News from the School of Geography and the Environment

Dr Richard Washington receives Teaching Excellence Award
MSc student, Aaron Holdway, joins Antarctic expedition to help learn about the effects of climate change
Dr Parr delivers lecture at African Savannas seminar
Dr Zhao delivers lectures at climate conferences during October
Dr Daley delivers invited keynote address at African Development Forum Annual Conference,
Dr David Bonilla and Nihan Akyelken deliver presentation to 3rd Forum: Freight Transport Scenarios Conference in Brussels
Prof. Banister delivers keynote paper to the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
Prof. Clark delivers invited lectures at various seminars and conferences during October
Dr Baigent awarded British Academy research grant
Dr McDonnell awarded funding from USAID to develop a Middle East North Africa node with NASA modelling regional hydrology
The OCWR and Dr Jepson part of a trans-European consortium awarded EU research project funding
Alistair Seddon awarded John Ripley Carter Prize for the best student presentation at the 2009 British Diatomists' Meeting
Preliminary findings and a short documentary of the Oxford University Labyrinth Lost Expedition launched
English Geographies 1600 - 1950: a book of essays in honour of Dr Jack Langton published
Dr Zhao interviewed by BBC World Service on the Chinese President's speech at the United Nations Climate Change Summit
Dr Jepson appointed advisor to BBC Wildlife Fund for appeal on '2010 - the year of biodiversity'
Dr Daley elected Chair of the Fahamu Trust
Prof. Goudie awarded 2009 David Linton Award by the British Society for Geomorphology
Doctoral student Kho Lip Khoon presents his research on tropical forest soil CO2 flux at the AsiaFlux Workshop 2009 in Sapporo, Japan
Professor Yadvinder Malhi advises Copenhagen Ghost Forest Exhibition
Prof. Thomas and Dr Burrough's Lake Makgadikgadi research featured by the BBC World Service
Can biodiversity persist in the face of climate change?
ECI doctoral student designs community agroforestry offset project in Peru for Oxford College
Diana Liverman presents her inaugural lecture as Honorary Professor of Climate Change Research at the University of Copenhagen
Is the draft flood and water management bill going to address current and future flooding problems in the UK?
ECI host a successful week of master classes for students on the MSC Environmental Change and Management course and fellows from Lead International
Dr Pam Berry attends the launch of the Science Museum's "Prove it!" event to showcase research on biodiversity and climate change
Energy researcher Catherine Bottrill appears in a documentary programme about energy consumption in the music industry for teachersTV
Lower Carbon Future researchers present four papers at the first European Conference on Energy Efficiency and Behaviour
Dr Hickman and Prof. Banister publish VIBAT London project
Dr Hickman and Prof. Banister present poster at ECI 4 Degrees and Beyond Conference
Dr Hickman presents papers at European Transport Conference
PRESS RELEASE: Energy Security DIY? Microgeneration market needs makeover says Oxford University
Dr Berry delivers paper at the 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology
Dr Hope delivers plenary address at NERC-funded South Asia regional workshop on Ecosystem Services and Poverty Reduction
Dr Oleg Golubchikov and Anna Badyina attend International Sociological Association Research Committee 21 conference
TSU acknowledges World Car Free Day by closing part of Little Clarendon Street, Oxford to cars for a few hours
Nicholas Howarth delivers Earthscan Earthcast Webinar
Dr Givoni represents TSU at Museum of Oxford exhibition 'Pedal Power'
Dr Parr delivers invited papers at the International Congress of Ecology in Brisbane, Australia
Dr Lucas delivers keynote presentation at the 3rd Frontiers in Transportation: Social Interactions Conference in Niagara, Canada
Prof. Whitehead attends World Forum on Environmental Change
Prof. Clark delivers invited presentation at National University of Singapore Law School
SoGE hosts the second Allianz-Oxford Pensions Summit
Prof. Banister delivers keynote presentation at Reseau Ferre de France conference
SoGE first department at the University of Oxford to develop and implement a Waste Strategy
