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A sustainable bioeconomy relies on a constant supply of sustainable feedstocks. There needs to be enough feedstock available for the various processes and they need to be economical to acquire.

A new set of maps showing how the climate has shifted in each UK constituency will help people ask pertinent questions on the doorstep in future elections, write Professor Chris Brierley (UCL Geography) and Hannah Woodward of Birkbeck, University of London in The Conversation.

The need to tackle climate change is becoming more urgent, making sustainable manufacturing of goods a global concern. However, making all'industries sustainable is difficult, especially high-tech sectors like the semiconductor industry. The latter, which is crucial for making electronic devices, has a significant environmental impact, with sizeable portion of a product's carbon footprint incurred before it even leaves the factory.

The key to resilience is diversity, both of species in ecosystems and conservation measures in protected area management systems, write Emeritus Professor Peter Jones (UCL Geography) and Professor Rick Stafford of Bournemouth University in The Conversation.

Professor Mark Maslin's (UCL Geography) believes voluntary carbon markets are a small but essential part of worldwide efforts to reduce global emissions.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Oxford University Physics Department , IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), and various national forecasting and meteorology agencie

Scientific principles and transparency must lead the conversation about what counts as carbon credits in order to build confidence in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), finds a new report led by UCL researchers.

Vegan festival study shows collective experience can motivate people to pursue social change Festivals and mass gatherings can empower and inspire people making lifestyle changes for a sustainable fu

A lack of crowdsourced weather data in deprived areas across England and Wales could deny climate scientists important information about local weather and climate zones, putting disadvantaged people potentially at risk, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The research, published in Nature Communications, found a significant difference in the distribution of personal weather stations, with greater prevalence in more affluent areas compared to deprived areas.

A new survey of public opinion research reveals the overwhelming majority around the world support more ambitious efforts, and want to overcome geopolitical differences, to fight climate change.

Researchers at the University of Southampton have conducted the most detailed spatial analysis to date of storm surges along the coast of the UK and Ireland. The oceanographers found coastlines in the north of the Irish Sea experience the longest and largest surges, while those occurring around the southwest coast of England have the smallest geographical footprint and last the shortest amount of time.

From a cellar to a railway arch, this is how Dr Aled Roberts is making more sustainable tiles from everyday ingredients and byproducts from industry.

Professor James White and colleagues in the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) have received ESRC funding to investigate how cities can be planned and 'retrofitted' for net-zero living.

Existing fossil fuel projects are sufficient to meet projected energy demands in a global transition to net zero emissions, finds a new study by researchers from UCL and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Their policy paper, published in Science , argues that stopping new fossil fuel projects is a crucial step for countries to achieve their climate goals.

The release of captive bred Arabian leopards carefully selected for their genes could make a significant contribution to the successful recovery of the Critically Endangered wild population and avert extinction, according to new research involving UCL. An international team of scientists, from the University of Kent, University of East Anglia, UCL, Nottingham-Trent University and the Diwan of Royal Court in Oman, surveyed the remote Dhofar mountain range of southern Oman to determine how many of Arabia's last big cat survive.

Artificial intelligence is being employed in the hunt for a female partner for a critically endangered male plant species that predates dinosaurs.

Chemical method identified to tackle hard-to-recycle packaging material, cutting landfill waste Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable.

UCL researchers are to partner with RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, to explore how the human brain interacts with built environments, and how understanding this can help design sustainable surroundings that enhance people's health and wellbeing.

Giving up your car for three weeks might feel like a sacrifice, but a group of people who did just that found it improved their health and well-being Participating in a three-week car-free challenge

Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) and Professor Sanjay Sisodiya (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) argue in The Conversation that the global scale of those with neurological and psychiatric conditions that could be adversely affected by climate change is huge.

Climate change, and its effects on weather patterns and adverse weather events, is likely to negatively affect the health of people with brain conditions, argue a UCL-led team of researchers.