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Astrid Nilsson Lewis, Oxfam Sweden, outlines the latest findings on climate, inequality and the problem with billionaires on a heating planet.

20 May 2026

Come to SGR's free online workshop with four guest speakers and a discussion session.

10.00-13.00 (UK time)

Blogs

As Artemis II launches, Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, debates the environmental impacts of human space flight - and related ethical issues - on BBC Radio 4's 'The Moral Maze'.

2 April 2026 

 

Journal articles

Andrew Simms, SGR, charts a potentially lethal alignment of wealth, power and political interests in the fossil fuel and information industries, with AI entrenching and accelerating existing bias and inequalities.

20 April 2026

Presentations

Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, summarises the latest data on the surge in military spending and military carbon emissions, both across the world and in the UK. 

18 May 2026

Cover of RS journal 8

SGR's annual journal. Features include: polluter and cyber elites; military carbon emissions rising; US nuclear weapons in the UK; the carbon footprint of major sporting events; the AI surge; the legacy of chemical weapons; UK universities, the arms industry and protest.

The journal comes with membership of SGR and keeps you up-to-date with our activities.

April 2026

Sport has become a billboard for overconsumption. This webpage lists SGR's main outputs on the carbon footprint of sport, including reports and articles. There is a particular focus on the role of high-carbon sponsorship and air travel. 

 

SGR's research highlights the catastrophic risks posed by nuclear weapons, including the UK's. Our work has been used by ICAN, recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Our view is that the continued development and deployment of nuclear weapons is contrary to responsible science and technology.