UNIVERSITY OF READING

Reading climate scientists are playing a growing role in international aid and helping to prepare people globally for climate risks through a new partnership.The University of Reading and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre have…

Visitors to a University of Reading museum will soon come face to face with possibly the most accurate recreation of a bird-like dinosaur species to date, after a life-size model was unveiled this week.The bird-like Archaeopteryx is…

The University of Reading has been liaising with Wokingham Borough Council as part of the Local Plan Update – which will be consulted upon formally later in November. The Loddon Valley Garden Village forms part of these draft proposals,…

COP26 has so far focused on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. But we also need to adapt to a changing climate and increase our resilience to risks. One of the barriers to this is a lack of information on how risks might change at…

Students unable to travel to Glasgow are still getting the COP26 experience thanks to a partnership between the Walker Institute and the SCENARIO doctoral centre.The COP Climate Action Studio (COPCAS) enables doctoral and postgraduate…

Training to empower teachers to effectively incorporate climate change within their lessons and a national library of quality assured teaching resources are part of an action plan being launched to reshape climate education in UK…

The University of Reading's ambitious and detailed plan to become Carbon Net Zero by 2030 has been recognised as one the best of its kind in the UK.The Energy Management Awards 2021, run by the Energy Managers Association, represents…

Global carbon emissions in 2021 are set to rebound close to pre-Covid levels, according to a major report into greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.The latest Global Carbon Project report, involving scientists from the University of…

A lawsuit brought forward by an indigenous group in Colombia could provide an important precedent in bringing a climate justice case against a national government.In what is believed to be the first Global South case of its kind, the…

Time spent alone during the pandemic led to positive effects on well-being across all ages, new research has found.The study of more than 2000 teenagers and adults, published in Frontiers in Psychology today (Monday 1 November), found…