Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Professor of Ecosystem Science, has been named in the ENDS Power List 2026, marking his third consecutive appearance in the annual ranking of the UK's most influential environmental professionals.
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School of Geography and the Environment celebrates REF2021 result
UK funding bodies have published the results of the most recent national research assessment exercise, the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. The School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) at the University of Oxford is delighted with our evaluation in REF 2021.
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What the invasion of Ukraine means for the IPCC's latest climate change report
The UN's new IPCC report on the mitigation of climate change says that immediate and deep emissions reductions are needed to limit global warming, along with removing carbon dioxide back out of the air in future. Meanwhile, the world's governments are urging fossil fuel companies to drill for more oil and gas as fast as possible to make up for sanctions on Russia. What on earth is going on? Prof Myles Allen and Dr Hugh Helferty write for The Conversation.
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Dr Amber Murrey awarded prestigious British Academy/Wolfson Fellowship
Dr Amber Murrey has been awarded one of only six prestigious British Academy/Wolfson Fellowships for her work on the politics and geographies of knowledge, agency and resistance in Cameroon.
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Water matters: for girls, for education, for future prosperity
Professor Robert Hope, professor of water policy and director of the REACH programme, explores why water is vital - not just for drinking and health, but for life chances and education.
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Oxford launches new multi-disciplinary ZERO Institute
The University of Oxford today announces the launch of the multi-disciplinary ZERO Institute (Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford) to tackle the challenges of an equitable, secure global zero-carbon energy transition.
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How can SMEs help to enhance food system resilience?
Collaboration with larger institutions could untap the potential for small and medium sized enterprises to contribute to greater UK food security, according to the latest policy and practice brief from the GFS FSR Programme.
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Individual climate action - the free and instant way to help Ukraine
In the face of a constant stream of bad news - the war in Ukraine, the climate crisis, spiralling fuel poverty and looming global food shortages - positive action is the best way to cope. Alison Smith shows how there is a set of actions that we can all take to address all these emergencies simultaneously, with immediate results, and at no financial cost.
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Scholarships that are helping to change the world
Oxford Giving meets Priscilla Santos, a graduate of SoGE's MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy. She talks about her Oxford experience, her current work with WWF in Italy and her motivation to support her home country of Brazil on climate and environmental issues.
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Marina Ovsyannikova risked jail by opposing Putin on TV. Here's why we fear for her
Prof Judith Pallot, Emeritus Professor, examines the Russian penal system and the possible consequences for Marina Ovsyannikova who risked jail by opposing Putin on TV, in an opinion piece for The Guardian.
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