The United Nations climate change conference – COP27 – begins this week in Sharm El Sheikh, and the Egyptian Presidency’s ambition is for this to be the COP of implementation. Our participation in COP27 is driven by our commitment to research for climate action. The University of Leeds COP27 delegation...
A blog by Eric Laurentius Peterson, Visiting Research Fellow Heatwaves in numerous countries during 2022 sent all-time temperature records tumbling. On the day before the UK endured a shaded air temperature of 40°C for the first time ever, the Met Office issued its first ever red alert for extreme heat,...
A damning report from MPs says the Government needs to do more to protect critical national infrastructure in the UK from being disrupted by extreme weather. The MPs – who appointed Suraje Dessai, Professor of Climate Change and Adaptation at Leeds, as their specialist advisor – warn that inaction is...
Dr Chetan Deva, Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environment, shares his experience of the Priestley Innovation Fellowship Applied science projects tend to be highly goal oriented. Product development is the priority, and training focuses on areas that help to push this forward. Within this context, innovation is...
A blog by Kjell Kühne, a PhD Candidate in the School of Geography A carbon bomb is a fossil fuel extraction project, such as a coal mine, that can cause over a gigatonne of CO₂ emissions during its lifetime. That’s a billion tonnes – more than twice the UK’s annual...