Research area > Mitigation

Thanks to painstaking IPCC work, we know with greater clarity, confidence, and certainty what we need to do to tackle climate change and by when. We also have technological, national, human, and policy success stories to build on, replicate, and amplify.

We are facing increasing threats of severe weather events and rising sea levels, which are likely to affect people on low incomes and communities in the global south hardest. But that doesn’t mean that those who control money and assets are immune.

By Dr Lisa Schipper, Co-ordinating lead chapter author for the IPCC sixth assessment report and Oxford environmental research fellow.

As we enter our fourth month of work on our Agile sprint on Scaling Up Nature-based Solutions in the UK, NbS team member Audrey Wagner reflects on her time at COP27 and considers what we can learn from the recent events at COP27.

The third event in a series of three, this OCRN event reflected upon the findings of AR6 and explored how it will influence future policy.

On the 7th of May, we had the opportunity to listen to a series of inspiring talks at the launch of Oxford’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy and the annual ONE lecture. Review by Ráchel Szebenyi, Graduate Student, University of Oxford.

A new study investigates whether protecting and restoring large animal wildlife can help to support climate change goals.