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

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Chasing Coral: screening and post-film discussion

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A special screening of the documentary film Chasing Coral, directed by Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Ice) and produced by Larissa Rhodes. The film showing has been facilitated by the Priestley Centre’s Dr Maria Beger, University Academic Fellow in marine conservation biology at the University of Leeds, and is followed by a discussion via Skype with Dr...

Priestley Society Breakfast

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Want to meet other climate researchers at Leeds? The Priestley Society is the ideal way to do it. Drop in for a free breakfast, meet the team, find out about planned events and groups for this term and contribute your own ideas. You must join the Priestley Centre to belong to the Priestley Society, which...

Tracking adaptation across scales

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Abstract Developing coherent, consistent, comparable, and comprehensive frameworks for tracking adaptation to climate change impacts is a key challenge in light of the Paris Agreement’s global goal for adaptation. What does adaptation tracking mean in this context? How are adaptation tracking frameworks evolving to deal with major issues like data scarcity? What contribution does adaptation...

“It’s important not to be a climate zealot”: Investigating how politicians understand and act on climate change

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Abstract Political support is essential to climate action. But how do politicians think about climate, and how do they decide whether to speak up or act? At this session, I will discuss the findings of collaborative research between Green Alliance and Lancaster University. The research uses analysis of political speech and detailed anonymised interviews with...