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Put climate and environment at the centre of post-coronavirus economic recovery
The ongoing coronavirus crisis has serious implications for the economy and the environment. The period following will be decisive for...
Tropical forests can handle the heat, up to a point
Tropical forests face an uncertain future under climate change, but new research published in Science suggests they can continue to...
The storm chasers making life-saving forecasts
Weather forecasters in Africa are getting access to satellite data that will allow them to track the path and severity...
Global study uncovers best ways to change consumption to cut carbon footprint
A team of international experts, including CREDS researchers at the University of Leeds, screened nearly 7,000 studies from across the...
Piers Sellers Prize 2020
Join us for our annual Piers Sellers Prize event, at which we award prizes in the name of climate scientist,...
Net-Zero Research Forum: Driving down transport emissions
Priestley Centre/CREDS (Centre for Research on Energy Demand Solutions) joint seminar How can research help the transport sector reduce its emissions...
Net-Zero Research Forum: Funding the transition
Priestley Centre/PCAN (Place-based Climate Action Network) joint seminar How can Leeds research help society to finance a rapid transition to net-zero?...
Stepping up climate action ahead of COP26: Opportunities for researchers
WHAT? The Priestley International Centre for Climate and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) are...
The role of universities on the road to COP26
In November 2020, the UK was due to host the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP26, which is...
Opportunities for embedded researchers in UK host organisations
Twenty-nine organisations are participating in a call for UK-based academic researchers to apply for funded placements with them on proposals to address...
Coronavirus is very different from the climate crisis but we can still learn from it
A blog by Professor Piers Forster, Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds, with...
Using the COVID-19 disruption to address the climate crisis
A blog from Professor Andy Challinor (University of Leeds), Dhanush Dinesh (CCAFS), Peter Läderach (CCAFS), Marissa Van Epp (CCAFS) At...