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True size of world’s largest tropical peatland revealed for the first time
A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo...
Creating a net zero journey from farm to fork
A novel research network aims move the country’s agri-food industry closer to net zero emissions, enabling the UK to meet...
Unchecked emissions could double heat-related child mortality
If carbon emissions are limited to slow the rise in global temperatures, up to an estimated 6,000 child deaths could...
UK can halve its energy demand by 2050
New research shows that the UK can dramatically reduce its energy demand to meet net zero emissions targets by 2050...
Piers Sellers Prize 2022
Join us for our annual Piers Sellers Prize event, at which we award prizes in the name of climate scientist, astronaut, and...
The University of Leeds Climate Plan and you
The University of Leeds published its Climate Plan in December 2021, setting out the pathway to an ambitious goal of...
IPCC WGIII report – Mitigation of Climate Change: insights and implications
The latest report from IPCC Working Group III was published on 4 April 2022. The report, which has been developed...
CANCELLED – Regional collaboration for climate action: a leadership discussion
The end of 2021 saw significant climate ambitions set out at both global and regional scales: at COP26, and in...
Here are the most effective things you can do to fight climate change
A blog post by postgraduate researcher Max Callaghan Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels requires reaching net zero...
After COP26: putting ideas into action on climate change
Research is at the heart of understanding and combatting climate change. But is this knowledge reaching those in government and...
Towards COP27: Climate leadership, the UK presidency and the Russian dilemma
Professor Richard Beardsworth examines the UK’s presidency in the run-up to COP27 in Egypt and the implications of Russia’s invasion...
What do we really know about the impacts of climate change on sanitation?
This blog is by Leonie Hyde-Smith a PhD student on the WaterWiser CDT programme. It was originally published on the...
Build Back Better
Leeds researchers have published a range of content about the need to build back better, putting climate action and resilience at the heart of the coronavirus recovery.