Dr Karen Lucas and Lara Scott awarded contract to work on Oxfordshire County Council's 3rd Local Transport Plan
Dr Lucas to collaborate with AEA Technology on a Department for Transport funded project
Prof. Thomas and Dr Burrough awarded John Fell funding to conduct research into late Quaternary environmental change and landscape archaeology in central Botswana
Alistair Seddon's talk adjudged Best Presentation at the Quaternary Research Association Postgraduate Symposium
Emily Coffey awarded the Edward S. Deevey award by the Paleoecology Section of the Ecological Society of America
Dr Bhagwat interviewed by environmental science and conservation news site Mongabay.com
ECI host international climate conference '4 Degrees and Beyond' in September
Dr Thornton awarded 2009/10 Royal Anthropological Institute Fellowship in Urgent Anthropology
Drs Bull and Morgan presented with two Elsevier top cited paper awards
Prof. Thomas appointed to UK Foresight Programme's Lead Expert Group
'Ancient Africans Adapted to Climate Change' research by Prof. Thomas and Dr Burrough featured by Voice of America
Dr Brenda Boardman presents work from the Home Truths report at the Eden Project's event : Survival of the retro fittest
Call for UKERC Meeting Place event proposals
"Rationing energy rebound": is Personal Carbon Trading a tool to help minimise the rebound effect? ECI research is discussed on environmentalresearchweb.org
Prof. Whittaker delivers plenary lecture at International Congress on the Zoogeography, Ecology and Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean
Dr Bhagwat participates in a botanical expedition in Tibet during August
TSU well represented at RGS Institute of British Geographers' Annual Conference in Manchester
SoGE well represented at 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne
Maan Barua awarded Rufford Small Grant to examine patterns of frugivory outside protected areas in Assam, India
Prof. Mike Edmunds awarded 2009 Meinzer Award by the Geological Society of America
Prof. Banister awarded Royal Geographical Society 2009 Alan Hay Award
International experts gather in Oxford for a writing workshop for the GECAFS Synthesis book
ECI welcomes a new intake of students to the MSc in Environmental Change and Management
Four degrees of warming 'likely': reports the BBC from the 4degrees conference in Oxford
PRESS RELEASE: 4 degree warming could happen within a human lifetime says latest science
Nature Special Report- "Planetary Boundaries: A Safe Operating Space for Humanity". Professor Diana Liverman co-author wth 27 leading global scientists.
Oxford SWF Project receives considerable media attention
Oxfordshire's ClimateXchange helps coordinate the county's third Ecovation Open Day. All welcome to come and take part between 10th to 13th Sept
Climate costs could be way off target: strong media coverage of global adaptation costs report, co-authored by ECI's Dr Pam Berry
The Times reports: "Energy Retail Association in bid to block bill-cutting devise", also citing ECI evidence of the impact that smart meters have on reducing users energy demand
Moving on: ECI and SOGE bid farewell to Emily Boyd, Max Boykoff and Luiz Aragao
Weekly feedback: a key to cutting energy bills?
Dr Hickman speaks at 'The Complete UrbanBuzz' book launch
Dr Karen Lucas participates in EPSRC 'Grand Challenges Workshop'
Dr Hickman presents papers at Transport Practitioners Meeting
Dr Bhagwat represents Oxford Long-term Ecology Laboratory at the IGBP PAGES 3rd Open Science Meeting at Oregon State University
Biodiversity research cluster members attend the annual conference of the Association for Tropical Biology in July
Dr W�jcik awarded funding from the British Academy for research into 'Global Financial Turmoil and the Geography of Stock Markets'
ECI researchers meet John Kufuor and the Alliance for Africa to display research highlights
Prof Diana Liverman appears in America’s Climate Choices video where experts convey the importance of moving forward in response to climate change
"Climate change is inherently a social problem - so why have sociologists been so slow to study it?" A recent article in Nature Reports, citing Prof Diana Liverman, examines why
"An Amazon Culture Withers as Food Dries Up": Dr Tom Thornton talks of the links between threatened populations and climate change in the New York Times.
