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Researchers from the University of Leeds are helping to strengthen sanitation systems across sub‑Saharan Africa and South Asia. Poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems are responsible for preventable deaths, especially among mothers, young children and infants. The University is a core partner in WASH Systems for Health, a major international partnership focused on learning, evidence...
In late 2025, the Climate Evidence Unit at the Priestley Centre was commissioned to work on a report capturing and synthesising the key messages emerging from the Embodied Carbon Summit. The newly published Embodied Carbon Summit Evidence Report draws on the expertise of developers, engineers, architects, local authorities, insurers and academics who contributed to the...
Access to trees and greenspaces is consistently low across English cities according to a new study led by the University. Researchers used a recognised three-part framework for measuring tree and greenspace access in urban neighbourhoods in Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, York, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Plymouth, and found that at best, only 2% of buildings in any...
Researchers are harnessing the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance weather prediction and improve climate resilience and food security in West Africa. Project Cumulus is funded by the Gates Foundation and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The University of Leeds will work alongside the Alan Turing Institute and a consortium of partners to co-design a more...
Leeds will be the UK and Ireland’s headquarters for a new European Knowledge and Innovation community that will tackle water scarcity, droughts and floods. The new community called EIT Water brings together Europe’s best minds from businesses, research centres and higher education institutes. water@leeds, which is based at the University of Leeds and is one...