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The Minister for Climate Transition has called for more joined-up thinking between businesses, researchers, landowners and government to address climate risks. Speaking at an event at Nexus, the University of Leeds’ innovation hub, Katie White OBE MP stressed the importance of integrating climate risk management into economic growth strategies. She said that getting better at...
Recovery in some logged forests may be much slower than previously assumed, despite common expectations that logged tropical forests will absorb large amounts of carbon as trees regrow. Colleagues in the School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability, and Viet Nature Conservation Centre, led by Dr Amy Bennett, have monitored 24 permanent forest plots in the...
Leeds researchers have played a key role in a pioneering study in the Irish Sea. It aims to address critical evidence gaps on the impact of bottom trawling on seabed carbon storage. Bottom trawling – the practice of dragging nets along the seabed for fishing – has long been known to disturb carbon stored in...
Heat stress is among the biggest causes of weather-related sick leave, but a new report shows that workers are facing a much wider range of climate-related risks, with flooding, drought, storms and poor air quality also affecting their health, wellbeing and ability to work. The report, Workers and Climate Adaptation at Work - produced by Priestley members and associates Professor...
Trees in urban areas are highly effective in reducing harmful heat exposure and improving outdoor comfort in cities, according to a new study led by Priestley members. Weather measurements in Leeds have shown that many green spaces, such as parks, gardens and forests, were cooler than surrounding urban environments, also known as grey spaces. Treescapes...