Oxfordshire ClimateXchange has recently been awarded �20,000 by NESTA's Big Green Challenge
"Make existing homes greener, says McCloud": Gavin Killip's report on Building a Greener Britain is referenced in the Independent
Predict and Decide report is cited in the Guardian in reference to Ed Miliband's broadcast that individual's right to fly is a driver for the government's position to keep aviation out of carbon reduction commitments
"The climate champions of Wytham Woods": The Oxford Times visit the ECI and partners at the Earthwatch-HSBC climate monitoring project in Wytham Woods
Max Boykoff's review of the newly published book, "Why We Disagree About Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity" can be viewed on Nature's website
Dr Christian Brand gives live commentary on BBC Radio Oxford about the UK’s largest trial of environmentally friendly cars
TSU hosts workshop with researchers from the Finland Futures Research Centre
TSU researchers present papers at the 1st Transatlantic NECTAR conference
Prof. Banister takes part in a Land Use And Transport Workshop
Adapting for the future: Policy makers must act now to mitigate climate change and adapt to its effects argues Dr Pam Berry
“Working with the environment is working with biodiversity”, Dr Pam Berry is interviewed for Brussels Green Week
Oxford University scientists propose two breakthrough ideas at the Sustainable Development Commission’s London event, attended by HRH the Prince of Wales
"Human tragedies will outweigh expert evidence on climate crisis", Prof Diana Liverman writes opinion piece in the Glasgow Herald
Prof Liverman urges world leaders to take "ambitious and urgent climate action" to save the lives of millions of the planet's poorest people in new Oxfam report
Doctoral student Debora Ley presents "Social Barriers to Renewable Energy" at the US Embassy’s Speaker Programme in Mexico.
Max Boykoff appears on a panel with BBC and New York Times’ journalists at the 6th World Conference of Science Journalists in London
Heike Schroeder delivers a plenary talk on "Cities and climate change: the role of institutions, governance and urban planning" at the 5th Urban Research Symposium.
Follow ECI scientists and artists on the Cape Farewell expedition through shrinking glaciers, cloud forests, rain forests and the Amazon
The Copenhagen Climate Congress Synthesis Report, co-authored by Professor Diana Liverman, was published on 18 June and presented to the Danish Prime Minister, host of COP15
Climate Projections (UKCP09) launched by Secretary of State Hilary Benn, supported by UK Climate Impacts Programme
Geography students Ben Williams, Chiang Liu, Drew Foxall and Adam Dixon amongst those featured on the University's Wall of 100 Faces
Call for participants for new ESRC lecture series: "Geographies of Energy Transition: Security, Climate, and Governance."
ECI present a side event at the UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn: Parallel Worlds - The Role of Observer Organizations in the COP Process
Arts organisation Cape Farewell leads its first expedition to the Peruvian Andes with a group of 18 international artists and scientists from the ECI
ECI partners with the Earth Journalism Network in launching the Earth Journalism Awards to recognise outstanding reporting on climate change
ECI present multiple papers at the 2009 eceee summer study, including an award winning poster on the assessment of the impact and limits of social learning from Eco-homes Open Days in the UK
TSU hold Long Term Scenarios in Transport and Energy workshop
First ever student-organised Water Enterprise Forum held in association with the Said Business School and Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS)
Debora Ley interviewed about renewable energy by Paraguayan TV
Drew Foxall helps co-ordinate the first Political Geography Research Group (of the RGS-IBG) workshop
Dr Golubchikov presents paper at one-day workshop on 'Governing Post-Suburban Growth'
Dr Robin Hickman delivers presentations on sustainable transport
Dr Bhagwat delivers keynote addresses at recent conferences
Dr Pam Berry delivers invited presentation at Athens conference on 'Europe's Biodiversity Policy Beyond 2010'
Prof. Clark and students visit Germany to examine the 'Riester pension system'
Prof. Clark delivers talks to Swedish universities in April
Prof. Banister part of team advising VINNOVA (Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems) on strategic research in transport
Prof. Banister involved in major report for the new European Parliament with a paper on 'Low Carbon European Transport beyond 2050'
TSU researchers present at 2009 Velo City Conference in Brussels on Re-Cycling Cities
Dr Barry to deliver keynote lecture at 9th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference
School's geographers featured in new book on women's geographical work in the UK
Bernardo Peredo to undertake the Bolivian Country Report on Climate Change and Forest Governance
OCWR paper is 2008 winner of the Wiley-Blackwell Publishers Area Prize for New Research in Geography
Dr Hickman and Prof. Banister author the transport section of Sustainable Cities web-based good practice guide
Dr Brenda Boardman spoke at the 35th Annual Levellers Day, "The Energy Poverty Crisis: What's the solution and can we afford to ignore it?"
