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Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture

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11 April 202223 February 2023

During COP26 groups around the world gathered to protest the “unfair” and “elitist” climate action approaches of the world’s richest nations. The tone of the conference enraged many as developed…Read More >

Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture

Nigeria’s fuel crisis: smaller, more flexible refineries aren’t the full answer

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11 March 202223 February 2023

Nigeria’s growing population of over 200 million people is facing an ever-growing fuel crisis despite its vast oil reserves. The shortage of refining capacity at existing oil refineries is the main driver of Nigeria’s fuel…Read More >

Nigeria’s fuel crisis: smaller, more flexible refineries aren’t the full answer

The twelve months of Walker: 2021 highlights from the University’s Interdisciplinary Climate Research Centre

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23 December 202122 December 2021

Despite the challenges caused by the pandemic, and not being able to meet so many valued colleagues and partners in person, the Walker Institute team have continued to build our…Read More >

Getting to the bottom of net zero carbon

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18 November 202118 November 2021

Here we reflect on the fourth in our series of all-staff talks in which Professor Bill Collins (Meteorology) reflects on what was achieved at COP26. Then Professor Tim Dixon (Construction…Read More >

Working together to change climate change

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15 November 2021

In the run-up to the COP26 Summit in November 2021, we held four all-staff talks to highlight our world-leading climate and environmental research. Each session included a research presentation and…Read More >

If we don’t learn from past climate disasters, they will claim more lives in the future

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12 November 2021

A central focus of discussions at the ongoing UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow is how to adapt to a warming world, including how to prevent climate hazards from becoming…Read More >

The Maldives is threatened by rising seas – but coastal development is causing even more pressing environmental issues

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8 November 20219 November 2021

As UN climate conference COP26 is ongoing, vulnerable nations are rightly highlighting how they are threatened by climate change. One such nation is the Maldives, for whose inhabitants sea level…Read More >

COP26: what would the world be like at 3°C of warming and how would it be different from 1.5°C?

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4 November 2021

In the Paris Agreement, countries committed to seek to limit the increase in temperature to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels. However, even if countries fulfilled their current pledges to reduce emissions,…Read More >

Climate change adaptation in East Africa: reflections on systemic change

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15 September 2021

In the run-up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow in November 2021, UKRI is holding a series of online events to showcase…Read More >

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