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Greening the Recovery in Ghana and Zambia
Greening the Recovery in Ghana and Zambia. 10 December 2020. Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, action is needed to reduce global carbon emissions to…
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No country immune to the health impacts of climate change – Lancet Countdown 2020
The Lancet Countdown 2020 reports that all countries will see the impacts of climate change on health and a joined-up response with the COVID-19 pandemic can deliver not only better public health but a sustainable economy and environmental protection…
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Climate change will hit food supplies in the poorest countries hardest
A modest global temperature rise is likely to weaken the food security of the world’s poorest countries, according to a new modelling study led by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR) and involving Southampton University and the…
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Online event with Antonio Pedro: Mineral resource governance in the 21st Century
Join ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº ISR for our next public seminar, Mineral resource governance in the 21st Century: gearing extractive industries towards sustainable development. With speaker Antonio Pedro from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.…
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¹û¶³Ó°Ôº ISR contributes to new circular economy research centres funded by UKRI
Researchers from the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Institute for Sustainable Resources are involved in new circular economy research centres funded by the UK Government to help reduce waste, energy and pollution in UK industries.…
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Study by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº researchers shows limited benefits of paper recycling unless powered by renewables
Recycling paper may only be helpful to the climate if it is powered by renewable energy, according to a new modelling study by researchers at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº ISR, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº CEGE and Yale.…
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Renewable energy can create up to 150,000 new UK jobs says new paper by ISR researchers
Renewable energy can create up to 150,000 new UK jobs, six times more than nuclear electricity, 75% long-term.…
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ISR academics produce report highlighting need to harness exponential growth of renewable power
The report, ‘Shape and Pace of Change in the Electricity Transition: Sectoral dynamics and indicators of progress’, was commissioned by the We Mean Business coalition and conducted by ISR academics Prof Michael Grubb, Mr Paul Drummond and Dr…
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CDP and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº report climate crisis cost to reach $31 trillion a year if emissions not rapidly reduced
The summary report shows sharply rising climate change related economic and non-economic damage costs in a ‘business as usual’ scenario to US$31 trillion per year.…
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Climate Assembly UK report published with Prof Jim Watson as an expert lead
The UK citizens assembly on climate change final report has been published with contributions from Professor Jim Watson.…
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