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New study sets out roadmap to accelerate nature-based climate solutions
Efforts to slow the climate crisis have long sought to harness nature, often through carbon “offsets”, aimed at bolstering forests, wetlands and agriculture, but have generally had only marginal success […]
Is gender equality going backwards?
Three Gates Cambridge Scholars debated whether gender equality is going backwards in the seventh episode of the current series of the ‘So Now What’ podcast. Reetika Subramanian [2019], William McInerney […]
Society impact: Gates Cambridge at 25
When it comes to impact on society, Gates Cambridge Scholars have been improving the lives of others in many different ways, from work on social inclusion and social enterprise and […]
How birds adapt to human-modified environments
What helps birds adapt to human-modified environments and can they be trained to do so? While experts have talked about the importance of behavioural flexibility for some time, as expressed […]
Studying history in tumultuous times
Mike Martin has both studied history and been involved in historic developments in his home country, Russia. Mike [2025] was forced to flee Russia after the invasion of Ukraine when, […]
