The University of York and COP26

Dr Chris West, of the Stockholm Environment Institute at York, has contributed to the new UK Soy Manifesto, which commits participants to buy only soya which has been grown without causing deforestation. And major retailers are signing up.

Tree planting might seem like an easy answer to UK net zero efforts. But while the carbon capturing ability of trees is not in doubt, in this blog, Dr Alison Dyke argues that trees offer so much more to urban communities than photosynthesis.

The global response to adapting to climate change is fragmented and incremental undertaken by individuals rather than a comprehensive and coherent effort by communities and institutions, a new study has revealed.