Envisaging a future under climate change tends to generate apocalyptic scenarios, which can make people feel helpless and switch them off from taking action. Leeds researcher James McKay is aiming to change perceptions with his climate fiction, which portrays positive visions through graphic novels. Laurie Goering of Thomson Reuters interviews the Priestley Centre engineer who runs...
A Climate Question held at the University of Leeds to mark the launch of the Priestley International Centre for Climate produced an optimistic response to the question, 'Are there achievable solutions for limiting climate impacts at 1.5C level?' By the conclusion of the panel debate, 96 people (60% of the audience) voted 'yes' to the...
A decade-long "fruitful cooperation" between researchers at the University of Leeds and a long-established climate centre in Norway was formalised at the Priestley Centre launch on 14 June. Kristin Halvorsen, director of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on joint research with Priestley Centre director Piers Forster...
Two hundred people - University of Leeds staff, PhD students and stakeholders - attended the launch of the Priestley International Centre for Climate on Tuesday 14 June at Leeds University Business School. The event saw the presentation of the first international prize for a world-leading contribution to solution focused climate research as well as the formalising of...