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Elisabeth Simelton

New paper published in Nature journal

Posted 8 Jun 2016 in

Former CCCEP member, now CCCEP Visiting Researcher, Elisabeth Simelton, has had a new paper published in Nature. The paper, ‘Model biases in rice phenology under warmer climates’, finds that climate-induced crop yields model projections are constrained by the accuracy of the phenology simulation in crop models. The full paper can be found at: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep27355


Lindsay Stringer

Effects of climate change greater than previously feared

Posted 13 May 2016 in

The effects of climate change may be far greater for the world’s poorest people than previously feared because of the way people are managing land, according to leading environmental researchers in a new book released today. The findings, which offer the first comprehensive synthesis of the links between global climate change and land degradation, are […]


Report reveals economic impact of Boxing Day floods in Calderdale

Posted 7 Apr 2016 in

Businesses in Calderdale, Yorkshire, have lost £47 million so far as a result of the Boxing Day floods. The total economic impact to the Calderdale and Kirklees regional economy amounted to a total of approximately £170 million. These are two of the key findings of a study into the impact of the floods on Calderdale’s […]


Low-carbon future could save Brazilian city billions

Posted 25 Feb 2016 in

A new CCCEP-led report on the Brazilian city of Recife has led to the city adopting ambitious targets for low-carbon development.

Energy use in the rapidly-growing metropolis is forecast to almost double by 2030 compared to 2014, with emissions set to increase by 80 per cent in the same period.


Was Paris enough? Leeds public event fuels debate

Posted 4 Feb 2016 in

Almost 400 people attended a CCCEP public debate at the University of Leeds to discuss the impact of the Paris climate agreement. The audience heard presentations from policy and science experts Andy Gouldson, John Barrett, Piers Forster and Harriet Thew before a lively discussion which threw up many questions about the efficacy and enforcement of the […]




CCCEP student directs documentary on climate change

Posted 2 Dec 2015 in

A group of students and alumni from the University of Leeds have produced a documentary highlighting critical issues at the heart of the climate change debate. The half-hour film, directed by CCCEP postgraduate student Nick Roxburgh, has been released to coincide with the COP21 UN climate summit in Paris. The documentary, called Atmosphere and paid […]



Harriet Thew

UK schoolchildren show policy-makers how it’s done at Model COP21

Posted 30 Nov 2015 in

CCCEP postgraduate student Harriet Thew has been helping to run a ‘model’ version of the Paris climate talks at the House of Commons, designed to help young people learn more about climate change and the global negotiating process. During the event, secondary school pupils from London and Manchester took the role of model negotiators representing […]