The School of Geography and the Environment is very saddened to learn of the death of our former colleague and Head of School, Professor Andrew Goudie.
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Can rationing carbon help fight climate change?
Dr Tina Fawcett, senior researcher in ECI's Energy Group, comments on personal carbon allowances including potential issues around equitability for poorer households in this article from recently launched 'BBC Future Planet', a new initiative dedicated to the environment.
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Brazil's Amazonian Battle
Dr Erika Berenguer discusses the impact of deforestation on the Amazon rainforest and global carbon emissions in episode 3 of "Politics of Climate Change", an investigative documentary from Channel News Asia. [Watch from minute 9:00]
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Climate change: What is the future of our food?
Dr Monika Zurek and Dr Jim Woodhill, from the Food Systems Group at ECI, join the University of Oxford Futuremakers podcast to discuss the the future of food: from global warming and the impact of diet on carbon footprint, to lab-grown meat and new technologies that may make our food supply more adaptable and robust. #TruePlanet
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Climate change and flooding on BBC Radio 4
In the wake of storms and flooding across the UK, Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risk, discusses potential policies for UK coastal communities that are under threat due to climate change. [Listen from 20:50]
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Evaluating what works (or doesn't) in energy innovation policy
How does public spending impact clean energy innovation? The evidence on what works best, and why, is still surprisingly limited. Jacquelyn Pless and Cameron Hepburn develop a framework for energy innovation policy and programme evaluation for generating a wider evidence base in a new paper for Nature Energy.
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The $900 billion write-off of 'stranded energy assets' needed to make climate targets will be one of the biggest capital shifts ever
To meet the 1.5C global warming target, 84% of remaining fossil fuels would need to remain in the ground. Dr Ben Caldecott, director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Program at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, provides comment in the National Post. [Original story in the Lex column, Financial Times.]
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Free public transport in Luxembourg
In an attempt to incentivise people to use cars less often, in favour of greener public transport options, all buses, trams, and trains in Luxembourg were made free of charge at the start of this month. The TSU's Tim Schwanen discusses the initiative, and its political nature, and questions whether it will balance out social and economic inequalities - in an article on the Are We Europe website.
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How can we ensure our investments don't harm the environment?
There is a massive and sustained interest in aligning finance with sustainability. Individual savers, shareholders, politicians and regulators all have a part to play, writes Ben Caldecott for the Telegraph 'Power of Us' campaign.
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A remote sensing algorithm to detect giant kelp forests in the world ocean
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is the keystone species of one of the richest and most productive marine ecosystems on Earth, but detailed info on its distribution is entirely missing in some marine ecoregions, especially the high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere. In a recent publication, an international team led by SoGE DPhil student Alejandra Mora-Soto, employed satellite imagery to detect giant kelp, validated it with drone imagery from multiple sites, and created the first global high-resolution map of giant kelp.
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Going vegan with BBC Good Food
This in-depth article explores how a vegan diet can be better for the environment and investigates the impact of 'Veganuary'. Featuring research from Joseph Poore and comment from Helen Beecham of the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN).
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