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Shining a light on international energy inequality
A new study has found extreme disparity in the use of energy among richer and poorer people – both within...
Six-fold increase in polar ice losses since the 1990s
Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice faster than in the 1990s and are both tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Tropical forests’ carbon sink is ‘already rapidly weakening’
The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking...
Global species loss could be halved
Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the...
*POSTPONED* Communicating Climate Research: working with the press
*In light of the coronavirus (covid-19) situation, this event is postponed and will be rescheduled to a later date* In...
Negotiating our climate: what is COP and why does it matter?
In November 2020 the UK will be hosting the United Nations climate negotiations, known as COP26 – the 26th...
*CANCELLED* Forecasting Our Future: A conversation with Dr Katharine Hayhoe
**Given the current situation with coronavirus, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. We...
**POSTPONED** Communicating Climate Research: talking to young people
** This event has been postponed until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause** Increasing numbers...
Even concerned consumers unsure about low impact food choices
The energy used to grow, process, package and transport food accounts for about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions....
Telling tales for adaptation
Priestley PhD researcher, Rachel Harcourt, shares insights from her research in narrating climate change impacts and adaptation. The UK’s weather...
Three things historical literature can teach us about the climate crisis
A blog by David Higgins and Tess Somervell New novels about climate change – climate fiction, or cli-fi – are...
The role of climate in the exceptional Eastern African 2019 short rains
The 2019 Eastern African short rains (October-December) was one of the wettest in recent decades, with many places seeing more...
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