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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 “human mobility science” level up our cities?
New research explores potential solutions to inequalities and climate issues in cities, based around the understanding of how people move around.
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.
Geophysics student wins prestigious Beaumont Award
Isabelle Wicks, a final year Geophysics student, has won a University of Leeds Beaumont Award for her research into proglacial lake thermal regimes.