Sustainability
Our research supports a more sustainable planet by creating a shared understanding, identifying opportunities, and bringing people together.
Sustainability means more than just reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We believe there can be no environmental justice without social change.
OU researchers work here because they believe in our social mission. They believe combatting the climate crisis also means protecting people’s rights and improving living conditions now and for future generations worldwide.
Ensuring a sustainable planet is one of our most significant existential challenges, with many interconnected problems and opportunities. We believe this requires thinking beyond academic silos and disciplines, bringing together experts from anthropologists to astrobiologists and political scientists to physicists to address diverse challenges, from engaging indigenous communities in environmental protection to building carbon-neutral cities.
Our research supports a more sustainable planet by creating a shared understanding, identifying opportunities, and bringing people together.
Sustainability news and articles
Securing the future of the UK’s floodplain meadows
The Floodplain Meadows Partnership, led by The Open University, has been awarded a further three years of funding from the Foundation for the Third Millennium.
Crichton Trust's "Regenerative Greenspace" project receives OSC funding
The Crichton Trust has secured a significant milestone in its journey toward sustainability and innovation, receiving an Open Societal Challenges (OSC) funding grant for its project on "Developing a Framework for a Tool to Measure Progress Towards Regenerative and Heritage Greenspace".
OSC wave two funding winners announced
The second wave of funded ‘Challenge Us!’ challenges has recently been announced with charities and businesses partnering with The Open University to tackle some of society's most critical challenges.
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