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Climate ‘tipping points’ can be positive too – our report sets out how to engineer a domino effect of rapid changes

fran_kie / shutterstock Steven R. Smith, University of Surrey; Caroline Zimm, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and Tim Lenton, University of Exeter A young boy is forced to sit at a dinner table with grown-ups talking endlessly about … Continue reading

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Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

Carole Roberts, UCL; Mark Maslin, UCL, and Priti Parikh, UCL Rishi Sunak, David Cameron and King Charles are just three of the more than 70,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries at the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, COP28. But … Continue reading

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Why iconic trees are so important to us – and how replacing those that fall is often complicated

The Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wall, UK. Mark Godden/Shutterstock Helen Parish, University of Reading and Ewan Macdonald, University of Oxford An ancient kola tree has been cut down in southern Ghana. Local tradition held that the tree had grown … Continue reading

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How a hybrid heating system could lower your bills and shrink your carbon footprint

Hybrid systems combine two or more technologies to heat a house. ThomsonD/Shutterstock Jovana Radulovic, University of Portsmouth To heat your home without damaging the climate, you will need to replace your gas boiler. UK government advisers recommend switching to appliances … Continue reading

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SAP – a blast from the past

SAP – a blast from the past I had a request recently to undertake a new build SAP assessment from a design calc I had undertaken, nothing unusual there. But then I discovered that the design assessment I had done … Continue reading

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