Climate

26 February 20262 min read

Researchers at the University of Exeter have been developing a new carbon budgeting tool designed to support decarbonisation decision-making in the highways sector.

10 July 20252 min read

The University of Exeter is proud to be a long-standing partner of the National Trust. As featured in the Trust’s Annual Research Report 2024–2025, our collaboration delivers practical, interdisciplinary solutions to some of the UK’s most pressing environmental, social and cultural challenges.

7 August 20242 min read

Despite covering most of our planet’s surface and playing a pivotal role in the climate system, the ocean hardly features on the UK schools’ curricula and is rarely taught in primary schools.

1 February 20242 min read

Dr Grace Twiston-Davies, a former Post-Doc Research Fellow, is now the Co-Director and Co-Founder of Wildflower Collective. This non-profit organisation is dedicated to tackling the climate and environmental crisis through the strategic use of wildflowers.

17 October 20233 min read

A new project between CIBSE and University of Exeter will help ensure future buildings are energy efficient and well-adapted to climate change.

5 October 20232 min read

Camborne School of Mines has been successful with support from Exeter Innovation (EI) with two bids for grants totalling over £300,000 from Innovate UK as part of its CLIMATES programme focussed on circular critical material supply chains.

3 February 20234 min read

Three "super-leverage points" could trigger a cascade of decarbonisation in sectors covering 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

6 September 20223 min read

Researchers and industry experts from the CREWW partnership came together to create research solutions to some of the most pressing business problems facing the water industry.

15 June 20222 min read

Experts from the University of Exeter have worked on pioneering project to design digital innovations; helping communities across Africa become more resilient to climate hazards and prevent outbreaks of associated diseases.

14 June 20222 min read

The University of Exeter is part of a pivotal new partnership that will help decarbonise the electricity system in Great Britain and accelerate progress towards Net Zero.

18 May 20222 min read

The University of Exeter is delighted to welcome a new Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence, Susannah McClintock. During her time with us, Susannah will be working on a new Green Futures Accelerator at the University and will champion diversity in entrepreneurship.

1 November 20212 min read

The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) – in partnership with Cornwall Council and a wide range of local stakeholders – is developing a tool to help local decision-makers adapt to climate change, by measuring the impact of climate interventions on population health.

14 December 20202 min read

Professor Toby Pennington and Dr Carolyn Petersen are working with field partners at the Instituto Ouro Verde (IOV) to level the playing field in gender roles in agroforestry systems in Brazil.

26 November 20203 min read

The University of Exeter works closely with the Met Office to tackle key challenges in weather and climate prediction as part of an in-depth Met Office Academic Partnership.

13 November 20202 min read

Research at the University of Exeter helped avoid closure of UK airspace on two separate occasions in 2017 and 2019.

28 September 20202 min read

Research led by Dr Jean-Francois Mercure has contributed to the development of a global model which forecasts the positive and negative impact that a transition to low carbon technology and renewable energy would have on our economy.

26 August 20204 min read

University of Exeter works closely with the Met Office to tackle key challenges in weather and climate prediction as part of an in-depth Met Office Academic Partnership.

17 August 20204 min read

Dr Oliver Stoner and Dr Theo Economou have developed an advanced yet highly interpretable statistical data model for capturing the behaviour of high resolution rainfall time series.

7 August 20205 min read

Our research released today shows the process of 'In Danger' listings is being manipulated for political gain. National governments and other groups try to keep sites off the list, with strategies such as lobbying, or partial efforts to protect a site.

3 August 20205 min read

Just how sensitive is the climate to increased carbon dioxide? Scientists are narrowing in on the answer.

28 July 20203 min read

For this year's #WorldNatureConservationDay, PhD candidate Hind Mohsen Al Ameri talks about why our warming climate could be driving marine turtles into extinction and why the conservation of nature is vital to life on Earth.

24 July 20206 min read

TIST is a network of farmers who have to date planted over 19 million trees. The University of Exeter is working with TIST to quantify and understand TIST’s impacts at landscape scales and on multiple sustainable development goals.

1 June 20206 min read

Mandatory social distancing under COVID-19 is disrupting the way we live and work, creating new lifestyle patterns. But once the crisis is over, will – and should – the picture return to normal?

3 November 2017< 1 min read

A project by University of Exeter PhD Candidate Katharina Kaesehage has helped a number of Cornish businesses to engage with issues around climate change.

22 November 2016< 1 min read

Professor David B. Stephenson is Director of the Exeter Climate Systems (XCS) research centre, and based within the Mathematics department in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

14 April 2016< 1 min read

Vast amounts of plastic waste are thrown into the oceans every year, what would it mean if this plastic could, and was entering the food chain?