Letters from CCS: Week 7
💚Happy week 7 one and all! We have many exciting things to share today!
Reminder! COP30 has begun! Daily updates available here 🔗 Also, follow our Instagram for story updates & highlights💬
🚨Call for Researchers for Panel Night on Energy 🚨 & Save the date to attend - Thursday 27th November 7pm @ Clare College
Scaling Climate Tech Panel - This Thursday 20th 5:30pm @ Queens’ College ⚡
💚 College Green Society Workshop - Monday 24th November 5:30pm @ Newnham College
Want to meet others interested in climate? 🌍 Join us for an evening of networking on Dec 1st 5:30pm @ The Bath House
And so much more! Keep on reading…
💚 Eleanor and the whole CCS committee
📅 Upcoming Events
Scaling Climate Tech Panel Discussion - This Thursday 20th November 5:30pm @ Old Hall, Queens’ College ⚡
Hosted by the Cambridge University Energy Technology Society and the Queens’ Entrepreneurship Society. Enter via Queens’ College Porters’ Lodge and follow signs to Old Hall (across the river).
What are the key bottlenecks when scaling climate tech startups? What are the different financing mechanisms? How does the Cambridge ecosystem compare to the rest of the UK and abroad? Should we scale in the UK or should we offshore production? What is the role of the UK government in supporting spinouts and ensuring that the UK captures value?
College Green Society Workshop - Monday 24th November 5:30pm @ Millicent Garrett Fawcett Room, Newnham College
Join us for our second workshop this term. Whether you are already part of or run your own college environmental group, want to start one from scratch, or simply want to learn more about how to advocate for change within your college, this workshop is for you!
We discuss strategies in terms of collaborating on socials and events, as well as provide you with the toolkit needed to start and maintain a successful college environmental society. These student groups are vital for providing a much needed social space for all things climate-related within Colleges, as well as providing a clear avenue for promoting college-based policy changes.
The Cambridge University structure means each College and Faculty is independently governed - there is a huge disparity across colleges regarding net zero policies, catering provisions and more. We are here to change this from the bottom up.
Any questions, shoot Shreya an email (sp2068). You can join our WhatsApp for more updates.
Climate Research Networking event - Monday 1st December 5:30pm @ The Bath House, 3 Bene’t St, CB2 3QN 💬
We are thrilled to be hosting a networking event for people interested in all things climate research!
Join us to connect with people from across different disciplines and departments in the lovely Bath House pub. This event is open to anyone from people actively engaging in climate research to people interested in pursuing it in the future. There’s lots of knowledge and experience to be shared around!
Drop in any time between 5:30 and 7pm!
📍: The Bathhouse, 3 Bene’t St, CB2 3QN
📅: Mon 1 Dec, 17:30-19:00
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.
Cambridge Masterclass in Energy Supply and Demand - 8-9th December 9:30am @ Institute of Energy and Environmental Flows
The Masterclass is a two-day meeting (8-9 Dec) of lectures and discussion, with talks from the leading experts in energy supply and demand.
The Cambridge Energy Masterclass is a two-day intensive meeting of lectures and discussions, with talks from leading experts in various aspects of energy demand and supply. It focuses on the energy transition and the technologies needed to optimise new energy systems.
We will discuss the current energy system, and the different contributions provided by a number of low-carbon energy sources, including wind, solar, and nuclear. We will examine new strategies for the storage of heat and the capture and storage of carbon dioxide. We will learn about the energy use in the construction and transport sectors. We will look at the electricity grid, and investigate the need for long-term storage of energy. We will see how public perception affects the energy policy in our society.
Click here to reserve a place.
Knowledge for Sustainable Development 2025 Conference - Tuesday 9th December 8:30am @ Online 🛜
Welcome to this interdisciplinary research conference on Breaking barriers to climate solutions. The conference aims to encourage knowledge sharing and dialogue between Lund University and the University of Cambridge.
Target group: Researchers associated with Lund University and University of Cambridge, as well as other researchers, stakeholders, and students who wish to join the discussions and share their views are invited to learn more about research conducted at Lund University and University of Cambridge.
Please see the following links for further information 🔗(Deadline for sign-ups 27th November)
🌍 Research Roundup
🚨Call for Speakers 🚨
On Thursday 27th November (7-9 PM) in the Latimer Room at Clare College, the Cambridge Climate Society research team will be holding a Research Presentation Night around the topic of energy. ⚡
If you or anyone you know would like to present your work, we are still looking for speakers, so please reach out to us at jt934@cam.ac.uk! 📩
At Research Presentation Nights, researchers across disciplines present their work and discuss their journeys to researching climate-related topics. Everyone is welcome, especially if you are an early career researcher! This will be a great networking opportunity and a chance to meet people interested in climate research across the university.
We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
🌍 COP30 Updates
COP30 is the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Belém, Brazil from 10th to 21st November 2025.
UN Climate Change Conferences (or COPs) take place every year, and are the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change that brings together almost every country on Earth. COP30 will bring together world leaders and negotiators from the member states (or Parties) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to further global progress, with business leaders, young people, climate scientists, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society sharing insights and best practices to strengthen global, collective and inclusive climate action.
You can stay up to date with COP with the following links.
CCS will be uploading insights and highlights on our Instagram so follow us there too! Our own president will be on the ground and is writing updates too 💬
💚 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!
Big well done if you’ve made it this far!🎉 We hope everyone is doing well and enjoys the rest of term 💚