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Engineering a climate change solution

Climate change is the most significant challenge we have ever faced. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is firm in its conclusion that ‘climate change is real and human activities are the main cause’.

As a professional engineering institution, we believe engineers have the skills, insights and ingenuity to help tackle climate change in ways that optimise efficiency, economy, safety and reliability.

Engineers are problem solvers and innovators, with a unique world perspective. Most of these issues are significant, challenging and require unprecedented collaborative action.

Engineering is central to solving them.

What this means to the IET

At the IET, we are striving to become a leading net-zero organisation.

We are determined to ‘walk the walk’ on sustainability and have undertaken many initiatives to accomplish this.

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Factfile

Sustainability skills 2023 survey - summary

This report underlines the difficulties UK employers face in acquiring the skills they need to deliver their sustainability strategies.

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Factfile

International green skills 2023 survey

This year’s IET Skills Survey questioned over 2,000 engineering employers in ten countries around the world on their readiness to cope with climate change and net zero. 

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Supporting the engineering community

Find resources across the sustainability landscape, from energy engineering to the built environment.

We have a wide range of books, courses, events and more to help you navigate your engineering career in this rewarding area.

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Zero carbon road transport

‘Our World in Data’ states that transport is responsible for over 16% of all carbon emissions and road transport comprises almost 75% of that.

Engineers are already addressing this key challenge and we have a number of resources focused on this topic to help you.

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Find other sustainability content and expand your network

EngX®

Every day, engineers from all over the world use EngX® to get help and advice from their peers.

Follow sustainability topics in EngX® to see the latest IET news and events, and discuss engineering challenges and hot topics with engineers around the world.

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Factfiles

Providing unbiased information for members, academics, industry, policymakers and the general public across various sectors and key topics.

Factfiles

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IET.tv

Search ‘Sustainability’ for conference presentations, thought-leadership videos and other thought-provoking presentations on this important topic.

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E+T magazine

Our journalists cover all angles of sustainability, looking into new technologies and their applications.

They also cover news from around the world on climate-related topics.

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Journals and books

Get your renewable power generation research noticed

Publishing in one of our high-quality, rigorously peer-reviewed open access journals, allows researchers and practitioners around the world immediate and free access to download, share and cite your work, gaining you international recognition.

Renewable power generation call for papers

IET bookshop

IET Books aim to review the current state-of-the-art in hot topics in engineering and technology research including contributions from leading experts with a global perspective. We also publish books that take a deep dive into the fundamentals of engineering and technology topics that underpin today’s research.