We often think about the environmental impact of what we eat, but what about the human impact? 🌽
Ben Purvis from our #Sustainability Assessment team explains how Social #LifeCycleAssessment can highlight the often-overlooked human impacts in our food systems. 1/2
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Recent allegations of a plot at the highest levels of UK government point to the emergence of a new and increasingly paranoid style in British politics based on exaggeration, suspicion and conspiratorial fantasy, writes Prof Matt Flinders for @theconversation.com
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A vacuum exists at the apex of British government, and at some point this weakness will lead to a challenge.
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📢 We're thrilled to announce the 14 successful sustainability research projects awarded funding from our Grantham Amplification Fund (GA Fund) initiative!
In total we’ve committed £500,000 to projects that will generate real-world impact within South Yorkshire and beyond: tinyurl.com/ba9b85e3
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A frankly terrifying display of quizzing from Lewis, Elsisi, Price and Dobbie tonight, putting @unistrathclyde.bsky.social to the sword to progress to the quarter finals of #UniversityChallenge!
Today marks the start of this year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil, aka COP30. There’s been a fair share of cynicism around COP in recent years, but Professor of Political Economy Michael Jacobs shares why these summits are actually working 👇
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📣 We're thrilled to announce the Grantham Foundation has renewed its commitment with an £3.5m investment - enabling us to deliver world class research, train the next generation of sustainability leaders and steer global climate policy for the next 10 years!
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All eyes on #Belém 👀 #COP30Brazil starts today!
World leaders, scientists, activists, & policymakers are in Brazil to try and negotiate further efforts to tackle the #ClimateCrisis and we are sending 3 delegates from @sheffielduni.bsky.social to join them!
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🌾 Wheat provides around 20 per cent of daily calories worldwide. But a new study led by @drhollycroft.bsky.social and @bc247.bsky.social has discovered wheat crops could use considerably more water than expected during extreme future heatwaves... #cop30
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A great feature on BBC Breakfast this morning talking about Kevin Sinfield’s 7:7 MND fundraising challenge and the work we do at SITraN! @sheffielduni.bsky.social @fohsheffield.bsky.social
Spot my cameo pipetting a mysterious clear liquid near the end (this may or may not be water💧)
Great to see that @sheffielduni.bsky.social's response to the EHRC nonsense has been to increase universal toilet provision across campus. Really shows there are inclusive ways to response to the anti-trans climate. Bravo.
Many say UN climate summits are pointless. They’re wrong.
We are very excited to be sending delegates to COP30 in Belém, Brazil. The University of Sheffield is one of only a small number of UK universities invited to send official observers to take part in t...
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Wheat crops prioritise water loss during extreme future climate conditions, according to new research from the University of Sheffield
