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
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Celebrating the benefits of trees in Leeds
Join researchers Dr Cat Scott, Hazel Mooney and Anna Gugan for the first LEAF lecture of 2020. The team will be presenting the findings of their recent report, celebrating the benefits that trees provide for our local environment, and globally.
Net-Zero Research Forum: Moving to a circular economy
How can Leeds research help shift society towards a circular economy that is in line with net-zero targets? This net-zero webinar, ‘Moving to a circular economy’, will feature two short presentations by: Dr Anne Velenturf, Research Impact Fellow in Circular Economy in the School of Civil Engineering Dr Pammi Sinha, Associate Professor of Fashion Management in…
Malawi’s Climate & Hydrological Futures: How can we improve the use of information for a climate-resilient Malawi?
Join AFRICAP to hear key Malawi-specific findings from the Future Climate for Africa UMFULA project. Chaired by Professor Andy Dougill, presenters will outline understanding of the climate risks and the effectiveness of risk management options important for developing resilience and sustaining the water-energy-food sectors.
Net-Zero Research Forum: Carbon capture and storage
Priestley Centre/Energy Leeds joint webinar How can Leeds research help deliver carbon capture and storage to meet net-zero targets? This net-zero webinar, ‘Carbon capture and storage’, will feature two short presentations by: Chris Rayner, Professor of Organic Chemistry in the School of Chemistry and Co-founder of C-Capture Quentin Fisher, Professor of Petroleum Engineering in the School…
A new era for food and climate: Driving transformative actions
Join CCAFS on 25 June 2020, for a global event to spark action to transform food systems to avert a food and climate crisis in the time of COVID-19. A new era for food and climate: Driving transformative actions, is a full-day, around-the-world virtual relay event that starts in Australia and concludes in Colombia. The…
Net-Zero Research Forum: Driving down transport emissions
Priestley Centre/CREDS (Centre for Research on Energy Demand Solutions) joint seminar How can research help the transport sector reduce its emissions to net-zero? This event is the fourth in a series of Net-Zero Research Forums – informal webinars to discuss research and innovation ideas focused on achieving net-zero emissions. Researchers from different disciplines present ideas and…
Piers Sellers Prize 2020
Join us for our annual Piers Sellers Prize event, at which we award prizes in the name of climate scientist, astronaut, and Leeds alumnus Piers Sellers. This year’s winners are Dr Katharine Mach, for her world leading contribution to solution focused climate research, and Oliver Grasham and Harriet Thew for their exceptional PhD research to…
Net-Zero Research Forum: Funding the transition
Priestley Centre/PCAN (Place-based Climate Action Network) joint seminar How can Leeds research help society to finance a rapid transition to net-zero? This event is the third in a series of Net-Zero Research Forums – informal webinars to discuss research and innovation ideas focused on achieving net-zero emissions. Researchers from different disciplines present ideas and provocative questions…
Stepping up climate action ahead of COP26: Opportunities for researchers
WHAT? The Priestley International Centre for Climate and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) are hosting a webinar that will outline the role that researchers can play in raising the ambition for climate action in the lead up to the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework…
Research design and codes of practice for maximising the impact of energy and climate social science
Researchers today need to secure funding, collaborate, share data, publish results, commercialise research, and demonstrate impact. Early career researchers in particular are faced with multiple pressures around these challenges. This workshop with Professor Benjamin Sovacool will help early career researchers gain an understanding of how to design their research more effectively, and how to improve…