1️⃣0️⃣ A visualisation of 10 years of the Priestley Centre 🔍 Click through the graphic to see how we went from a core team of three to a team of 20 and a community of 520+ members! climate.leeds.ac.uk/priestley10y...

We're hiring! The Centre is looking for a Research and Innovation Development Manager to join our team on a 13-month contract. Advance climate research and innovation by supporting funding applications and building partnerships across academia, policy and industry. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

📉 The remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is just 130 billion tonnes of CO₂ from 2026 - likely to be exhausted in around three years at current emissions. [8/9]

🔥🌊 Marine heatwaves have more than tripled since 1991, impacting ocean ecosystems, weather patterns, and carbon cycling. [7/9]

🌊 Global sea levels reached a new high of 23 cm above 1901 levels in 2025, with the rate of rise continuing to accelerate. [6/9]

🔥 The rate of human-induced warming remains at a record 0.27°C per decade, with falls in polluting emissions revealing more of the warming caused by greenhouse gases. [4/9]

🏭 Global greenhouse gas emissions have reached a new record high, hitting 56.8 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2e) in 2024, largely from fossil fuel use. [3/9]

🌡️ The amount of global warming caused by humans reached 1.37°C in 2025, and is now expected to pass 1.5°C in around four years if current trends continue. The Earth’s energy imbalance, how fast heat is building up in earth's system, is now at a record high, having doubled in recent decades. [2/9]

Today the Priestley Centre co-hosted a side event at SB64 in Bonn. The session focused on perspectives following the Transitioning Aways from Fossil Fuels conference in Santa Marta, exploring how national fossil fuel phase-out roadmaps can reduce climate harm while maximising economic benefit.

Proud to see our students at UNFCCC's (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) #SB64 in Bonn! PhD researcher Prahelika Deka presents a poster today - tackling eco-anxiety through education, dialogue & collective action. She's also leading ACE dialogues with policymakers & youth.

Meet the University of Leeds delegation at #SB64 Bringing research, policy insight & student engagement to global climate talks (June 8–18, 2026), with colleagues contributing both in Bonn and online: climate.leeds.ac.uk/unfcccandcop... Follow along for updates. #ClimateAction #ResearchImpact

We’ve received 97 Climate Launchpad UK applications from 34 cities! Excited to see the strong representation across circular industry, deep tech & emissions reduction. Stay tuned to see which go on to become finalists 🌍 #ClimateInnovation #NetZero #CleanTech

On Tuesday our Director, Professor Piers Forster, received a CBE from Prince William, Prince of Wales, in recognition of his work to tackle climate change. Congratulations to Piers on this well-deserved honour. A proud moment for the Priestley Centre.

Attend tomorrow's panel event on the future of global climate governance With COP30, emissions rising, shifting geopolitical dynamics, & recent discussions at the Santa Marta conference, the need to bring climate science & policy together has never been clearer. forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

Yesterday, Piers Forster presented Defining National Fossil Fuel Phase Out Roadmaps: A Colombian Case Study at a side event at TAFF Santa Marta, Colombia. Key to the roadmap was the work of Priestley researchers Elliott Johnson and Alejandro Romero Prieto. Learn Elliott's thoughts on the conference.

Yesterday, Piers Forster presented Defining National Fossil Fuel Phase Out Roadmaps: A Colombian Case Study at a side event at TAFF in Santa Marta. Key to the roadmap was the work of Priestley researchers Elliott Johnson and Alejandro Romero Prieto. Here's Alejandro's thoughts on the conference.

We're excited to announce that Priestley Centre Director, Piers Forster, is speaking at the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels Conference in Colombia. 18:00 Colombia time today, he’ll present the draft national roadmap for fossil fuel phase-out in Colombia. #TAFF #ClimateScience #EnergyTransition

Read all about our 'Books in Conversation' event, a session where we explored two newly released works that challenge conventional thinking on climate action and development. We heard from the books' authors Professor Lucie Middlemiss and Dr Peter Sutoris 👉 climate.leeds.ac.uk/books-in-con...

10 years of the Priestley Centre! Piers Forster’s new blog looks back at Paris 2015, how optimism sparked action, and what we’ve built since. Still lots to fight for, but lots to celebrate too. climate.leeds.ac.uk/piers-forste...

A great couple of days seeing innovation in action! We’ve brought global manufacturer Nufarm together with cutting‑edge climate innovators to develop breakthrough solutions. Stay tuned to find out the solutions Nufarm go with! If you're developing climate solutions let us know climate@leeds.ac.uk

In autumn, our Climate Evidence Unit supported Low Carbon Chinatown, an arts-led project by Ling Tan exploring how food, culture and climate action intersect. Read all about this amazing project here: climate.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/cli...

Great to be talking all things climate innovation at @resetconnect.bsky.social this week! Thank you to our wonderful roundtable panellists, speakers and attendees 👏

How can deep-tech startups, academia, and industry accelerate climate solutions at scale? The Priestley Centre and EarthScale are delighted to be hosting an event exploring this at @resetconnect.bsky.social in the Royal Armouries on 4 March. More info: climate.leeds.ac.uk/events/scali...

Uni of Leeds researchers are helping to strengthen sanitation systems in sub‑Saharan Africa & South Asia. Part of the team is Priestley member Dr Paul Hutchings who says "Universities have an important role to play in supporting governments & development partners” climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/clean-w...

Access to trees and greenspaces is consistently low across English cities according to a new study led by the Uni of Leeds Researchers used a recognised 3-part framework for measuring greenspace & found that only 2% of buildings in any city met all rule components climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/access-...

Priestley Principal Fellow Professor Richard Beardsworth analyses climate leadership after COP30 in Belém, revealing how the conference maps the political, economic and developmental conditions that structure the feasibility of fossil-fuel exit climate.leeds.ac.uk/two-worlds-o...

🌡️ Our director, Piers Forster CBE, features in a @newscientist.com.web.brid.gy article commenting on the 1.5°C warming limit goal that transformed global climate policy and 'created a sense of urgency'. Those with a subscription can read the article here: www.newscientist.com/article/2508...

🌎The Priestley Centre and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero are hosting the UK’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change community for the Seventh Assessment Cycle. The first UK Government event of its kind, it brings together new and experienced UK IPCC authors allowing connection.

🌳 Tropical forests can recover twice as quickly after deforestation if they have adequate soil nitrogen, according to new research led by the Uni of Leeds and Priestley members climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/nitroge...

1️⃣@carbonbrief.org reports that the climate paper with the most media attention in 2025 was the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC) update led by Prof. Piers Forster, Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures! Full report & key findings: climate.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/ind...