Events

The listings below are for climate-related events across the University of Leeds.

If you have an event that you’d like us to promote, email the details to climate@leeds.ac.uk

The School of Mathematics within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Leeds is pleased to present an inaugural lecture in mathematics by Professor Tim Heaton: “Radiocarbon – An essential dating method and a key tracer for studying the Earth system” The lecture is aimed at a broad scientific audience and…
Join us for this interactive side event at the UNFCCC intersessionals in Bonn to hear the latest science on the value of the 1.5°C limit for the Global Stocktake’s main themes – mitigation, adaptation, and means of implementation. The event will explore cutting-edge research on 1.5-aligned pathways, the implications of overshooting, and the co-benefits and trade-offs of…
To accelerate a transformation in food systems in response to climate change, there is an urgent need to bridge the gap between science and policy, and the food and climate communities. Clim-Eat was established as a ‘think and do tank’ for food and climate to address these gaps and serve as an effective bridge. In…

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Solar geoengineering is our attempt to respond to a climate crisis that we are unwilling, due to the constraints of sovereignty, to respond to in any other way. The customary international law regime has failed us when it comes to climate, as the recent COP26 demonstrated. States are unable or unwilling to shoulder the cost…
Hear about the experiences of women in West Java and indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, as they navigate political and historical environmental injustices. Speakers: Ratnasari (Researcher at CIFOR-ICRAF, Indonesia) Els Tieneke Rieke Katmo (Lecturer at Papua University, Indonesia) Moderator: Andi Misbahul Pratiwi (PhD Student, University of Leeds)
COP27, the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, took place in November 2022. Thousands of delegates gathered in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh to discuss action on climate change. The delegates have now returned to their home countries and organisations, bringing with them the final outcomes of the negotiations. Now it is…
Climate scientists have long been warning that climate change will bring more frequent severe weather events around the world. International organizations such as the IPCC, United Nations Foundation and others face the challenge of communicating about climate scientists’ projections with policy makers, practitioners and members of the general public who don’t have a background in…
Science shows that humans have had an unequivocal influence on the climate, warming our atmosphere, ocean and land. The need for widespread and well-informed climate action has never been greater. Such action is needed across all parts of society, including within and outside of academia. Moving towards open climate research within academia encourages maximum impact…
Research and evidence have a crucial role to play in making and scrutinising policy. As the use of evidence-informed policy making has increased following the pandemic, the demand for high quality and relevant research to inform decisions continues to grow.   But what is the best way to go about sharing your research with UK Parliament?…
Carbon bombs are fossil fuel projects with more than 1 gigaton of potential CO2 emissions. University of Leeds researchers have established the global list of such projects consisting of roughly 200 oil and gas fields and 200 coal mines. The potential for defusing new carbon bombs, putting existing ones into harvest mode and how to…
We have now reached the venue capacity for this event. Please contact us by emailing climate@leeds.ac.uk if you wish to be added to the waiting list. Please note that this is an internal event for students and staff of the University of Leeds and members of Nexus. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) is the UK’s…
Experts share insights on the priorities, and pitfalls, of the COP27 finance negotiations, and how finance is key to climate action. COP27 saw renewed focus, and pressure, on the role of financial institutions and economic policy as crucial to achieving a ‘just transition’, with the ‘Loss and Damage’ fund. This was agreed by governments after…
  After two weeks of fierce negotiations and countless conversations, COP27 in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh came to a close. As an official observer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the University of Leeds sent a delegation to COP27. These researchers spent an intense time at COP27, presenting their research,…