School ranked 2nd in 2010 Times Good University Guide
Papers from GECAFS’s “Food Security and Climate Change” conference are published in a special edition of Environmental Science and Policy
The ECI symposium on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change held in April 2007 has been published as a special issue in the May volume of "Global Environmental Change"
The UK Climate Impacts Programme win medal at the Chelsea Flower Show for a second year running
“Measuring energy use: Knowledge is power” Sarah Darby tells the Economist about the energy saving potential of smart meters.
Africa workshop presentations now online: Changing the climate of African development workshop, Winchester Mansions Hotel, Cape Town, 26-27th March 2009, South Africa
Dr Tina Fawcett participated in the science Museum’s policy slam “Climate (Mis)behavior”, promoting Personal Carbon Allowances as an option for changing behavior
"Conference covered Climate from All Angles": Climate researchers including ECI’s Max Boykoff publish a letter in Science about climate reporting at the Copenhagen Climate Conference
Dr Heike Schroeder delivers a lecture at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on "The Politics of Climate Change"
Do smart meters actually save energy? Read the FT’s blog about how ECI research has informed the debate leading to plans to install smart meters in all UK households
Doctoral student Debora Ley was interviewed by Paraguayan TV about renewable energy and its education whilst at a conference on the ‘Implementation of Renewable Energy in the Emerging Markets of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean’ in San Francisco
Final report from the ECI led review into climate change mitigation and adaptation across multiple sectors is presented to the European Commission
ECI researchers present multiple papers at the IHDP Open Meeting in Bonn
Dr Christian Brand presents the newly developed UK Transport Carbon Model to the Department of Energy and Climate Change
Dr Andrew Newsham convenes a workshop on 26th and 27th March in Cape Town, South Africa, entitled ‘Changing the Climate of African Development’
Oxford Scientists and ECI Masters Alumni Malte Mainshausen publish articles in Nature on climate policy around 2 degrees of climate change
2004-2009 world newspaper coverage of climate change or global warming - new figure updated
Dr Max Boykoff delivers a talk on media and climate change at the G8+5 Environment Ministers' Meeting in Siracusa, Italy
Initiatives aimed at cutting emissions while encouraging economic development are failing the world’s poorest countries, leading scientists from Oxford University are warning
ECI Director Professor Diana Liverman chairs US National Academy summit on America’s Climate Choices
ECI Advisory Board members and researcher Dr Max Boykoff speak at the international conference on Media and the Environment in Lisbon, April 2009
Doctoral student Arnoldo Matus Kramer tells the BBC of the threat posed by rising sea levels on tourism and urbanisation along Mexican and Caribbean coastlines
Dr Sarah Darby contributes to a debate on the use of smart meters on Swedish local radio. Read more about Sarah’s work on smart metering.
"The threat to the Amazon rainforest should not be overstated. Highlighting only the most catastrophic scenarios could backfire", say Yadvinder Malhi and Oliver Phillips in a letter to the Guardian
Oxford University continues as a key partner in UKERC's �18.5m award to provide for a sustainable, low carbon, energy future
Gavin Killip's report "Building a Greener Britain" is referenced in today's Guardian to support the claim that "Building new eco-housing is only half the solution - the UK's old housing stock needs to be modified if we are to hit government emissions targets"
The UKERC Meeting Place hosts a successful series of webinars on delivering whole system energy reduction policies at the ESRC Festival of Social Science.
