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Vital data from a pioneering new initiative will support people around the world to understand the value of forests in tackling climate change. GEO-TREES is a new global multimillion pound project that will collect ground data and validate carbon storage maps of the world’s forests. Land vegetation stores a huge volume of carbon, and keeping...
Two up and coming researchers have been named as the winners of the Piers Sellers Prize 2024. Dr Carol Zavaleta Cortijo, whose work focuses on climate change and the health of Indigenous peoples, and Dr Leonie Wenz, who explores the economic impacts of climate change, have both been recognised for their world leading contribution to...
Voices of the Rainforest is a new climate change education project that aims to co-create a traditional, ecological, knowledge-based climate change curriculum framework for primary schools with indigenous communities, children, and school partners in Malaysia. Indigenous communities often find themselves on the frontline of climate change impacts. In Peninsular Malaysia, these indigenous communities consist of...
The University of Leeds will collaborate on a £2m national network to generate knowledge, action and resilience for UK coastal communities and seas. The COAST-R Network is part-funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) under their Resilient Coastal Communities and Seas programme. It’s part of a £14.8m...
Emissions of a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane increased unabated up to 2020, according to a new report which a University of Leeds academic helped to produce. N₂O, which lasts for around 120 years in the atmosphere, is emitted from a range of sources but is largely driven by unsustainable practices...