The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation

Co-developing solutions for economies, communities and ecosystems to thrive together.

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Earthshot Prize 2026

The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation is proud to return as an official nominator for The Earthshot Prize. We're looking for game-changing innovations to solve the greatest environmental challenges, worthy of a £1M prize to scale their work.

Visit our Earthshot Prize 2026 page

About Us

The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation was established in 2012 based on the University’s pioneering decision to place its world-class environmental research at the heart of driving innovation for Clean and Sustainable Growth.

About us

Projects & Themes

Our projects have developed a thriving ecosystem of interdisciplinary research bringing together experts from different disciplines to address regional, national and global challenges. See our research themes and projects.

Business R&D and Innovation Support

Bringing together the cross-disciplinary expertise and cross-sector collaborations needed to create and deliver products, services and practice, helping people and our environment prosper. Discover our business support.

Graduate Research & Internships

Become a part of a vibrant research community of interdisciplinary scientists with a well developed support network and opportunities for a wide variety of training. See current opportunities.

News

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Lancaster University Centre seeks innovative solutions to environmental issues for prestigious prize

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New Lancaster University green technology spin-out aims to boost biogas-bioenergy sector

A new Lancaster University spin-out business, ADTechOptima, is set to tackle long standing problems holding back the biogas-bioenergy sector.

The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the United Kingdom’s highest official recognition for business excellence

Lancaster University based firm wins King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade

Yordas Group, a company in Lancaster Environment Centre’s (LEC) co-working space for businesses, has won a King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

Protecting soils in construction – new blueprint for local authorities launched

Neglected, overlooked, compacted and thrown away – soil and its sustainable management are often at the bottom of the list of concerns during major construction projects.

L-R: An earlier field trial; Professor Ian Dodd and Dr Ben Herbert

Lancaster scientists to help North West business trial new sustainable fertilisers

Lancaster University plant scientists are helping to test the effectiveness of an innovative new range of sustainable fertilisers being developed by a North West business.

New UK-wide carbon tracking platform to power climate-smart farming

A new mobile research platform designed by Lancaster University scientists to track how carbon moves through UK farmland will support more sustainable, climate-smart agriculture.

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