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Strategic approaches

The challenges raised by climate change and the transition to net zero are many and varied. They require complex, interlinked solutions to avert crisis and build a more sustainable future. The sections below each bring together research from a range of disciplines and topics, under various overarching themes. 

 

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Comprehension

Understanding systems, responses and impacts

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Implementation

Changing systems, responses and behaviours

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Mitigation

Limiting the effects of climate change

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Adaptation

Adapting to changes that are already unavoidable

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Financing the transition

What are the costs of climate change versus transitioning to net zero? How do we calculate them? Who should be responsible for those costs and how can we manage them? What are the challenges and how can they be overcome?

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  1. Short article: Assessing the effects of a changing climate on women and girls
    Description
    As reported by UN Women, women and girls face an abundance of amplified social and economic threats compounded by the impacts of climate change.
  2. SHORT ARTICLE: Securing a fairer global economy
    Description
    The climate crisis, the most complex and critical challenge of our time, must be tackled on many fronts. It requires coordinated, strategic and evidence-based action, yet working in harmony towards a shared goal is not always easy.
  3. BLOG: (Re)thinking a different future: sociological perspectives of climate change
    Description
    It is time to employ some radical thinking on the future of our food systems.
  4. Research paper: Public perceptions of demand side management and a smarter energy future
    Description
    This research paper examines public perceptions and acceptability of a range of current DSM possibilities in a representative sample of the British population. It explores concerns over climate change, affordability, and acceptance of new technology to understand barriers to adopton of new technologies.
  5. SHORT: Government's role in promoting wood burning stove emissions
    Description
    Based on an analysis of over 18,000 government records of heating and cooking appliances exempt from smoke control rules, and interviews with air pollution officers from local councils across the UK, the research shows how the Deregulation Act 2015 opened the door to a market of stoves exempt from urban air pollution controls (see graph).
  6. ARTICLE: Climate justice is social justice in the Global South
    Description
    To achieve climate justice, it is necessary to clarify what it means in specific contexts. The problem of climate (in)justice in the Global South arises from a broader story of social injustices. In this context, Charles argues that climate justice means social justice.
  7. BLOG: A university determined to make a difference
    Description
    Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West reflects on COP27 and says to tackle the greatest challenge of our time we must accelerate the delivery of sustainable technologies and solutions.
  8. Podcast: Ethnic Minorities and Disproportionate Environmental Impacts
    Description
    Race and Climate Change are inextricably linked, as our guest Dr Charles Ogunbode discusses with Chris Sims. In this episode, we look at why the conversation about the environment is missing out on a vital demographic, when that same demographic tends to shoulder most of the impacts.
  9. SUMMARY: Developing the world's first biodiversity credit standards
    Description
    This short article summarises a new £1 million project, led by University of Nottingham researchers, on the development of the world's first biodiversity credit standards. This framework will enable businesses and governments to quantify their impacts on the natural world.
  10. Podcast: The Ethics of Climate Finance
    Description
    Matthew Rendall joins Ben to talk about the ethics of financing climate change solutions. Is it justifiable to fund greenhouse gas mitigation through deficit spending? Matthew brings Ben up to speed on his latest research.
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