The University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow are proud to be early adopters of the environmental sustainability concordat, which we see as a vital next step in galvanising action across the sector to ensure our research and innovation activities address the climate and environmental crisis.
At a time of extraordinary environmental change, the academic research and innovation sector has a crucial role to play to help deliver and go beyond local and global net zero goals.
As a sector, much of our research activity is aimed at understanding and limiting the impact of the changing climate. But are we doing enough to understand and improve the environmental impact and sustainability of this activity?
It is now time to increase our efforts to ensure sustainability in the way we conduct our research and innovation, as well as supporting efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change through our research findings.
