The Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR) is one of the research centres of the Department of Land Economy. They identify and assess policies that reduce the risks of climate change while allowing for global economic development through the study of both mitigation (reducing climate change) and adaptation (reducing the risks when climate change does occur). Their work explores trajectories of mitigation and adaptation policies that simultaneously achieve economic, energy, environmental and public health aims.

They are part of the Department of Land Economy of the University of Cambridge. Hence their work combines the perspectives of the faculty of the Department: economics, ecology, law, planning, finance, environmental policy, risk assessment, spatial analysis, land and property management.

In addition to research, the staff of 4CMR provide modules in the MPhil programme of the Department, supervise undergraduate, MPhil and PhD student dissertations, and engage with policy makers and thought leaders around issues of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Education opportunities through 4CMR

4CMR supports the academic mission of the Department of Land Economy in several ways:
 

• They supervise undergraduate, MPhil and PhD students in their research. In some cases, Research Assistant positions are available to PhD students (but not to undergraduate or Masters students). Priority is given to students in Land Economy, but students in other programmes qualify if they have the capacity to accommodate them.
• They coordinate and offer three MPhil courses in Economic Development and Land Use Policies (EP09), Climate Change Policy and Land Development (EP10) and Energy and Climate Change (EP06) within the Department of Land Economy.
• They provide lectures and seminars to which students from across the University are invited.