Several ECI researchers and their work are mentioned in Science Magazine’s weekly news article: Projections of Climate Change go from Bad to Worse
The statement issued by Prof Diana Liverman and other key scientists at the Copenhagen climate summit is featured in the Times: “Scientists claim global warming can be controlled”
Dr Jimin Zhao has been awarded a �350k FCO grant for a new project: "CHINA: Moving to a low-carbon economy under different economic circumstances"
Eight James Martin 21st Century School Fellows provide leadership at Copenhagen Conference on "Climate change, global risks, challenges and decisions"
Professor Liverman delivers speech at the Copenhagen Climate Congress 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Amazon carbon sink threatened by drought
Amazon's Carbon Sink Under Threat: A consortium involving ECI researchers publishes a new paper in Science on the 2005 Amazonian drought
“Seeing the trees for the Woods”: ECI’s role in Earthwatch’s HSBC funded forest monitoring programme is featured in Oxford Today
Dr Tom Thornton’s evidence to the Alaska Legislature's Fisheries Committee is covered in the news article: Experts worried about depleted herring stocks
BBC News reports on Prof Yadvinder Malhi's PNAS paper: Amazon dieback "overstated"
PRESS RELEASE: "Oceans become increasingly short of breath"
PRESS RELEASE: "Study assesses whether climate change will kill the Amazon rainforest"
“Quarter of UK homes to be offered a green makeover” reports the Guardian, quoting data from the Environmental Change Institute
Professor Diana Liverman's new appointment to advise US Government on tackling climate change is mentioned in the THES
“Heavy weather: What climate change really means for Britain”. UKCIP simulations are quoted in the Independent
Doctoral student Bernardo Peredo wins a regional essay competition for his essay on opportunities and challenges for indigenous territories, ecosystem services and conservation in the Amazon
The final RUBICODE workshop takes place in Germany this week
Hilary Term lectures can now be viewed on the Oxford Environment webpage
View our monthly graph of 2004-2008 World Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming
“News Coverage of Climate Entering Trance?” Read the public’s views on Max Boykoff and Maria Mansfield’s plot of media coverage of global warming in the New York Times
Max Boykoff and Maria Mansfield’s plot showing media coverage of global warming between 2004 and 2008 is nominated as “chart of the day” by popular US environment magazine
Visiting ECI fellow Geoff Lye writes his thoughts on the UNFCCC negotiations on a daily blog. Read more.
Oxford Professor Diana Liverman appointed to new US Climate Committee
“Low-carbon homes policies are only helping the rich” warns Dr Brenda Boardman in a talk at the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Heike Schroeder presents a joint paper on "Global Cities and the Governance of Climate Change: What is the Role of Law in Cities?" at a conference on cities and climate change in New York
Prof Diana Liverman is interviewed for the Guardian's Science Weekly programme: "Does Barack Obama do science?" (from 34mins onwards)
Book review: Being and place among the Tlingit, By Dr Tom Thornton is reviewed by CHOICE magazine. Read the review.
The fuel poverty judicial review led by two leading charities is rejected by judge. The witness statement was provided by ECI’s Dr Brenda Boardman. Read the full documents here.
ECI respond to the select committee inquiry on energy efficiency and fuel poverty. Download the response.
