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Aerial photo showing how deforestation is used to make way for palm oil plantations

More inclusive and coherent global action on deforestation urgently needed

Environment
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And in the same way that governments make new five-yearly climate targets under the Paris Agreement, financial institutions (as well as companies and other non-state actors) should be asked to do the same

Net-zero transition planning should be mandatory across the economy

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Structural study of antibiotic opens the way for new TB treatments

Largest ever global study of tuberculosis identifies genetic causes of drug resistance

Health
Medical Sciences
Research
Society

Oxford University staff and students consulted on race equality proposals

Although animals produce emissions, they are an important part of our agriculture eco-systems and provide important nutrients.' But we need to reduce the global demand for meat, so countries that currently eat a lot of meat need to cut down. That would

How can we eat without cooking the planet?

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Six young academics from across the University of Oxford have today been given Philip Leverhulme prizes – the largest number awarded to researchers of any university.

Six early career Oxford academics win £100,000 Philip Leverhulme prizes

Awards
Alwyn Smith Prize medal bearing Peter Horby's name

Peter Horby receives prestigious award for outstanding service to public health

Research
We hear a lot from the managers and owners but little from care workers themselves who are a relatively hidden population. We actually know very little about the conditions of care workers and what it is like from their perspective

Calling care home workers: New study calls for carers’ opinions on conditions

Society
We have all seen images of distressed animals and devastated regions affected by flooding, fire and rising temperatures, says Professor Malhi. They show real decline in ecosystems around the world...even the Arctic tundra. Credit: Shutterstock.

The natural world is critical to climate - Professor Yadvinder Malhi

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The eight new Fellows come from across the Social Sciences division and include economics experts as well as researchers in Law, International Development, the Schools of Geography and the Department of Social Policy

Eight Oxford academics named new Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

Social Sciences

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