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
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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’s Dr Monica di Gregorio will co-host a session at the Paris climate talks on Sunday exploring equity in governance of the UN’s REDD+ programme.
CCCEP student Harriet Thew has been making headlines with a presentation to UNFCC executive secretary Christiana Figueres at the Paris climate talks.
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 […]
A new report published today (December 1) supported by CCCEP and authored by Andy Gouldson and Joel Millward-Hopkins concludes that Bristol – currently European Green Capital – could far exceed its target of reducing carbon emissions by 40 per cent by 2025.
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 […]
