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Strong and consistent evidence shows that the entire climate system is continuing to heat, driving rapid global warming. Human activities pushed global warming to 1.37°C in 2025, and its level is projected to surpass 1.5°C in about four years. Crucially, the rate at which heat is accumulating in the Earth system suggests high levels of...
watch the video version of the roadmap's executive summary here Draft roadmap with Colombia presented at Santa Marta conference as first collaborative case study Researchers at the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures at the University of Leeds have launched a new approach to national fossil fuel phase-out and transition planning, centred on the development of...
Leading climate scientists are urging world governments to commission the first authoritative global climate‑risk assessment, warning that the world is dangerously unprepared for the accelerating and interacting threats posed by climate change. Their call follows a new commentary led by Met Office experts and published in Nature, highlighting a “critical gap” in how global climate...
Director of the Priestley Centre and one of the UK’s foremost climate scientists, Professor Piers Forster, has been awarded a CBE for his ongoing work to tackle climate change. Professor Forster, who has worked at the University of Leeds since 2005, is also a Professor of Physical Climate Change and academic lead for the University's...
First published in Climate Home News - written by Professor Piers Forster The accord has become a key compass in climate policy-making in the past decade, steering the world away from dangerous global warming of 4C. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement, which has become a key compass in policymaking over...