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Deforestation is resulting in reduced rainfall across large parts of the tropics, according to new research. People living in tropical forest communities have often complained that the climate gets hotter and drier once trees are cleared but until now scientists have not been able to identify a clear link between the loss of tree cover...
Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers. Under what is known as the UN’s Global Stocktake, set up as part of the Paris Agreement, governments report on the level of carbon emitted or removed in forested areas. Known as carbon-flux budgets, they...
World War II-style rationing could be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, according to new research from the University of Leeds. In a paper published today in the journal ‘Ethics, Policy and Environment’, academics argue that rationing could help states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and fairly. Policymakers have considered other schemes to...
The first progress review of the University of Leeds Climate Plan has been published by the Priestley International Centre for Climate. A group of experts, including an external advisor, undertook the progress review, informed by a public consultation. The Climate Plan Annual Progress Review is now available on the Priestley Centre website. Members of...
A major analysis of the carbon footprint of universities and further education colleges has revealed for the first time the source and scale of their emissions. Data from 537 institutions revealed they emitted more than 18 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) into the environment in 2020/21, which represents around 2.3% of the UK’s...