ECI academics Diana Liverman and Heike Schroeder are co-authors of the Science Plan for the newly launched project “Earth System Governance” under the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
Christian Brand presented an iConnect travel poster at the annual Health and Physical Activity conference in Glasgow
Thinking of applying to the ECI's MSc programme? Listen to reflections from 2008 graduates (10 mins 51 sec)
Oxford University launches itself on iTunesU, offering free podcasts to the public. Download interviews with ECI academics
Gavin Killip's eco-refurbished house in Headington is featured in November's House Beautiful magazine. Read more about Gavin's research online
‘Measuring the carbon jungle’: Professor Yadvinder Malhi explains to NERC’s Planet Earth magazine how carbon moves through the rainforest in the Peruvian Andes
Dr Jimin Zhao has secured funding from the John Fell OUP Research Fund for a project called “Governing climate change beyond the international regime: City actions in China
A new Nielsen survey, informed by ECI, of 28,000 internet users in 51 countries shows that "companies must lead the climate change fight"
Congratulations to all students from the 2007/08 MSc Environmental Change and Management who have successfully completed their year of study. Read more about alumni career choices after Oxford
Dr Max Boykoff is interviewed for an opinion piece in the Columbia Journalism Review: Public opinion and climate change
Eartwatch opens its European Climate Centre, partnering with the Environmental Change Institute on a five-year climate change and forestry research programme
"Doctors' advice to Britons: have fewer children and help save the planet" – Dr Chris West comments on the need for more rapid responses than population alone
"The end of the world is not nigh": New Scientist reports on the Global Catastrophic Risks conference in which Dr Dave Frame presented a paper on climate policy
The Guardian reports: "Energy giants forced to act on fuel poverty", with comments from Dr Brenda Boardman
ECI report "Building A Greener Britain-Transforming Britain's Housing Stock" launched this week receives good coverage in the trade press. Read articles here.
PRESS RELEASE: "Green Housing Upgrades Would Create �3.5 Billion Market for Builders, says Oxford University"
PRESS RELEASE: "Power to the people: householders get better feedback on energy use from Oxford University"
Congratulation to Dr Luiz Aragao who has been awarded a prestigious three-year NERC Research Fellowship, to map and quantify the effects of fire on Amazonian forests
Low-cost airfares, big-time carbon footprint. Dr Christian Brand tells the International Herald Tribune that increased budget flights are adding to global carbon emissions
UKCIP08 stand wins bronze medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Climate change and the fate of the amazon: ECI scientists are published in a special edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
For Hybrid Drivers, Every Trip Is a Race for Fuel Efficiency: Sarah Darby tells the Washington Post about the importance of feedback in encouraging energy efficiency
A star-studded cast: Prof Yadvinder Malhi's career is previewed in the Times Higher Education Supplement
Max Boykoff is interviewed for a piece in the US magazine, Miller-McCune: The Doubt Makers
The Tyndall Centre garden at the Chelsea Flower Show has won a silver medal for their portrayal of the 2050 garden
The UK Climate Impacts Programme and Tyndall Centre provide glimpses of future British gardens at the 2008 Chelsea Flower Show.
Professor Yadvinder Malhi contributes to the BBC's World Amazon Day. See BBC website for full details of programmes.
2003/04 alumni Ishmael Dodoo is selected for UNDP LEAD programme
ECI's '40% House' report inspires Oxford's Christ Church college to reduce emissions by 60%
"Tabloids rapped over climate coverage". Read article about ECI research on Guardian Online
PRESS RELEASE: UK tabloids contributing to climate complacency
Brenda Boardman informs Friends of the Earth and ACE about fuel poverty for a judicial review. See snippet in The Guardian’s "Eco Soundings" column.
Headlines from ECI's report to carbon footprint the music industry are published in the Guardian: Music fans urged to catch a bus.
ECI energy research is referenced in the New York Times. Click to read article.
