We are in a time of unprecedented interest in the environment, especially climate change. What used to be purely an environmental issue has been pushed to the forefront of public and media interest by the release of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Political parties are keen to establish their green credentials, while increasing corporate attention
is being given to environmental impact.

This Universities UK publication
showcases the contribution of higher education institutions to this ‘greening’ agenda.