When the World Climate Research Programme launched their My Climate Risk Lighthouse Activity, the Walker Institute was a natural choice to be one of the 12 original regional hubs in…Read More >
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Climate change adaptation in East Africa: reflections on systemic change
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 >
How to design a forest fit to heal the planet
Reforestation is an important part of tackling climate change, and if done well, it can support biodiversity and human wellbeing too, says the Walker Institute’s Dr Heather Plumpton in a…Read More >
Reading climate experts gather at COP25
UN climate change conference COP25 is underway in Madrid, and our climate scientists and students are there. Here we round up the University of Reading’s activities at the most significant…Read More >
1.5 degree limit won’t save the earth’s ‘third pole’
Even if we limit global warming to 1.5 degrees it will not be enough to prevent melting of the world’s third largest store of ice, in the Himalayas – and…Read More >
News from Prosperity and Resilience: Walker Institute and Marie Aronsson-Storier
The School of Law and the Walker Institute, together with the American Society of International Law, held the Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law Symposium at UoR between 29 June…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 >