International action

• Our experts continue to present the latest climate science to policymakers in the UK and around the world.

• We contributed the largest number of scientists to the first working group of the latest IPCC assessment report, published in summer 2021.

• The University's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van De Noort, sits on the Universities UK Task and Finish Group on Climate Change.

• The University is leading a key research theme in a £15 million centre on shifting the UK’s demand and consumption of energy, contributing to global green targets.
• Our researchers have identified five areas that outline a pathway to green economic growth in Africa.
• We're helping Caribbean islands transition to renewable energy, and have given Chinese decision-makers access to a new climate change handbook, thanks to the University's Institute of Environmental Analytics.

• We are the home of the warming stripes, which communicate more than a century of rising temperatures due to climate change in a single, striking image. The stripes have been downloaded and shared millions of times, lit up national landmarks, and featured in a major animated film.
• We're pioneering new ways of engaging the public in environmental action, communicating risks to policymakers using a 'storylines' approach, and exploring environmental themes through art.

• Reading is recognised as having some of the most influential climate scientists in the world, who together have won countless awards.
• Together with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), we're training the weather and climate leaders of the future.
• We're studying how airlines could reduce emissions, followed by a new system trialled by air traffic controllers NATS.
• We've mobilised thousands of citizen scientist volunteers to monitor the fruit trees in their gardens, allotments or parks, recording when they flower.
• Reading graduates demonstrate their skills on the world stage, helping countries with climate adaptation and presenting climate and weather information on TV.

Find out more about the University of Reading's climate change research