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Institute for Environmental Futures

Institute for Environmental Futures

The climate emergency and global species extinction crisis call for urgent action to ensure the future habitability of our planet. The world must achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to stay below the threshold for dangerous climate change of +1.5°C. The Institute for Environmental Futures carries out transformative and transdisciplinary research into human-environment systems together with our stakeholders and partners. We co-develop policy solutions and innovations towards an environmentally sustainable future.

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An introduction to the Institute for Environmental Futures by the institute’s director, Professor Heiko Balzter.

Institute for Environmental Futures events

Environmental Futures Seminar Series

Our Environmental Futures seminar series is due to restart in the 2024/5 academic year.

You can view our previous seminars for the 2023/4 academic year on our YouTube channel.

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Environmental Futures Café

Everyone is welcome to join our Environmental Futures Café. A topic is set for the term by the café convenor and we meet once a week for an hour to discuss this, there is no obligation to attend every week. The aim is to work towards an output by the end of term, inspired and driven by the weekly discussions.

We plan to restart our café in the 2024/5 academic year, please contact us using the email below to be added to our mailing list to find out more.

Contact the Institute - ief@leicester.ac.uk

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