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Professor Michael Pollitt of Cambridge Judge Business School has written extensively on faith and climate policy. He says climate-change campaigners get it wrong by using ‘apocalyptic’ language of hell rather than a positive message of change.

In 2008, Cambridge Judge Business School launched an MBA elective on Climate Leadership. The module, which aimed to encourage students to develop the leadership skills necessary to succeed in a world moving towards a low-carbon economy, examined the science of climate change and weighed the consequences for business. The course was led by Professor Stephen Peake (Fellow in Economics and Policy, and Lecturer). It was while teaching the course that Stephen was challenged by his students not to fly again. And he hasn’t been on a plane since.

This novel update released by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) as part of the Cambridge Digital Assets Programme (CDAP) presents a new study that estimates Ethereum's historical emissions debt to be 27.5 MtCO2e and current yearly emissions to be 2.8 KtCO2e, highlighting the impact of The Merge from an environmental perspective. This tool marks the latest addition to the Cambridge Blockchain Network Sustainability Index and provides a wide range of pertinent insights into Ethereum before and after The Merge.