The Climate Action sub-programme of the LIFE Programme will contribute to the shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. It has three priorities: mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to climate change, and governance and information. Background The European…
New JRF Call: Locality & community resilience to climate change
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has issued a call for proposals which seek to identify what existing evidence and emerging practice tell us about local, including community, resilience to climate change. The JRF are looking for proposals that will help them…
Lincoln achieves partner status with pioneering UN settlement programme
The University of Lincoln has become part of a select group of institutions to hold partner status with a pioneering United Nations programme, opening the door for staff and students to engage with humanitarian projects around the globe. The United…
Lincoln blue tits provide insight into climate change
Researchers believe that the size of birds’ nests created in response to changing weather patterns may be partly to blame for reproductive failures over the last two years. An article in the April edition of The Biologist, the Society of…
Lizards facing mass extinction
Climate change could lead to dozens of lizard species becoming extinct within the next 50 years, according to new research published this week. Globally it has been observed that lizards with viviparous reproduction (retention of embryos within the mother’s body)…
Developing the offshore wind supply chain
Tue 13 Nov 2012 – Thistle Hotel, Marble Arch, Bryanston Street, London W1H 7EH The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Technology Strategy Board are to invest up to £11.2m in technical feasibility studies; development and demonstration…