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University Impact Forum: Climate Action 2024

Prioritising climate action on the global higher education agenda

This dynamic forum, held ahead of COP29, will focus on SGD 13 for climate action, and how universities must play a pivotal role in meeting the needs of these cohorts by making climate action a core institutional objective. Join us to expand your network of colleagues who share the ambitions for expedited climate action.

In partnership with
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - 12:15pm to Thursday, September 12, 2024 - 12:15pm
Baku

Changing the Universe with space-based innovation

From the dawn of time, to the tech that shapes our tomorrows, space-based research at Portsmouth strives for giant leaps in human knowledge and capability.

Our Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation is a world-leading astronomy centre with an international reputation for research excellence across theoretical cosmology, observational cosmology, extragalactic astrophysics, and gravitational waves. 

Tackling pollution through a plastics revolution

Only radical action can stop plastic pollution wreaking havoc on health and the environment. At the University of Portsmouth’s Revolution Plastics Institute, researchers are helping to build a world that’s more sustainable.

The Institute aims to urgently transform understanding of the global plastics crisis through research and innovation, to support the transition to a sustainable plastics future.

Transforming lives through medical technology

If left unsolved, a perfect storm of health and social care challenges will define what tomorrow’s society looks like. Computer science innovation has the potential to make sweeping improvements across the field – and the University of Portsmouth is at the forefront.

Our wide-ranging research into health and wellbeing tech is driven by advances in medical informatics, machine learning, wearables, smart environments and data science. People of all ages, around the world, are feeling the benefit. 

Pioneering new uses of data to save vulnerable patients

Protecting our blue planet

As a coastal university on the UK’s only island city, we’re more aware than most of the vital importance of healthy waters – from safe and stable food chains, to a thriving marine economy. Our researchers strive to understand, influence and improve aquatic environments here and globally. Their expertise is essential to the future of our beautiful blue planet.

Supporting the safe discharge of Fukushima wastewater