Building a career in sustainability

Building a career in sustainability

Are you interested in using your skills to help build a greener, fairer future? Join us for this special Sustainability Week event, hosted by Energy Futures Lab, to hear from Imperial alumni who have built their careers in sustainability. Our panel will be sharing their insights and experience of working in a wide range of sectors both in the UK and internationally as well as their advice for current students wishing to take their first steps towards a rewarding and meaningful career. The event is open to students of all faculties and departments at Imperial and will be followed by a networking reception from 5-6pm.

This event will be chaired by Julian Waas, a masters student on the Sustainable Energy Futures MSc

Speakers

• Sebastian Dunnett, Senior Programme Office - Nature Economy, UNEP-WCMC
• Kristin Marin, Chief Inspiration Officer, CUBE Competition & Energy Transition and Sustainability Associate, Ampersand Partners
• Uzoamaka Nwamarah, Adviser - Climate Change, The Commonwealth Secretariat

This event is open to Imperial students and staff only

Sustainability Week: 20-24 February

Imperial College London’s Sustainability Week will take place will take place from 20-24 February 2023! Over five days, staff and students will have the opportunity to hear from researchers about their work on the transition to zero pollution, find out what Imperial is doing to reduce its own environmental impacts and get involved in exciting workshops and interactive events. Organised by Sustainable Imperial, the Global Challenge Institutes and the Imperial College Union, this year’s Sustainability Week centres on the themes of Climate, Energy & Waste, Biodiversity, Water and Air. Highlights will include panel discussions on climate justice, careers in sustainability, and the ecological crisis, an in-conversation event with Professor Tim Green, Imperial’s Academic Leader for Sustainability, and a Sustainability Fair on the South Kensington campus.

For more information and to view the full programme visit imperial.ac.uk/sustainable-imperial

About Energy Futures Lab

Energy Futures Lab is one of seven Global Institutes at Imperial College London. The institute was established to address global energy challenges by identifying and leading new opportunities to serve industry, government and society at large through high quality research, evidence and advocacy for positive change. The institute aims to promote energy innovation and advance systemic solutions for a sustainable energy future by bringing together the science, engineering and policy expertise at Imperial and fostering collaboration with a wide variety of external partners.