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Impact awards

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment researchers and support teams who strive to make a meaningful difference in the world have been recognised for their exceptional contributions.

Three students stood with their back to the camera, in the Sustainable Garden on campus. It is a bright summers day. There are more students sat on a picnic table to the right foreground and greenery out of focus in the main foreground.

UK Research and Innovation funds the collaborative, multidisciplinary UNRISK Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) to tackle the uncertainty of the impacts of climate change.

A temperate rainforest in Ennerdale, Cumbria. Credit: Simon Webb

Up to two-thirds of the world’s temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study.

Sunrise over the north sea

As the Sustainability Research Institute turns 20, members reflect on its identity, achievements and how it will evolve.

Plumes of smoke coming out of an energy plant, with the sun setting orange in the background.

Humans may have already caused 1.5 °C of global warming when measured from a time genuinely before the industrial revolution and the start of large-scale carbon emissions, according to new research.