Read our updated webpage on ecosystem research in the Andes
Prof Diana Liverman is interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme and by the BBC World Service on the issue of food security and global environmental change
PRESS RELEASE: "International experts discuss food security in the face of climate change"
PRESS RELEASE: Texas Christian University, FPL Energy and the University of Oxford launch groundbreaking research initiative to study impacts of wind energy development
PRESS RELEASE: "Oxford University launches research project for low carbon computing"
ECI’s ClimateXChange project has secured a �6,000 grant from Artist’s Project Earth. Read more about the project at www.ClimateX.org
Brenda Boardman welcomes Scotland’s plans to cut emissions by 80% in an interview on BBC’s Newsnight programme. Read how they can achieve this in Home Truths
Eco homes: Rage against the machine. Brenda Boardman highlights improvements in washing machine technologies in the Telegraph
Insulating against the future: ECI’s Home Truths report and ClimateXchange's Ecovation event are featured in the Oxford Times
A radical approach to a low carbon future. Read about Brenda Boardman’s research in the Oxford Annual Review
Brenda Boardman appears alongside Jamie Oliver in the Observer discussing ‘how useful ethical labels are to shoppers’
Prof Malhi's paper "Climate Change, Deforestation, and the Fate of the Amazon" is published in today's Science
The Environmental Change Institute would like to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year
ECI welcomes the announcement of Oxford’s new Smith School for Enterprise and Environment and Director, Sir David King
ECI staff are acknowledged for their contribution to the new UNDP Human Development Report on ‘Fighting climate change’
Britain's CO2 emissions could be cut by 80% reports The Telegraph newspaper on ECI's new report: Home Truths
The Guardian newspaper reports on Home Truths report: "Call over household carbon target"
Prof Diana Liverman delivers visiting lecture at Canada's Memorial University, on Climate governance: Beyond the nation state
ECI MSc student H�kon S�len wins �1,000 Environment Agency and WWF Prize on Economy and Environmental Policy
‘The world’s forests’, led by Prof Malhi, came 2nd in Earthwatch's annual debate: the world's most important ecosystem
Dr Yadvinder Malhi has been awarded �750K from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to monitor carbon cycling in the Amazon.
Professor Diana Liverman is to speak on the role of communities in addressing climate change, during visit to Canada
Bias or Balance? Max Boykoff reviews journalistic skepticism surrounding climate change coverage for National History Magazine
PRESS RELEASE: Exactly how sensitive is our climate? It may not matter...
DPhil student Alex Noreiga wins a ProVention Consortium young researcher's grant for his work on montane weather related risk
ECI welcomes nine new doctoral students. Read about their research and backgrounds here.
Ten Oxford scientists were among those honoured last week when the IPCC and Al Gore were announced as joint Nobel Prize winners
Dr Kate Parr has been awarded �45k by the Rufford Foundation for her work on African savannas, fire and biodiversity
A new term of lectures can be viewed on the Oxford Environment calendar. View here
John Boardman appears on BBC1's Inside Out show to investigate soil erosion in Sussex - watch it here
Kate Parr receives $14K from National Geographic Society for her work 'Burning for Biodiversity in Africa'.
Press release from ECI's latest Quick Hit: Car sharing offers route to carbon savings
Dr Brenda Boardman tells BBC news of the difficulties in reaching 60% carbon reductions without aviation cuts.
Tina Fawcett gives evidence at House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee Inquiry into Personal Carbon Allowances
Dr Chris West talks of the benefits to planners in having access to long term climate forecasts – The Guardian
ECI are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Nick Eyre as the new Jackson Senior Research Fellow in Energy
Cameron Hepburn agrees that firms should pay more attention to emissions trading, to encourage an efficient market - Economist
Oxford flooding 2007: Business as usual at the ECI
"Climate change reporting hots up" - an online report on ECI's Carbonundrums workshop
ECI workshop report published: Making sense of climate change reporting around the world
'Reporters don't find statistical climatology sexy' - the Press Gazette reports on ECI research
NEW REPORT: Climate Change and Influential Spokespeople: a global Nielsen online survey
PRESS RELEASE: “Richard Branson is UK Choice for Green Champion”
PRESS RELEASE: "Global Consumers Vote Al Gore, Oprah Winfrey and Kofi Annan"
PRESS RELEASE: “First International Symposium identifies Climate Change as an issue of Human Security”
Dr Kate Parr is awarded �3400 from John Fell Fund to contribute towards fieldwork in South Africa
UKCIP’s Roger Street talks to BBC Radio 5 Live about expected impacts from climate change [Listen again: 2:25 min into show]
Read ECI's 6 papers presented at the 'European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy' 2007 Summer Study
The Economist magazine reviews technological advances in aviation, with reference to ECI's 'Predict and Decide' report
Max Boykoff examines 'climate change, science, media and policy' in Nature's 'Climate Feedback' blog. Read the blog here
ECI host a one day briefing on climate change for over 70 prominent artists
Global survey shows that consumers look to governments to act on climate change - VIEW PRESS RELEASE
Should belching cattle be included in carbon footprints? Brenda Boardman explains the difficulty of labelling in Telegraph
ECI Alumni and co founder of Blue Ventures – Alasdair Harris - is celebrating winning the UNDP Equator Prize
A 7 year study by scientists at ECI supports mitigation and adaptation action to protect species threatened by climate change.
