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On 30 June, the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures marked its 10th anniversary, bringing together colleagues, partners, and friends from across the University of Leeds and beyond to celebrate a decade of climate research, collaboration, and impact. The Priestley Centre was founded in June 2016, with an aim to bring together climate experts from across the University of Leeds to work...
On 30 June, the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures marked its 10th anniversary by celebrating outstanding contributions to climate research and impact, awarding two prestigious prizes that reflect the Centre’s core values of collaboration, excellence and real-world change. The awards underscored the breadth of work supported by the Priestley Centre over the past decade - from early-career...
Releasing beavers as part of a trial in the North York Moors has helped to reduce downstream flooding and enhance biodiversity according to new research from the University of Leeds. Two beavers were released in 2019 into an enclosure in Cropton Forest where natural flood management had already taken place to try to reduce...
An early warning system that detects increasing levels of climate impacts is being developed by academics, insurance industry partners and the Met Office. Using decision games and storylines, the researchers will also create models of how insurers and reinsurers would respond to different levels of climate change, now and in the future. Making sure that...
Strong and consistent evidence shows that the entire climate system is continuing to heat, driving rapid global warming. Human activities pushed global warming to 1.37°C in 2025, and its level is projected to surpass 1.5°C in about four years. Crucially, the rate at which heat is accumulating in the Earth system suggests high levels of...