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‘Communicate smarter’ about climate change action

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Policy analysts and planners will be able to “communicate smarter” about climate change action by using a new online decision-support tool which has been launched at COP27. Developed by researchers at the University of Leeds and the Met Office, it synthesises the latest scientific evidence on the broader effects of climate change initiatives. This will enable...

Congo peatlands could release billions of tonnes of carbon

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The world’s largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of carbon dioxide emissions as a result of climate change thousands of years ago, new research has revealed. Around the time that Stonehenge was built, 5,000 years ago, the climate of central Congo began to dry, leading to the...

Academic partnership to support Climate Plan delivery

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Colleagues at the University of Leeds are embarking on a sector-leading review initiative as part of its ambition to achieve net zero by 2030. A group of experts, including an external advisor, will undertake a progress review of the Climate Plan, one year on from its publication. The Priestley International Centre for Climate has been...

Getting Yorkshire to net zero

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Regional leaders and organisations must work ever more closely to achieve net zero in Yorkshire and the Humber. That is the shared view of University of Leeds Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, and key Leeds climate researchers and practitioners, Professors Piers Forster and Andy Gouldson. During a panel discussion in the...

Collaboration key to net zero

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Working together is the only way communities, businesses and organisations in Yorkshire and Humber can make a successful transition to a low carbon future, says a leading climate scientist. Measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero will have an impact across society, from the way homes are heated to industrial processes, transport systems...