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Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk on stage and speaking to the audience with Tracy Brabin to the left and Professor Piers Forster to the right

Getting Yorkshire to net zero

Regional leaders and organisations must work ever more closely to achieve net zero in Yorkshire and the Humber.

A person holding a sign at a protest that says 'There is no planet B'
Picture via Unsplash/Li-An Lim

Reducing carbon emissions not enough to prevent ‘catastrophic climate change’

Professor Lea Berrang Ford says populations around the world need to adapt their lives dramatically to cope with the warming we’ve already caused – even if we do reach net zero.

A view of an aeroplane wing in the clouds.
Image via Unsplash/Ross Parmly

More expensive air travel is the fairest way to tax carbon, says University of Leeds professor

Carbon taxes on heating and driving affect the poor more – but charges on flights could offer a fair way to tax carbon.

Screengrab images from the Why Wool Matters documentary: King Charles III, left, and sheep in a field.
Stills taken from Youtube/Campaign for Wool

Why Wool Matters film featuring King Charles III and Leeds experts wins Best Fashion Documentary

Why Wool Matters has been awarded Best Fashion Documentary at the 2022 London Fashion Film Festival.

Leeds Met Office Partnership renewed to build on a decade of successful weather and climate research

The University of Leeds' prestigious membership of the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) will continue, welcoming the Universities of Edinburgh and Birmingham.