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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. 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. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. SHORT ARTICLE: The great outdoors – reimagining teaching and learning
    Description
    After the world started opening up again post-Covid, and our relationship with the outdoors had been reimagined, Dr Jenny Elliott started working with a small group of colleagues from within the School of Education to think about the potential for developing an outdoor learning and community space on Jubilee Campus.
  9. SHORT ARTICLE: Paying for the transition to sustainable energy
    Description
    Energy security, climate change, sustainable energy and the transition to renewable energy are linked topics. Increasingly, the preferred policy direction across the globe is to promote renewable energy options, in order to tackle climate change and create a sustainable economy while maintaining energy security.
  10. SUMMARY: Understanding how to conserve plant diversity
    Description
    This short article summarises research discovering new patterns of plant diversity. The study produced, for the first time, global maps of local plant biodiversity, based on field surveys around the world, transforming our understanding of how to conserve this vital resource.
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