Letters from CCS: Week 4
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Activist-Academic Panel tomorrow 6:30pm @ Newnham College!
COP30 Training this Thursday 2.30pm (GMT) Online!
Seminar on Law and the Climate Crisis this Friday 4pm @ David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street
Want to get involved with CCS? Rolling applications open now!! 🎉
Applications open to join the Climate League of Oxford and Cambridge 🎓
And so much more! Keep on reading…
💚 Eleanor and the whole CCS committee
📅 Upcoming Events
Newnham Green and Social Justice Society Activist-Academic Panel - Wednesday 29th (TOMORROW!🚨) October 6:30pm @ Newnham College
💚 Get excited for our Activist-academic Panel, featuring five incredible panellists including students and academics who are organisers or policy makers!
SO much knowledge and experience will be shared! The event will begin with set questions to the panel, highlighting topics like hope, art, research, and advice. You will have the opportunity to ask any burning questions in the Q&A session or 1-1 during designated time at the end of the event.
Everyone who is eager to learn how they can juggle their role as a student/academic with their drive to push for systemic improvements and ethical institutional organisation is welcome!
📍: Newnham College, Sidgwick Hall
📅: Wed 29 Oct, 18:30-20:30
Meet our panellists! Full details available here.
🌍 COP30 Training: Attending UN Climate Change Conferences as a Young Person - Thursday 30th October 2.30pm (GMT) @ Online
ClimaTalk is thrilled to invite you to our virtual event where young leaders will be leading a structured talk and panel providing insights on youth experiences at past UN climate change conferences, and preparing COP30 delegates to navigate and make impact in high-level spaces.
You will get:
An intro to COPs and the UNFCCC
An overview of the climate finance landscape leading up to COP29
Reflections on past COP experiences through the eyes of youth delegates, NGO founders, topic trackers, and climate finance experts
The opportunity to ask your burning questions about all things COP, making a meaningful impact as youth, and navigating bureaucratic spaces!
Join us for an insightful session with remarkable young speakers and panellists! Open to anyone interested in all things UN and COP, but especially for any upcoming COP30 delegates. We look forward to seeing you there!
ClimaTalk is a youth led NGO aiming to demystify climate policy for young people. Our roots were planted at Cambridge University five years ago, and we have a huge host of free online resources for young people hoping to get involved, without the jargon. Find our website here and our Instagram here.
Expert updates before COP30 - Thursday 30th October 2pm @ Entopia Building
Open to students and staff, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership brings you experts’ expectations for the UN COP30 climate conference in Brazil and shares what the University’s plans are.
Date: Thursday 30 October
Time: 2pm to 3:30pm
Venue: Entopia Building (1 Regent Street) and online
Further details available here.
Seminar on Law and the Climate Crisis - Friday 31st October 4pm @ David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street
In the second event of this year’s Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis, Harj Narulla, a barrister specialising in climate change law at Doughty Street Chambers, will make the case for climate reparations. Come to the David Attenborough Building on 31 October to join the seminar and stay for networking afterwards, or join online via Zoom.
In its advisory opinion on climate change, handed down in July 2025, the International Court of Justice set out a clear pathway for future climate litigation between States. In this lecture, Harj Narulla will draw on his experience as a leading climate litigator and counsel for Solomon Islands in the ICJ proceedings to chart out the case for climate reparations. He will analyse the sources of international law that can underpin a future contentious case and will explain how reparations in the form of restitution, compensation and satisfaction can be used to secure climate justice for communities and States in the Global South.
🎥🌊 Ocean (2025) film showing St. John’s Picturehouse x One Health Soc - Sunday 16th November 7pm @ Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, St. John’s College
David Attenborough explores the planet’s undersea habitats, revealing the greatest age of ocean discovery and emphasising the ocean’s vital importance while exposing its problems and highlighting opportunities for marine life recovery.
Open to all Students and Staff at the University of Cambridge and ARU.
Screening are in the Palmerston Room, Fisher Building in St John’s College. If you are unsure how to find us, the porters can provide you with directions.
See here for ticket details. 🎥
Save the date! Good COP, bad COP: Reflections on COP30 - Monday 1st December 1pm @ Dr Constance Tipper Lecture Theatre, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Good COP, Bad COP is back! We’re bringing together an expert panel to discuss the highs and the lows of the world’s biggest climate conference.
After the 30th “Conference of the Parties” (COP), we’ll ask: what really happened? What was agreed, and what was left unspoken? And after all these years, what do we do next?
Prof Piers Forster, former interim chair of the UK’s Climate Change Committee, will be joined by:
Dr Natalie Jones, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Dr Joanna Depledge, Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance
Prof Emily Shuckburgh, Chief Scientific Adviser of DESNZ
The event will be chaired by the Centre for Climate Repair’s Prof Jerome Neufeld.
Join us at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge to have your questions answered. Refreshments will be provided afterwards.
💚 Join the CCS Committee NOW!
The Cambridge Climate Society is looking to recruit its new student committee for the 2025/26 academic year! This is a hugely exciting opportunity to get involved with running and shaping an impactful student organisation, forging links across Cambridge and beyond.
Before you get started, make sure to check out our Application Pack 25/26 with detailed information on each role available.
There is no deadline for applications, as we are assessing them on a rolling basis. You can expect to hear back from us within two weeks. Terms for engagement will be mutually defined when starting the role and may either be until the end of the academic or calendar year.
Please reach out to Niklas (ngt30, President), Kaden (kp613, Vice-President) and Lea (lm2037, Vice-President) with any queries!
Apply here! We really look forward to reading your responses and meeting you soon!
🎓 Climate League of Oxford and Cambridge applications open
CLOC (Climate League of Oxford and Cambridge) - applications are open to join the team!
A new team is being recruited to run the Climate League of Oxford and Cambridge (CLOC) this year! CLOC is a student-led analysis and ranking of Oxbridge colleges based on their environmental policies and is key to keeping colleges accountable. If you might want to get involved, or just to learn more, please fill out this form!
Find our website and previous materials here.
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Big well done if you’ve made it this far! We hope you have an amazing week ahead and keep an eye out for the next letter from us! 🎉