Latest news

Water security for all: Newcastle University to lead a £20 million international collaboration

January 22, 2019

Richard Dawson, leader of Tyndall Newcastle, has won a prestigious £20 million Global Challenge Research Fund Hub researching water security and sustainable development.

Interim Director Announcement

January 8, 2019

The Governing Body of the Tyndall Centre, the Tyndall Council, is pleased to announce that Prof Carly McLachlan is now Interim Tyndall Director of the Tyndall Centre. Carly remains as Director of Tyndall Centre Manchester. Carly's research on engaging various stakeholders with energy and sustainability issues is at the heart of efforts to address climate change.

"Solar Farm, Brockville Ontario 2014" by Jonathan Potts (Flickr) is licensed under CC BY NC ND 2.0

Nature Commentary: Emissions are still rising. Ramp up the cuts

December 6, 2018

Cristina Figueres and Tyndall Centre authors argue that with sources of renewable energy spreading fast, all sectors can do more to decarbonize the worldin this Nature Commentary to accompany the release of the Global Carbon Budget 2018.

Strong growth in global CO2 emissions expected for 2018

December 6, 2018

Global carbon emissions are set to hit an all-time high in 2018 – according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Global Carbon Project. A projected rise of more than 2 per cent has been driven by a solid growth in coal use for the second year in a row, and sustained growth in oil and gas use.

Infographics: Global Carbon Budget 2018

December 6, 2018

Download the infographics for the Global Carbon Budget 2018 here.

Tyndall Centre at COP24

December 3, 2018

A summary of our events, activities and research being presented at UNFCCC COP24 in Katowice, Poland

Corinne Le Quére becomes Chair of France's first climate change committee

November 28, 2018

French President Macron has announced that Prof Corinne Le Quéré will become the Chair of France's new climate change committee.

Beer crisis: how we discovered climate change could cause a global barley shortage

January 1, 2018

The price of beer could double under unchecked climate change, writes Prof Dabo Guan (Tyndall UEA), as droughts and extreme temperatures cause barley yields to drop. Read the full piece from The Conversation