park Street
🎟️ Student tickets are £4 each on Monday 12th thanks to a CUADC x Cambridge Zero collaboration! We are enquiring about a group booking to see if this may be reduced so don’t pay just yet!
Scenes from the Climate Era, from playwright David Finnigan — 12-16 May
Welcome to the climate crisis.
Fast paced and funny, unsettling and challenging, Scenes from the Climate Era is a darkly human response to the climate crisis told through a kaleidoscope of short scenes and contrasting characters. By weaving together moments of hope and humour, uncertainty and grief, the play resists simple narratives or solutions. Instead, it asks how to live with a crisis that is simultaneously omnipresent and somehow so easy to ignore.
Join us for a journey around the world and back again through the past, present, and future of the climate crisis: both as we know it and as we will.
Scenes from the Climate Era, from playwright David Finnigan, is at the ADC Theatre 12-16 May for its sixth international run.
Seminar on Science & the Public in Action — Wed 20th May
On Wednesday 20 May, the Cambridge Centre for Climate Science (CCfCS) and the Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS) will be hosting a seminar on Science & the Public in Action presented by Erik van Sebille, Professor in Oceanography and Public Engagement at Utrecht University
As scientists, we are not only expected to do excellent research; we are also expected to have an impact on society. One way to have such an impact is through public engagement. However, the effectiveness of these activities is often not measured and the methods underpinning the activities are rarely evidence-based. In this seminar, Prof van Sebille will give an overview of what is known (and unknown) about the effectiveness of public engagement by academics. He will particularly focus on advocacy and activism, and discuss to what extent, when and how (climate) scientists can be activistic in the public domain.
🗓️ Wednesday 20th May, 4pm
📍 Tilley Lecture Theatre, Dept of Earth Sciences, Downing Site
Sustainable Development Forum — Thu 21st May
We warmly invite members of the Cambridge Climate Society to attend the Sustainable Development Forum – Cambridge Edition, an upcoming event bringing together students, academics, practitioners, and organisations engaged in sustainability and climate-related challenges.
The Forum is designed to foster thoughtful discussion, interdisciplinary exchange, and practical insight into issues such as climate action, sustainable policy, and responsible leadership. Given the Cambridge Climate Society’s strong interest in climate engagement and informed debate, we believe the Forum would be of significant interest to your members.
We are happy to offer all your members a student priced ticket at £40, even those who are now alumni.
🗓️ Thursday 21 May 2026, 9:00 – 16:30 followed by a drinks reception
📍 LT1, Cambridge Judge Business School
🎟️ Further details about the programme, speakers, and ticketing.
Cambridge Nature Festival — Sat 23rd May onwards
The Cambridge Nature Festival 2026 runs from Saturday, 23rd May to Tuesday, 30th June, marking its fifth year as a cornerstone of the city’s environmental calendar.
With over 180 events – building on the record-breaking success of last year – the 2026 lineup offers a mix of scientific discovery, creative expression, and pure outdoor fun.
Whether you are a budding biologist or just someone who enjoys a quiet stroll, there is something to capture your imagination and curiosity.
🌐 Call for Web Developer
Have experience in web-development or web-design? Free over summer, and want to contribute to a good cause? CCS is searching for someone to develop a new Cambridge Climate Society website this summer!
What do you get?
• The chance to build up your portfolio
• Work experience over the summer
Contact: cambridge.climate.society@gmail.com for more information/questions.
📝 CLOC Report Results
The results for the 2026 assessment of Cambridge colleges by the Climate League of Oxford and Cambridge (CLOC) have been released. CLOC is an independent student-led assessment of Oxbridge colleges’ environmental policies.
Please follow the link to see where your college ranked and also have a look at the evidence base to see exactly why they gave each college their score.
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We wish everyone the best for this Easter term and hope to see you at some of these incredible events 💚