ADAPT Lock-in
Responding to climate change impacts demands decisive action to adapt, yet there is a well-documented and growing ‘adaptation gap’. Action has been very limited, as
Our Research Projects
Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions
“Arid and semi-arid land” by Kandukuru Nagarjun via Flickr is licensed under CC BY 2.0 This is a 5-year research and research-into-use project awarded by
ADJUST1.5: When will 1.5°C of warming occur, and what will the consequences be?
Overview The 2015 Paris Agreement aims ‘to limit the temperature increase [due to climate change] to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels’ – but how will this
ADMIT: Harmonising Adaptation and Mitigation for agriculture and water in China
Recent research suggests that food production in China could be threatened by the combined effects of climate change and other socio-economic drivers. The agricultural sector
ADVANCE: Modelling Analysis of Climate Change Mitigation
Integrated assessment and energy-economy models are important tools for informing long-term global and regional climate mitigation strategies. Sound policy advice requires improved representations of complex
Ahon: stories and imaginaries of resilience and progress in a changing climate
Ahon, meaning ‘to rise up’, will capture people’s visions of a ‘good life’ in order to produce a values-based narrative of climate resilient development and set out ways to track progress and articulate aspirational goals based on lived realities and local knowledge systems.
ARCC Water: Adaptive and Resilient Water Systems
Reliable water supply is fundamental to human health and wellbeing, and in the UK is underpinned by inter-linked infrastructure for abstraction, storage, treatment and conveyance
AVOID 2, preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system
“Sandy Bottom” by Marc Cooper via Flickr is licensed under CC BY SA 2.0 Overview AVOID 2 is a UK government funded climate change research
Avoided risks of global warming
“global warming” by alandberning is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 U.S. Forest Service photo. Our research considers the risks of global warming associated with 1.5C
Beyond Cost and Carbon
Dr Naomi Vaughan and Dr Aimie Hope work on Beyond Cost and Carbon – a Leverhulme funded project based at the Tyndall Centre, University of
Bio-Cap UK: Biomass with CO2 Capture
This UK study is titled Bio-Cap UK: Air/Oxy Biomass Combustion with CO2 Capture Technology. Converting biomass to electricity with carbon capture and storage (bio-CCS) could
BRISKEE: Supporting policies based on empirical investment behaviour
BRISKEE – Behavioural Response to Investment Risks in Energy Efficiency – is a Horizon 2020 project that will provide evidence-based input to the design and