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Stay up to date with the latest from the YESI. Here you’ll find news stories, researcher highlights, project updates, and insights into how our interdisciplinary community is tackling global environmental challenges.
From new research and successful collaborations to upcoming opportunities and events, YESI News showcases the impact of environmental sustainability research at York—locally, nationally, and globally.
Visitors to the University of York's Campus West engaged with trees through science, literature, language, and creativity during a guided walk organised by the InTREEgue Network as part of this year's York Festival of Ideas.
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Members of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute team laced up their walking boots on Saturday 16 May 2026 to tackle the Great York Walk, raising an impressive £389 for Mentally Fit York.
New partnership to advance tropical ecosystem restoration in Benin
Trust, nourishing, potted plants and nature-inspired haikus
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Discover how international experts at YESI's Joint Symposium on Sustainable Futures are collaborating across borders to explore the critical environmental and social systems that will define the next decade of sustainability science.
Professor Philip Antwi-Agyei, a YESI International Fellow, will lead a new £20 million Wellcome-funded consortium at KNUST to tackle climate-related health threats across West Africa. The five-year initiative aims to transform scientific research into tangible policy actions, addressing the urgent impacts of heatwaves, drought, and dust storms on regional health and food security.