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Climate predictions build resilience in African tea plantations

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Researchers in the UK and Africa have teamed up to help tea producers better understand future climate risks in a bid to reduce crop damage. Kenya and Malawi produce more than half the tea Britons consume, and the crop makes up about 7% of Malawi’s GDP and 4% of Kenya’s. In recent years frosts followed...

UK Climate Resilience Champions based at Leeds

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UKRI and Met Office have announced that Professor Suraje Dessai and Dr Kate Lonsdale, based at the University of Leeds, have been appointed to be the Champions for the UK Climate Resilience Programme. As thought leaders for the programme, the Champions play a number of roles, including identifying research gaps, synthesising research outputs, and facilitating...