By Dr Martin Lukac, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading Europe’s forests make a very important contribution to current efforts to decrease EU carbon emissions, as it seeks…Read More >
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A French foreign legion of climate scientists?
By Phil Newton, Research Dean for Environment, University of Reading Science is a global business. Very few truly great advances in science happen these days without some level of international…Read More >
The UoR science underpinning the Paris Agreement – as Trump announces US withdrawal
President Donald Trump has indicated an intention to withdraw the US from the Paris accord on climate change. His announcement, made on Thursday 1 June, means the US will no…Read More >
Did climate change have a role in the West African floods of 2012?
By Hannah Parker, Walker Institute, University of Reading During the wet season of 2012 heavy rainfall across West Africa led to flooding with devastating impacts. More than 3 million people…Read More >
The politics of climate change may be stalling – but business is rising to the challenge
By Paul Williams, University of Reading Department of Meteorology ‘As important as political leadership is, individual people and companies will have to make key decisions to deal with the impacts…Read More >
What is wrong with Donald Trump’s denial of climate change?
By Professor Catriona McKinnon (Director, Leverhulme Programme in Climate Justice) Later this week, a climate denier will become the President of the United States. Donald Trump claims that ‘nobody really…Read More >
Combining the old with the new is the recipe for global food security
On world food day Professor Richard Tiffin from the University’s Centre for Food Security discusses the challenges faced when meeting the global demand for food. The present debate around how…Read More >
Delays in food research investment make meeting demand that much harder
Peter Gregory is Professor of Global Food Security and contributes to building research programmes in the University’s Centre for Food Security. One of his research focuses is in global environmental…Read More >
The cost of a flight
Dr Emma Irvine is a post-doctoral research assistant in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. In January this year a new measure to tackle climate change came…Read More >