Education

Embedding sustainability across the curriculum 

Queen Mary is working to make sustainability part of teaching across the University rather than limiting it to environmental science programmes. The Sustainability in the Curriculum Network brings together colleagues from different disciplines to share approaches to embedding sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals into teaching. 

This work led to Foundations in SustainAbility, an interdisciplinary short course co-created by students and staff. Open to Queen Mary students and staff as well as the wider local community, the course provides foundational sustainability knowledge and practical tools that participants can apply in their studies, work and everyday lives. 

Teaching students to understand and respond to climate change 

Queen Mary provides dedicated teaching on the causes, impacts and responses to climate change. In 2024/25, the Climate Change and Climate Policy module (GEG6233) examined how the climate crisis developed, how different future climate scenarios may affect society and the environment, and how net-zero transitions and adaptation to increasing climate risks can be implemented fairly in the UK and globally. 

Students also explore climate solutions through Nature-based Climate Solutions (GEG6232), which examines how conservation, restoration and improved management of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems can increase carbon storage, avoid greenhouse-gas emissions and contribute to climate mitigation.