Letters from CCS: Week 8
Merry Bridgemas and welcome to week 8! ☃️ Here’s everything you want to know for the week ahead:
Climate Change and the Law Event with CULS; this Friday (Nov 28).
Join us at the Bathhouse for our Bridgemas Social on Saturday (Nov 29).
Good COP, bad COP: Reflections on COP30 happening on Monday (Dec 1)
Our final event of the year: Climate Research Networking Event on Monday evening (Dec 1)
Rolling applications for the CCS committee continue to be open.
And so much more! Keep on reading…
💚 Niklas and the whole CCS committee
📅 Upcoming Events
→ CULS x Cambridge Climate Society’s Climate Change and the Law Panel (this Friday)
The event brings together leading experts to explore how legal systems are adapting to the climate crisis following the ICJ’s 2025 Advisory Opinion.
Speakers include Dr Lovleen Bhullar (who will be covering the content of the ICJ Advisory Opinion and its implications for climate justice in the Global South), Dr Markus Gehring (who will be covering how domestic and international legal frameworks translate climate commitments into enforceable action), and Richard Pearshouse from Human Rights Watch (who will be covering NGO perspectives on the challenges of climate litigation and enforcement). The discussion will be chaired by Lea Weimann, PhD researcher in international climate law.
📍: Fitzpatrick Hall at Queens’ College
📅: Friday, November 28, arrive by 5:35pm for a 5:45-7pm talk.
→ Bridgemas Social (this Saturday)
Join us for a relaxed end-of-term social – together with CUETS and across the entire Cambridge climate scene. This is the perfect chance to mingle, enjoy some free drinks, wrap up your climate-term and get excited for what Lent holds. Just drop in – see you there! ✨
📍: The Bathhouse, 3 Bene’t St, CB2 3QN
📅: Saturday, November 29, 7pm
→ Good COP, bad COP: Reflections on COP30 (on Monday)
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
Sienna Bassi, CCS Action Lead
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.
📍: Department of Engineering
📅: Monday, December 1, 1-2pm
→ Climate Research Networking Event (also on Monday)
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 at the Bathhouse! This event is open to anyone – from people actively engaged in climate research to people interested in dipping their toes in. Drop in any time!
📍: The Bathhouse, 3 Bene’t St, CB2 3QN
📅: Mon, December 1, 5:30pm-7pm
🐢 Exciting Opportunities
→ Cambridge Masterclass 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 usein 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.
📍: Institute of Energy and Environmental Flows
📅: Monday & Tuesday, December 8 & 9
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-masterclass-in-energy-supply-and-demand-tickets-1967572112153
→ Knowledge for Sustainable Development 2025 Conference
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)!
📍: Online
📅: Tuesday, December 9, 8:30am
🔗 https://www.zero.cam.ac.uk/node/608
💚 Last but not least…
We are continuing our rolling applications for anyone who wants to get involved with the climate community in Cambridge and CCS! 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!
We really look forward to reading your responses and meeting you soon!
