Sustainability

Climate action

The Late Queen and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited the University’s newly-named Edinburgh Climate Change Institute.

Royal visit

The Queen unveils a plaque at ECCI 1 July 2021

The tour coincided with the announcement of the Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI), a project that will boost global leadership on the adaption to and mitigation of climate change. 

The Late Queen and The Princess Royal – who is also the University’s Chancellor – joined students and staff as the University showcased its renewed commitment to lead on climate action, both locally and globally.

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Edinburgh Earth Initiative

EEI will be a focal point for the University’s world-leading teaching and research on climate, and will have an emphasis on supporting global partnerships to deliver climate solutions. It will also offer scholarship opportunities for students from communities most at risk from climate change, to better investigate ways to combat its effects. 

The initiative will focus on four key climate change challenges that draw on the University’s expertise: the future of energy; sustainable lands and seas; health in a warmer world; and socially just transitions.

Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI)

Edinburgh Climate Change Institute

The formation of EEI builds upon the University’s long-established strength in climate change research, innovation, and education, typified by the work of the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI). 

Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI)

Topic: climate action