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Climate futures

Discover how we're responding to the global climate crisis and climate change through our high-quality research.

The global impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are among the greatest threats to public health, the global economy, and biodiversity.

At Liverpool, we're harnessing our high-quality, multi-disciplinary climate research expertise spanning climate science, emissions reduction, energy transition, food sustainability, air quality, new materials discovery, behaviour insights, risk communication, community engagement and the development of new sustainable technologies for the future.

Working with collaborators at a global, national, and local scale, we're aligning these strengths to explore the impacts of climate change, develop solutions to environmental challenges and address knowledge gaps in the transition to a lower carbon society.

We undertake funded and commissioned research and consultancy activities, share evidence with policymakers and contribute to international climate negotiations. We also provide regular thought leadership to inform the wider public about the climate challenges we're facing and our innovative ideas for tackling them.

Our climate futures research aligns closely with the University’s commitment to sustainability.

Our climate research areas

Watch on YouTube: Climate Futures: Developing Net Zero Solutions Using Research and Innovation

Climate Futures: Developing Net Zero Solutions Using Research and Innovation

The IPCC report is clear – human induced climate change has caused global warming and it’s getting worse. To reach net zero we must act now. At the University of Liverpool, we are responding to this challenge. Our analysis of climate models into the oceans directly contributed to the IPCC report.

Our climate research capabilities and expertise

  1. ric-williams

    Professor Ric Williams

    Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences

  2. Dr Jenny Hodgson

    Dr Jenny Hodgson

    UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour

  3. Professor Matthew Baylis

    Professor Matthew Baylis

    Livestock and One Health

  4. Professor Alessandro Tagliabue

    Professor Alessandro Tagliabue

    Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences

  5. Professor Andy Morse

    Professor Andy Morse

    Professor of Climate Impacts, Geography and Planning

  6. James Lea

    Dr James Lea

    UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Geography and Planning

  7. Professor Karl Whittle

    Professor Karl Whittle

    Professor of Zero Carbon and Nuclear Energy, Engineering

  8. Professor Kate Parr

    Professor Kate Parr

    Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences

  9. Laurence Hardwick

    Professor Laurence Hardwick

    Director, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy

  10. Georgina Endfield

    Professor Georgina Endfield

    Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research Environment and Postgraduate Research

  11. Professor Andy Plater

    Professor Andy Plater

    Academic lead, Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory

  12. Professor Alexander Cowan

    Professor Alexander Cowan

    Director, UK Solar Fuels Network

  13. Dr Raj Whitlock

    Dr Raj Whitlock

    Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour

  14. Professor Jonathan Rushton

    Professor Jonathan Rushton

    Livestock and One Health

  15. Dr Stephen Finnegan

    Dr Stephen Finnegan

    Director, Zero Carbon Research Initiative

  16. Person in front of water and rocks

    Dr Nova Mieszkowska

    Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences