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Climate and ecological emergency committee

13 July 2022

The climate and ecological emergency committee is an advisory committee established by the national executive committee (NEC).

See also: Climate & ecological emergency annual meeting

It is the role of the committee to advise and to make recommendations to the NEC on any issues specifically related to the climate and ecological emergency and environmental sustainability.

The committee was established in March 2022.

UCU CEEC - organising to win a Geen New Deal [115kb]

Committee membership in 2025-26

Further education

Kevin Daws (Bristol City College) [Vice-Chair]
Alex Merron (City of Bristol College)
Kate Ferguson (Luminate Education Group (Leeds City College)
Carl Strom (Cardiff and Vale College)
Alex Merron (South West Region Environment Officer)

Higher education

Peter Wood (Open University) [Co-Chair]
Vicky Blake (University of Leeds) [Co-Chair]
Les Levidow (Open University) HE
Matilda Fitzmaurice (Lancaster University)
Sally Mould (London Met University)
Richard Wild (Greenwich University)

Committee secretary: Position vacant, bargaining and negotiations official (prisons and sustainability).


UCU Green Futures newsletter

Welcome to the first edition of Green Futures, which is the newsletter of UCU's Climate and ecological emergency committee (CEEC).

In this quarterly edition:

  • Meet the UCU climate committee: who we are
  • CEEC annual meeting report
  • GKN Florence updates
  • Green reps and branch survey
  • FE Just Transition framework briefing.

Click here to download the UCU Green Futures newsletter Winter 2025 edition.

Last updated: 6 March 2026