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Eight Oxford researchers win top UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships

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If the proposed policy were adopted, emitters would be subject to a ‘Carbon Removal Obligation’. Interest could be added, establishing a legal responsibility for carbon debt repayment. CROs would be tradeable, by treating carbon debt like financial debt,

Future generations will face crippling costs without action now on carbon debt

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Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Hubert Keller, Co-Senior Partner of the banking group Lombard Odier have officially signed a multi-year partnership to foster sustainable finance and investment research, with a

Lombard Odier and Oxford in landmark research collaboration on sustainable finance and investment

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Is simply planting more trees the easy way out? The answers do not look straightforward. It is all about right trees, right spots, and the right science. Credit: Shutterstock.

Rewilding cities: grow back greener, cleaner and healthier

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cutting-edge, peer-reviewed attribution would allow lawyers to ascertain the prospects of successful litigation before cases reach court

Poor use of science jeopardises climate lawsuits, finds Oxford research

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True Planet: Oxford research for a changing world The world is in a climate crisis, and Oxford researchers are at the forefront of trying to find solutions in adaptation and resilience, nature, energy transition, clean road transport and green finance. O

G7: last chance to board the green pandemic recovery ship before it sails, say Oxford experts

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novel forms of NbS can be used to help conserve and enhance urban heritage, including using soil and turf to physically consolidate vulnerable walls and ruins (termed 'soft capping') as well as enhancing the visitor experience by bringing nature and all i

Enhancing urban life and heritage: Nature-based solutions in the city

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Unlike techniques to reduce emissions at source, Greenhouse Gas Removal aims to capture and remove CO2 and other greenhouse gases already in the air. Achieving net zero requires dramatic reductions in emissions, but it also requires GGR. Credit: Shutterst

£30 million official backing for Oxford-led greenhouse gas removal programme

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Credit: Shutterstock. True Planet: The world is in a climate crisis, and Oxford researchers are at the forefront of trying to find solutions in adaptation and resilience, nature, energy transition, clean road transport and green finance.

Nature-based solutions highly effective in long term - Oxford research

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Credit: Shutterstock. People may work with beavers on the restoration, rather than controlling them. The beavers, who are best placed to deliver sustainable results, are left to make positive changes in the landscape.

Nature must be a partner, not just a provider of services – Oxford report

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