Empowering a new generation of near zero-emission citizens
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In the high-stakes effort to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, we often look to massive infrastructure or high-level policy as the only solutions. But what if the most powerful tool for conservation is already in your pocket? In his recent TEDxOsmaniaU talk, Ram Dayal Vaishnav (an Aurora Ambassador) explores a profound truth: our planet […]
In partnership with the Educate for Climate Community, the AURORA PROJECT ran a community café for members across Europe to join and discuss how to set up energy communities within schools and universities in Europe. They were inspired by the story from the Palomeras Cultural Community school in Madrid, Spain. Sarah Moreno a teacher at […]
The AURORA project will be represented at the Seventh Session of the United Nations from 8 – 12 December 2025 in Nairobi Kenya by Ana Bélen Cristóbel López and Martin Brocklehurst. UNEA7 is the highest environmental decision making body on the planet and will this year focus on “Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet” […]
Martin Brocklehurst Chair of the Citizen Science Global Partnership and AURORA Partner António Guterres Head of the UN “It is now “inevitable” that humanity will overshoot the target in the Paris climate agreement, with “devastating consequences” for the world”. “Fewer than a third of the world’s nations (62 out of 197) have sent in their climate […]
On 10 September, the Education for Climate Coalition will host the monthly café, situated around a theme of ‘energy communities’. Trine, Community Manager, will welcome participants (5 minutes) and then hand over to Martin Brocklehurst, a community member with expertise in transforming schools into energy communities. Martin will take on the role of host and […]
The AURORA PROJECT is an active member of the Education for Climate Group set up and managed by the European Union. The Education for Climate Coalition is the European participatory community to support teaching and learning for the green transition and sustainable development. “’To make a difference’ – this is what the #EducationForClimate Coalition is all about. To make a […]
The Research Executive Agency (REA) announced an AURORA Honorary Mention during a Cluster event focused on “Advancing Public Engagement and Citizen Science in the ERA”. This event, co-hosted by the REA, brought together researchers and policymakers to discuss the impact of public engagement on evidence-based policymaking. The event also highlighted successful citizen engagement strategies and…
Photos KGC Copyright European Space Agency Frascati Italy. AURORA Partner Martin Brocklehurst and current Chair of the Citizen Science Global Partnership (CSGP) was honoured last week to be asked by Shereen Zorba from the United Nations Science Policy Business Forum (UNSPBF) to be the senior rapporteur at the 3rd UN Expert Group meeting on Global […]
Do you want to build a solar cooker, charge your phone whilst on your bicycle, or perhaps make a solar panel – well now you can! Here: https://zenodo.org/records/16091789 Thanks to a new guide issued by the European Union-funded project AURORA (Achieving a New European Energy Awareness), you have all the instructions you need. AURORA is […]
AURORA Project co-ordinator Ana Belen Cristobal Lopez and Martin Brocklehurst lead coordinator for the projects coordination, dissemination and exploitation strategy are set to attend UNEA7 in December 2025 in Nairobi Kenya. They will be part of a Citizen Science Global Partnership Delegation of over 30 representatives who will make the case that Citizen Science should […]
