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Radical action from above: The World Commission on Dams and the making of global guidelines for the planning and construction of large dams Hosted by Christopher Schulz Large dams are back on the global development agenda. Researchers have counted thousands of dam projects that are currently planned or under constructi , ...

This reading, hosted by the School of English and Centre for Energy Ethics, will showcase the creative writing submissions from selected undergraduate students at the University of St Andrews to this environmentalism-themed writing competition.  Register Here While statistics about the impacts of climate chan , ...

How did the atmospheric pollution of steam-powered modernity shape visual perception and artworks in the early decades of the Industrial Revolution? How can we read artworks for both narrative and formal responses to climatic pollution? To what extent were the aesthetics of steam and pollution synonymous with the emerg , ...

During this book launch event, author Cornelia Helmcke will meet critics Bibiana Duarte-Abadía (Wageningen University) and Christopher Schulz (University of St Andrews) to discuss her recently published book Engineering Reality: The Politics of Environmental Impact Assessments and the Just Energy Transition in C , ...