Despite its low contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, Africa is the most vulnerable continent to climate change. Today, on World Africa Day, we are highlighting some of the important work that Leeds researchers are involved in. University of Leeds academics are collaborating with their African counterparts, governments and other stakeholders...
A blog from Andrew Brown, Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Leeds, with Cameron Roberts, Carleton University; Giulio Mattioli, Technical University of Dortmund, and Julia K. Steinberger, University of Lausanne When discussing low-carbon transportation and the question of why cars play such a dominant role in our...
A blog from Professor Piers Forster, Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate Every day I’m inundated with fresh news of businesses and governments declaring new deadlines for when they’ll reach net zero emissions. The announcement of one climate target in particular caught my attention recently, for the simple...
A blog from Professor Richard Beardsworth, Head of the School of Politics and International Studies To mark the first Earth Day on April 22 1970, the then US president, Richard Nixon, planted a tree on the White House lawn. More than five decades later, a much greater task falls to...
A blog from Yannick Oswald, PhD Candidate in Ecological Economics US billionaires experienced a trillion-dollar surge in their combined net worth in 2020, more than enough to hand out a $3,000 (£2,140) stimulus cheque to every American. Meanwhile, entire sectors were put on hold, removing the basis of subsistence for...