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Lindsay Stringer

Stories from the South Pole: A pioneer speaks

Posted 2 Mar 2017 in ,

CCCEP’s Prof Lindsay Stringer has been sharing her experience as part of the first Homeward Bound expedition – the world’s largest all-female multidisciplinary expedition to Antarctica. She joined 75 other women from all over the globe for the  ground-breaking trip in December 2016. Prof Stringer, based in the School of Earth and Environment at the […]



Treat loans for green projects like mortgages to help fund €470 billion annual investment in low-carbon in Europe

Posted 27 Feb 2017 in

Green loans for small-scale low-carbon projects, such as energy efficiency upgrades on homes or the construction of rooftop solar power panels, should be treated like mortgages to provide the multi-billion Euro investments needed for the UK and Europe to make the transition to a low-carbon economy, according to a new policy paper published today (27 […]


Cities “blind” to emissions, new CCCEP study finds

Posted 15 Feb 2017 in ,

Cities remain blind to a huge slice of their overall carbon footprint, a new study by CCCEP researchers has found. Calculations by the team at the University of Leeds, based on a study of Bristol, suggest that less than a third of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the electricity or the fuel used […]