'Communicate smarter' about climate change action
Policy analysts and planners will be able to “communicate smarter” about climate change action by using a new online decision-support tool which has been launched at COP27.
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COP27 and research at Leeds
The 2020s have been described as the critical decade for climate change.
'Government must protect critical services from climate change'
A damning report from MPs says the Government needs to do more to protect critical national infrastructure in the UK from being disrupted by extreme weather.
Getting Yorkshire to net zero
Regional leaders and organisations must work ever more closely to achieve net zero in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Vulnerability and policing research centre launches
A ground-breaking new research centre aims to change how the police, public services and local government work together to help vulnerable people.
Cost of living crisis highlights racial inequalities
Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately falling faster and further below the poverty line amidst the cost of living crisis, according to a new report.
Rethinking young women's working lives
New research will examine how women’s early experiences of employment shape long-term career paths and reinforce inequalities in the labour market.
Leeds professor elected to British Academy
A leading law academic at Leeds has been made a Fellow of the British Academy.
Equality marriage bill introduced in Lords
Legal moves to allow same sex marriages in all British Oversea Territories have been introduced in the House of Lords.
The women engineers making their profession more sustainable
A leading researcher at Leeds has been named as one of the most influential women in engineering.