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How to capture and use atmospheric carbon dioxide
Thursday 7 November 2019
A new study, co-authored by a researcher at the Priestley Centre, quantifies the prospects and costs of the ten most...
Priestley Centre e-news October 2019
Monday 28 October 2019
The Priestley Centre’s October 2019 e-newsletter is available to read here. Highlights include: News of bold University climate targets and...
Fungi could reduce reliance on fertilisers
Thursday 24 October 2019
Introducing fungi to wheat boosted their uptake of key nutrients and could lead to new, ‘climate smart’ varieties of crops,...
The benefits of investing in zero-carbon cities
Thursday 19 September 2019
A new report shows low carbon measures in cities could reduce urban emissions by nearly 90% and support 87 million...
The state-dependence of climate sensitivity: a paleoclimate perspective
12 November 2019
ICAS external seminar Abstract Climate sensitivity is a key metric used to assess the magnitude of global warming given increased...
Transforming food systems under a changing climate to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
6 November 2019
Joint CCAFS / GFEI / Priestley / SRI seminar Abstract Despite decades of attention to agricultural development, poverty and food...
How ready are cities for net zero?
6 November 2019
UK law means we now need to reach “net zero” by 2050 – but how prepared are our cities and...
Priestley Centre – #2 Knowledge Exchange Session with Makertopia
5 November 2019
Open to Leeds University staff and students to add data to Makertopia’s “Model Futures” game which explores liveable, sustainable cities....
The important role for researchers in achieving net-zero emissions
Tuesday 29 October 2019
‘Net-zero’ has become an increasingly familiar term over the past few months, appearing in policy announcements, conference titles and opinion...
Building a UK climate impacts and risk assessment community
Monday 30 September 2019
In this post, Emily Vosper offers an overview of the UK’s 1st National Meeting for Climate Impact and Risk Assessment...
Stepping up climate communications
Wednesday 28 August 2019
The Climate Communication Project brought together leading academics and practitioners to take stock of what they know about public engagement...
Celebrating climate collaborations
Friday 19 July 2019
More than 280 people attended a series of six events to celebrate three years of the Priestley International Centre for...
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The Priestley International Centre for Climate brings together world-leading expertise in all the key strands of climate change research. Climate change and its impact on society and ecosystems is a global challenge. The Centre is providing international solutions to meet this challenge.
Effective policy and other social and technical solutions need to be underpinned by robust research and the Priestley Centre’s focus is on new interdisciplinary research partnerships that better link our physical, technological, economic and social understanding of climate change with strategies for mitigation and adaptation.
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