The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published today in Nature. The global scientific collaboration, led by the University of Leeds, reveals that a feared switch of the world’s undisturbed tropical forests from a carbon sink to...
Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the tropics, a new study reveals. The paper, authored by 21 global biodiversity and climate change scientists including Professor Jon Lovett from Leeds, finds increased conservation efforts paired with efforts to limit global warming to two...
Scientists have secured funding to investigate ways the UK steel industry can be decarbonised within 30 years. Steel manufacturing is a high carbon process. According to figures from the World Steel Association, every tonne that is manufactured creates 1.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide, a key gas responsible for climate change. With the UK legally committed to be...
Households in the UK are at increasing risk of flooding and drought due changes in the climate according to a new report. The report, from the Climate Coalition, draws on expertise from the Priestley International Centre for Climate to highlight how UK homes are being impacted by climate change – and how they can be...
The Priestley Centre’s December 2019 e-newsletter is available to read here. Highlights include: Latest research from Priestley Chair in Climate Change and Public Policy, Jan Minx Link to the University Climate Plan survey A raft of funding opportunities Recent blogs on COP25 in Madrid, reducing uncertainty in climate commitments and the role of researchers in...