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The UK will receive a serious boost in its fight against climate change with the launch of a pioneering initiative that will enable the Priestley Centre and partners to support climate startups to commercial deployment. The Climate Scaling Collaborative will support university startups and spinouts or startups with tangible links to universities, working on solutions for...
Communities across Leeds are being asked to volunteer to redesign their own neighbourhoods as part of a multimillion-pound project exploring a greener and fairer way for people to get around. The groundbreaking INFUZE study (Inspiring Futures for Zero Carbon Mobility) led by the Institute for Transport Studies will ask Leeds communities to help design futures where the right transport...
A project to protect the world’s second largest area of tropical rainforest has received £9.1m from the Government. The grant which is administered by the University of Leeds will be used to investigate the value and vulnerability of the Congo Basin and translate this new knowledge into policy action to protect forests, improve livelihoods, and...
The new Joined Up Sustainability Transformations (JUST) centre will prioritise justice and collaboration in its approach to sustainable solutions. Living sustainably is essential to protect current and future life on our planet. Policy that addresses sustainable living will have a transformative impact on everyday life for ordinary people, affecting housing, transport, food and employment. However,...
Up to two thirds of the world’s temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leeds. In the first ever worldwide assessment of the impacts of global overheating on these rare ecosystems, scientists used maps of tree cover, forest condition,...