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Celebrating Yorkshire Day with conservation and sustainability research
This Yorkshire Day, the Faculty of Environment celebrates Yorkshire’s iconic landscapes and unique cities.
Cap top 20% of energy users to reduce carbon emissions
Consumers in the richer, developed nations will have to accept restrictions on their energy use if international climate change targets are to be met, warn researchers.
The University of Leeds partners on a new Energy Demand Research Centre
UK Research and Innovation has announced a total of £53 million in funding to decarbonise the energy sector.
How can we keep roads safe with automated driving assistance?
More research is needed to ensure that drivers won’t over-rely on automated vehicles to drive them safely.
Higher carbon tax on luxury goods, say researchers
A carbon tax based on the purpose of using goods and services would be fairer and more likely to deliver climate justice, say ecological economists.