Letters from CCS: Week 5
Happy Tuesday everyone! Hope you are all well and ready for another week of events 💚
How You Can Get Involved with Cambridge Climate Week — March 16–21
Seminar on Insurance Law and Climate Change — Friday 20th Feb 4pm @ David Attenborough Building
AI - Climate Solution Or Energy Problem? — Wednesday 4th March 6pm @ Judge Business School
🚨Last call🚨 for abstracts for our journal: CJCR (deadline 27th Feb)
And so much more! Keep on reading…
💚 Eleanor and the whole CCS committee
🌍 Cambridge Climate Week
We are inviting societies, local organisations, businesses, and community groups to host their own events as part of Cambridge Climate Week 2026 (March 16–21)!
Whether it is a workshop, a green open-house, a panel discussion, or a community meetup, CCW26 provides a unified brand and central platform to amplify your work. By coordinating our efforts into one high-visibility week, we aim to break silos and showcase the Cambridge community as a leader in collective climate action.
❓How it works: You maintain full ownership of your event; we provide the branding, central calendar listing, and city-wide promotion. Check out the Organiser’s Handbook.
💡Host an event: Register your interest/event! Submit them by Feb 24 to be part of the first wave of promotions.
📅 Upcoming Events
Seminar on Insurance Law and Climate Change — Friday 27th Feb 4pm @ David Attenborough Building
Climate-related catastrophes are becoming more frequent and severe, with growing economic and social impacts. Conventional property and casualty insurance is a pre-arranged but post-disaster solution which has a number of limitations: financial compensation can be insufficient and is frequently not paid fast enough, and can lead to maladaptation and insurability challenges. This lecture will examine how insurance could be operationalised to prevent loss and to narrow protection gaps in relation to climate-related catastrophes.
Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer is an Associate Professor of Law at UCL and sits on the Presidential Council of the Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances. Her research focusses on re/insurance law and regulation. Her prize-winning book ‘Insurance, Climate Change and the Law’ (Routledge, 2024) maps the legal landscape on the intersection of climate change and insurance regulation, puts forward the case for the insurance industry to act as climate action enablers, and makes proposals for insurance solutions. She is also the author and editor of leading insurance law books and has published papers in prestigious journals.
🔗 Reserve your free ticket here.
Discussion: AI - Climate Solution Or Energy Problem? — Wednesday 4th March 6pm @ Judge Business School
As AI adoption accelerates, its energy and infrastructure demands are growing rapidly, particularly through data centres and electricity systems. This event explores a critical and timely question: whether AI can meaningfully contribute to greenhouse gas reduction and climate solutions, or whether its energy and environmental footprint risks undermining climate and sustainability goals. The discussion is highly relevant to students interested in energy, sustainability, climate policy, technology, entrepreneurship, and sustainable innovation. Hosted by Cambridge University Tech Enterprise & Cambridge University Energy Technology Society.
🌍 Cambridge Journal of Climate Research
The Cambridge Journal of Climate Research is a diamond open-access, interdisciplinary journal encompassing all areas of climate-related research: from engineering and atmospheric science to law, demographics, politics, and art.
We are putting out a call for abstracts for our next issue:
Abstract Submission Deadline: 27 February
Notification of Acceptance: 5 March
Deadline for First Draft Submission: 15 March
🔗 Please submit using this form!
🌍 Read more about the journal here.
Also, the journal is recruiting both Associate/Senior Editors to join the team for this calendar year (2026). If you think this is you, please do apply by 27 February 2026! We look forward to working with you!
Contact: cjcr.main@gmail.com for any questions.
📅 Reminder: our calendar contains all of our events! Subscribe today!
We hope you have a lovely week and remember to check out Cambridge Climate Week 2026!💚