The listings below are for climate-related events across the University of Leeds.
If you have an event that you’d like us to promote, email the details to climate@leeds.ac.uk
In a few weeks’ time, all eyes will turn to Sharm El-Sheikh, as Egypt is host to COP27. At the annual United Nations climate negotiations, people from across the world will gather to discuss and demand action on climate change. Among those people will be around 200 presidents and prime ministers and thousands of delegates,...
Working together to secure a safe climate and prosperous future for the region, and the world. Significant climate ambitions have been set out over the past twelve months, on both a global and regional scale: at COP26, and in the Yorkshire & Humber Climate Action Plan. We are at a pivotal moment both in terms of...
What is happening at the University of Leeds that addresses the nexus of climate and agri-food systems? What questions are not being addressed? What should the University be planning for engaging on this issue at COP27? Join us for this interactive event to discuss the above questions and create new networks. We will be joined...
It is broadly understood that climate change poses higher risks to, and places greater burdens on, women. This is increasingly acknowledged within climate policy and practice, but neglects a broader conception of gender, failing to recognise how gender intersects with age, disability, race, class, etc., and often excluding the experiences of men and lesbian, gay,...
Join us for our annual Piers Sellers Prize event, at which we award prizes in the name of climate scientist, astronaut, and Leeds alumnus Piers Sellers. This year’s winners are Professor Joyeeta Gupta, for her world leading contribution to solution focused climate research, and Adele Dixon and Angus Naylor for their exceptional PhD research to address climate...