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‘Global North owes $170 trillion for excessive CO2 emissions’
Industrialised nations responsible for excessive levels of CO2 emissions could be liable for $170 trillion in compensation by 2050 to...
Leeds awarded funding for weather-related disaster communication research
Researchers will explore how best to communicate the importance of preparedness in the face of ever-increasing severe weather events. Researchers...
Accelerated melting of glaciers in Greenland
A study has found widespread mass loss of glaciers and ice caps in Greenland since the start of the 20th...
Scientist recognised for research into Congo peatlands
A researcher who exposed the threat that climate change poses to tropical forests in Africa has been elected a Fellow...
Radiocarbon – An essential dating method and a key tracer for studying the Earth system
The School of Mathematics within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Leeds is pleased to...
Value of 1.5 ambition for the GST – an interactive discussion
Join us for this interactive side event at the UNFCCC intersessionals in Bonn to hear the latest science on the value of...
Building bridges to accelerate food systems transformation under climate change
To accelerate a transformation in food systems in response to climate change, there is an urgent need to bridge the...
Far Out in Three Dimensions: Solar Geoengineering and Security from the Middle of the USA
Solar geoengineering is our attempt to respond to a climate crisis that we are unwilling, due to the constraints of...
Crucial invertebrates threatened by melting glaciers
Authored by Jonathan L. Carrivick, Lee Brown, and Martin Wilkes, University of Essex Glaciers across the European Alps are melting...
How steel workers see climate change affecting the future of their industry
A blog post by Professor Vera Trappmann and Dr Jo Cutter, both of the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change...
Exploring the scope of ecofeminism in the biodiversity-climate nexus
Priestley Scholar Susan Ann Samuel outlines how the need to include ecofeminism in climate and biodiversity discussions is now more...
Research and evidence priorities for the UK Climate Change Committee
A blog by postgraduate researcher Sam Birch On what turned out to be a busy day for UK climate and...