The listings below are for climate-related events across the University of Leeds.
Every technological transition affects both social and physical surroundings. Some transitions can be accomplished by changing major facilities, while others, like household energy, require millions of individual decisions. Lower-polluting choices can improve climate, air pollution, and human health; they seem attractive to researchers and technologists. Because these transitions often proceed more slowly than their benefits...
In November all eyes will turn to Baku, Azerbaijan, hosts of COP29. The annual United Nations climate negotiations will see people from across the world gather to discuss and demand action on climate change. Hundreds presidents and prime ministers will be joined by thousands of delegates to agree a pathway for reaching the targets...
The United Nations climate change negotiations rely on relevant and current climate research to move towards effective outcomes that support ambitious international climate policy and action. And as an official observer, the University of Leeds has opportunities to engage with these negotiations. But what does this involve? And how can researchers navigate these often complex processes...
The Priestley Centre is delighted to welcome Dr Carol Zavaleta, winner of the 2024 Piers Sellers Prize, to the University of Leeds in October 2024. In this talk, Dr Zavaleta will present her experience as an Indigenous scholar working in Peru and living in Bolivia. From her clinical medical practice with Indigenous patients to her...
The HEPPA-SOLARIS meetings focus observational and modelling studies of the influences of solar radiation and energetic particle precipitation on the atmosphere and climate. Relevant topics include: Solar irradiance and energetic particle variability at all timescales Coupling mechanisms and processes responsible for the transfer of solar responses in the atmosphere. The solar surface climate impact and decadal...
