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High angle aerial drone shot of small city in Canada slowly fading from sight due to heavy smoke from nearby forest fires in lower interior BC Canada.

Climate risks are emerging faster in cities than many realise, new global study finds

09 September 2026

How cities can improve health and tackle climate change

01 September 2026

Solving the monsoon puzzle and warnings of risks to fisheries

26 August 2026

Put health systems at the centre of European heatwave plans

20 August 2026

There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Answer to the Energy Transition

20 August 2026

Integrated vegetation and sustainable architecture in Shanghai city, China

Keeping Cities Cool: A New Blueprint for Climate-Resilient Urban Futures

23 July 2026

Shaping the Global Debate on Energy and the Future of the Sustainable Development Goals

09 July 2026

When do assets become liabilities? The case of fossil fuels.

03 July 2026

Open-Source Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping the Future of Humanity: Scientists Question, if the world is ready.

11 June 2026

Nature loss could push countries into financial crisis, new research finds

05 June 2026

Smarter cities, lower emissions: new research shows how urban form drives climate impact

02 June 2026

A strong sustainability approach to AI development

01 June 2026

Moving Beyond GDP: Why Nature Must Be at the Heart of Economic Progress

07 May 2026

A Student Perspective on Environmental Economics: EnvEcon 2026

27 April 2026

PhD Spotlight: Advancing Policy Through Climate, Health and Technology Research

20 April 2026

Envisioning Just Futures

16 April 2026

Nuclear Is Too Late and Too Costly for the Climate Crisis

14 April 2026

Imagining 299 Climate Intervention Futures

08 April 2026

Scotland at the Crossroads: Why Renewables Are Outpacing Nuclear in the Race Against Time

23 March 2026

AI’s Energy Tipping Point: New Research Supported by Bennett Institute Charts a Path to Sustainable Digitalisation

18 March 2026

Bennett Institute recognised throughout major Parliamentary report on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget

05 March 2026

New Lancet Planetary Health paper calls for governing AI as a global commons to protect society and the planet

18 February 2026

Renewables Surge Risks Being Overtaken by Rising Energy Demand, Review Warns

16 February 2026

Uncharted Nuclear Territory

12 February 2026

Contribution to the OECD–EC Report Place-Based Policies for the Future

05 February 2026

Rafael Lopez: A student journey with the Bennett Institute

02 February 2026

Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-op podcast: the Future of Climate Action

29 January 2026

Is Awareness Enough? Prioritising Health in City Climate Action Planning

27 January 2026

Celebrating the Transformative Power of Philanthropy: Honouring Peter Bennett at Sussex

22 January 2026

Bennett Institute shares insights on smart homes at The Future of Energy 2026 conference

20 January 2026

Decarbonising heavy industry in the UK – the devil in the details of implementation

19 November 2025

Brazil’s Moment: Why COP 30 Must Close the Climate Inequality Gap

19 November 2025

Professor Benjamin Sovacool Featured on BBC: Advancing Equitable Energy Transition

07 November 2025

When an expert says something unpopular

15 October 2025

Announcing our 2026 Symposium

30 September 2025

How to harness climate and sustainable development synergy

24 September 2025

Biodiversity and finance: why nature risks are financial risks

09 September 2025

A just transition – elusive and confusing?

27 August 2025

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Appoints Bennett Institute Authors for its 7th Assessment Report

20 August 2025

Bennett Institute talks to Channel 4 News about better infrastructure planning

18 August 2025

New Advisory Board to guide policy impact for the Bennett Institute

30 July 2025

Renewables evolve – fossil fuels ‘run out of road’

29 July 2025

Bring science into business schools to train the leaders of tomorrow

17 July 2025

Expert panel to put science and technology at the heart of clean power mission

10 July 2025

Woman reviewing clipboard in front of wind turbines

New guidelines aim to strengthen climate change assessments through better knowledge synthesis

01 July 2025

53,000 Studies, One Message: Climate Action Must Catch Up with Fast-Growing Cities

24 June 2025

Advancing Economic Sustainability in Small Island Economies

11 June 2025

How compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition

05 June 2025

Vapour trails from aeroplanes in the sky

Bennett Institute’s Benjamin Sovacool and Felix Creutzig recognised as Clarivate globally highly cited researchers

22 May 2025

Tailoring policies to stimulate electric vehicle adoption

21 May 2025

Urban shared pooled mobility cuts distance travelled by half in Berlin

13 May 2025

A smoking chimney in an industrial area at sunset

Policy and governance for industrial decarbonisation

23 April 2025

Natural capital, green finance, and the future of productivity: Bennett professor delivers keynote in Beijing

10 April 2025

Could renewables be key to Europe’s energy security

09 April 2025

Earth Alignment Principle for AI

31 March 2025

Rooftop solar could supply two-thirds of world’s energy needs

14 March 2025

What can we say about accelerating low-carbon transitions?

05 March 2025

Experts unite for climate action at Bennett Institute for Innovation & Policy Acceleration Launch

26 February 2025

Smart cities, low emissions: the future of urban planning with AI and big data

18 February 2025

Solar power: a potential gamechanger for schoolchildren in Africa

17 February 2025

An Economic Case? The UK’s 3rd Runway at Heathrow

14 February 2025

Rapid de-regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) a good thing?

13 February 2025

Bennett Institute’s Professor Matthew Agarwala receives 2025 Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award

22 January 2025

Rolled up banknotes from different countries

The impact of net zero transitions on government borrowing

15 January 2025

Now Full! Our Launch Event 27th February 2025

19 December 2024

Solar radiation modification technologies cannot fully address climate change, new evidence review suggests

18 December 2024

Bennett Institute talks to Channel 4 News about COP29 & financing for climate

26 November 2024

Join us at COP29 in Baku and talk to our experts

12 November 2024

Flight paths to net-zero aviation by 2050

29 October 2024

Bridging behavioural sciences and urban planning for climate action

29 October 2024

Mutual benefit in collaboration between artificial intelligence & Earth science

25 October 2024

Sociotechnical visions of the future

10 October 2024

The curvature of the Earth as seen from space

The cloud and the climate

08 October 2024

Seven people smiling at the camera in front of Business School sign and Bennett Institute pop-up banners

Peter Bennett visits Business School for climate research talks

04 October 2024

Making a Net Zero Society

19 September 2024

Satellite image of a coast line with cloud

Why aren’t we rolling out more climate tech?

04 September 2024

Bennett Institute highlights the crucial role of sustainable improvements in public sector survival

15 August 2024

“We can deliver policy-relevant research for the entire world”

25 July 2024

Announcing our launch event in February 2025

23 July 2024

Coal phase-out: researching the research

23 July 2024

Timelapse of a busy city street at night-time

New comment published in Nature

19 July 2024