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World top 20 for sustainability
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Centre for Sustainable Solutions
Our climate commitments
- 2014: the first UK university to declare it would divest from fossil fuels within a decade
- 2017: signed the Sustainable Development Goals Accord
- 2019: first University in Scotland to declare a climate emergency
- 2020: opened the Centre for Sustainable Solutions
- 2020: published our response to the Climate Emergency 'Glasgow Green'
- 2021: launched new plan to cut carbon emissions from business travel by 7.5% each year
Research spotlights
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How can cities learn from one another?
Researchers are taking a multitude of approaches to bring tangible solutions to urban challenges
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Bringing local solutions to global urban issues
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Our response to the climate emergency
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Support sustainability
Make a donation to the sustainable projects of our Chancellor’s Fund
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GUEST working group
Empowering students to improve the environmental practice of the University.
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Sustainability in our College of Social Sciences
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Sustainability in our College of Science & Engineering
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The Dear Green Bothy
Study
Glasgow degrees related to sustainability and the environment