Professor Lindsay Stringer of the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds was one of 76 scientists who took part in an all-women expedition to Antarctica. The project, Homeward Bound, is a leadership, strategic and science initiative that aims to heighten the impact of women scientists in decision...
Dr Kate Scott, Research Fellow in the Sustainability Research Institute and inaugural Priestley Centre Piers Seller prize winner, was recently selected to attend Science for Sustainable Development Early-career Leaders Day. In this blog Kate shares her experience. The Network of Early-Career Sustainable Scientists and Engineers (NESSE) teamed up with the UK Collaborative on Development...
What’s it like to present your research at a UN climate conference? Leeds Masters graduate Phellecitus Montana reflects on her experience at COP22 in Marrakech After completing my Masters in Environment and Development at the University of Leeds, my interest in climate change burgeoned. So, when my research project on...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is, as its name suggests, fraught with acronyms. In order to engage with this process it is critical to learn a new language, to get your head around the “SB’s”, the NAPs, the COPs, the LULUCFs. There is little point in...
Two worrying stories have dominated climate news this week. The first is President Elect Donald Trump’s alarming stance on climate change. Although in favour of urgent action before the 2009 UN climate summit in Copenhagen, he’s promised to pull out of the Paris Agreement immediately, claimed that climate science is a...