Sustainability at Glasgow

Radiocarbon dating

Measuring levels of radiocarbon to monitor the impacts of climate change

Dear Green Music Scene Festival

A unique festival bringing research, local artists and public together to celebrate creativity, sustainability and community.

Phonoautobothy

• Testing the viability of solar power as an alternative energy source at events

How can cities learn from one another?

Researchers are taking a multitude of approaches to bring tangible solutions to urban challenges

GALLANT

A project partnering with Glasgow City Council. It aims to move the city towards climate resilience while also addressing health, social and economic inequalities

Enhancing solar power generation from space

Space-based reflectors could shine additional sunlight towards solar power farms

Climate change and our changing coastline

Dynamic Coast: a project informing policy around coastal flood and erosion management

The Cost of Music

The price of listening to recorded music has never been lower, while the environmental cost has never been higher

Arctic microorganisms and climate change

• The changes that we are seeing in these environments have real tangible consequences to billions of people across the globe

Tackling climate change through chemistry

• "It will be chemistry that solves the climate change issue"

Lessons from a Glasgow tenement retrofit

Glasgow academics are leading a project to retrofit a Glasgow tenement block. This case study will provide lessons on implementing housing retrofits more widely to help meet net zero targets

Bringing local solutions to global urban issues

An international consortium aims to address the global challenges of sustainable cities, health & wellbeing and quality education