Registration open for workshop - Carbonundrums: Making sense of climate change reporting around the world - 27 Jun 07
ECI research receives two mentions in Saturday's 'FT Weekend Magazine' environmental supplement
ECI applauds proposals for Oxford's first zero-carbon housing development in the Oxford Times
Tina Fawcett tells the "Big Issue Scotland" 'How to cut your carbon footprint in 10 easy steps'
Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change Front Lines - reported by Environment News Service
Indigenous Peoples: the forgotten ‘polar bears’? ECI conference examines the impact of climate change on such communities
Brenda Boardman speaks at 'Capital Woman': An inspiring, entertaining and informative event for London’s women
Diana Liverman comments to the Times on the 4th IPCC report, released 6th April: ‘Climate change could create 20m refugees’
2007 Trapnell Lecture podcast available: 'Africa's development prospects up in smoke?'
BBC news online report on ECI's Amazon conference, headlining: Amazon 'faces more deadly droughts'
GECAFS host a workshop to develop a joint research agenda on global change
Press Release: Classroom Carbon Traders: Oxford University and UKERC ask sixth-formers to slice the climate pie
Press Release: Will climate change kill the Amazon asks University of Oxford, Met Office, Tyndall conference
UKCIP celebrate their 10th anniversary with Ian Pearson MP speaking at their 2007 User Forum
High-earning men blamed over climate changing emissions - The Guardian headlines our research on Travel Emissions Profiles
Dr Brenda Boardman comments on air-taxes in the 2nd of two articles in today's Telegraph: The flying voters face a bumpy landing
Dr Brenda Boardman appears on front page of the Telegraph with "Tory 'tax on homes abroad' will hit 400,000"
ECI advise the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in its new report on the urban environment
Gavin Killip writes for the March/April special environmental issue of ROOF: Shelter's housing policy magazine
Diana Liverman and Timmons Roberts speak at the "Blind Spots of Global Climate Governance" in Berlin
Climate Change: US Policy: A permanent Sea Change? Max Boycoff research features in Science Magazine
Gavin Killip pr�sente le projet 40% House au Club de l'Am�lioration de l'Habitat � Paris
Sarah Darby is awarded a 3 year interdisciplinary early career ESRC/RCUK fellowship to research domestic energy feedback
ECI's 2006 Annual Report now online
Climate Care donate second scholarship to ECI's MSc Environmental Change and Management
Yadvinder Malhi talks to the BBC World Service about the impact of climate change on trees
OUCE scientists advise for the BBC’s newly launched online game: ‘Climate Challenge’
Catherine Bottrill talks about her carbon footprint and Oxford’s Carbon Reduction Action Group in the Observer.
ECI research and interviews featured on BBC Oxford website
Dr Yadvinder Malhi explains forest carbon storage processes in the Guardian's report on carbon offsets
Listen to Brenda Boardman podcast giving insights into the 40% House
View the new term of environmentally related public lectures across the university through Oxford Environment News...
MSc Environmental Change and Management receives new Climate Care scholarship for 2006
ECI alumni gather in Nairobi for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 12)
John Boardman has been awarded an Honorary Professorship at the University of Cape Town
Anna Lawrence has been invited to deliver the annual distinguished ethnobotanist lecture
ECI scientists answer your climate change questions at the 6.30pm showing of 'An Inconvenient Truth' at Oxford's Phoenix Cinema: [Pheonix Cinema: Wed 4 October]
Polly Ericksen runs GECAFS workshop in Nepal
ECI host TippingPoint: an event to explore climate change between scientists and artists