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Mitigating damage

Carbon neutral and net zero targets play a key role in limiting the effects of climate change. The research gathered below explores how we achieve those goals and other things we need to understand and do to prevent further damage.  

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Professor Aoife Nolan explains why social sciences research, law, and her work on international law in particular, are essential to create a sustainable future.  

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  1. Blog: Impacts of transitioning to Net Zero
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    Achieving Net Zero requires pivoting away from fossil fuels, but the economic risks of an abrupt or unplanned transition are enormous. Success demands that governments understand and manage the impact on the oil and gas industry, argues Hafez Abdo.
  2. Video: Unwrapping food supply chains
    Description
    In this short video series, Dr Anne Touboulic and Dr Lucy McCarthy unwrap their knowledge of food supply chains to explore some of the factors that go into food supply chains and some of the changes that can help to create a more sustainable system for the future.
  3. Blog: Building more effective tools for environmental education
    Description
    Educational resources that target children's sense of agency are key in supporting behavioural change. To combat climate change we need to understand how to design and implement these into the curriculum most effectively, argues Jonathan Halls.
  4. News: Impact of climate change on future generations
    Description
    Prof Simon Gosling summarises the findings and significance of a longer research paper he co-authored. The research demonstrates the impact that climate change will have on future generations, clearly demonstrating the need for fast action by governments and policy makers to limit emissions and avert crisis.
  5. Short article: Enterprise, communities and climate change: the mobilisation of ideas
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    Entrepreneurship can be just as much about responding to pressing challenges as it is about creating wealth. At the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, current research shows how responsible entrepreneurship can change behaviours to reduce carbon usage within those communities most affected by climate change.
  6. Short article: Assessing the effects of a changing climate on women and girls
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    As reported by UN Women, women and girls face an abundance of amplified social and economic threats compounded by the impacts of climate change.
  7. SHORT ARTICLE: Securing a fairer global economy
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    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.
  8. BLOG: (Re)thinking a different future: sociological perspectives of climate change
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    It is time to employ some radical thinking on the future of our food systems.
  9. 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.
  10. 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).
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