We harness academic staff expertise from across the University of Edinburgh and beyond, influencing and shaping its development towards impact.

Our team members play key roles in initiatives like Place-Based Climate Action Network (PCAN), the Edinburgh Earth and Environment Doctoral Training Partnership and SAGES (the Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society).

We’re also the base for and jointly manage ClimateXChange, Scotland's centre of expertise on climate change and the Sustainable Scotland Network (SSN), Scotland’s largest network of public sector sustainability professionals.

Recent research publications

Journal Publications

• Sudmant, A., Boyle, D., Higgins‐Lavery, R. et al. (2024) Climate policy as social policy? A comprehensive assessment of the economic impact of climate action in the UK. J Environ Stud Sci
• Multiple authors, including Sudmant, A. (2024) Towards a public policy of cities and human settlements in the 21st century. NPJ Urban Sustainability.
• Sudmant, A. (2024) Data Scaling: Implications for Climate Action and Governance in the UK. Environmental Management
• Williams, Reay & Smith (2023) Avoiding emissions versus creating sinks—Effectiveness and attractiveness to climate finance. Global Change Biology
• Hannon M et al. (2023) Carbon Offsetting and Communities : Can Nature-Based Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Benefit Scottish Communities? University of Strathclyde

Research publications: 2020-2023

Masters programmes

We host a range of postgraduate courses at ECCI, designed to help build a low carbon society. Our hub is home to around 200 Masters students, studying everything from carbon management to environmental sustainability. The online Carbon Management MSc is a ground-breaking development of our award-winning campus-based programme.

Meet the team

Find out more about our in-house experts, and what they do at ECCI.