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Citizens have crowdfunded £15 million for local green projects in just five years, with institutional investors recently committing an additional £16 million to an innovative funding initiative. Co-created through research led by Professor Mark Davis from the University of Leeds School of Sociology and Social Policy, Community Municipal Investments (CMIs), or Local Climate Bonds (LCBs) as they're...
A peatland complex in the Congo Basin which is known to be a globally important carbon store is twice as old as previously thought, according to a new scientific study. An international team of researchers has shown that the tropical peatland complex, which is the world’s largest, began forming about 42,000 years ago, more than...
The third annual progress review of the University of Leeds Climate Plan has been published by the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and is now available on the Priestley Centre website. The review, was requested by Climate Principles Programme Board, which has overall accountability for delivery of the Climate Plan. The review will ensure that...
Research conducted at the University of Leeds has helped to uncover a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica, raising questions about future ice sheet behaviour. In an ambitious new study, the team, led by the University of York, produced the first Antarctic-wide, high-resolution monthly dataset of surface meltwater using satellite images. The research...
The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research. The Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction – sometimes referred to as the “Great Dying”, happened around 252 million years ago, leading to the massive loss of marine species and significant declines...