Sign in

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social
864 followers 281 following 859 posts

Celebrating 25 years of providing cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research on climate change. Our evidence informs society’s transition to a sustainable, low-carbon and climate-resilient future.

PostsRepliesMedia
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 2h
The elephant-in-the room Q 🐘 Why don't modern societies deeply + rapidly decarbonise? Dr Lucas Geese talks through his environmental politics findings, esp. knowledge gaps on climate urgency among MPs and the public. 💻️ Watch the seminar: buff.ly/fVDInaq #NetZero #Decarbonisation
032
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Polling shows that high temperatures have made more than 50% of British people more fearful about the future. So how can experiences of extreme weather influence climate engagement and behaviour change? 🗒️ Read this by Bella Zanin & Tyndall Centre's @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social: 🔗 buff.ly/GF6IXW5
buff.ly
Did the hot summer make more people worry about climate change? Here’s what the latest indications show
Around 65% of the British public are now concerned about climate change.
054
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Calling all early-career researchers interested in thermal extremes + health🚨 This event at the Institute of Physics includes presentations, a poster session, career progression panel, publishing insights workshop, and networking. 📅 Register by 21 October: buff.ly/jqBzUfJ
buff.ly
Home - Thermal Extremes and Health: Early Career Opportunities and Networking - Institute of Physics
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you haven't seen it, check out the Academic Engagement Toolkit from the Government Office for Science: 🔗 buff.ly/AOCR3ga The toolkit offers guidance and tools to support engagement between civil servants and academia and better inform government decisions💡
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What does it mean to reach net zero❓️ Meeting the Paris Agreement goals will require rapid emissions reductions across sectors and supply chains. Many net-zero pathways also rely on removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. More about our research theme: buff.ly/HFg3BI3
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🌍We're hiring a Senior Research Associate in Climate Change Policy, People and Action at the Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia Research what motivates governments and people to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and work with partners to generate impact beyond academia ➡️ buff.ly/uLH0Yis
010
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New reports. Research insights. Events. Expert commentary. Our monthly newsletter will provide a curated update on the latest work from across the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. 📩 Sign up: buff.ly/m3Cvdc7 #ClimateResearch #ClimateChange
buff.ly
Sign up to our newsletter
Join our mailing list to get newsletter updates about all the latest research and insights from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📢 Now job vacancy: Senior Research Associate Conduct research on what motivates governments and people to address the grand challenge of mitigating and adapting adequately to climate change, and generate societal impact outside of academia: buff.ly/uLH0Yis #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs
buff.ly
Senior Research Associate in Climate Change Policy, People and Action - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
An exciting opportunity to conduct research on what motivates governments and people to address the grand societal challenge of mitigating and adapting adequately to climate change, and work with…
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🎧️ Have you listened to our podcast episode on adaptation? This episode talks you through some of the reasons why policy and practice are lagging behind where we need them to be. 🔗 buff.ly/r7rp7zz
buff.ly
Why is there an adaptation gap? - Tyndall Talks
In common with many places in the world, the UK has been experiencing high temperatures over the last couple of years, and not a great deal of rain, reminding us of the need to adapt to the…
010
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Exciting news to share 👥 The @uniofbath.bsky.social has joined the Tyndall Centre as a partner institution, bringing its particular expertise in the role of people, communities, organisations, and governments in responding to the climate crisis 🌍️
020
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨 Climate change could push UK rivers to dangerous extremes and see more frequent rapid swings between wet and dry conditions – a phenomenon known as hydroclimatic whiplash. buff.ly/wMhE8B3
buff.ly
UK rivers face rising risk of climate ‘whiplash’ - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Climate change could increase hydroclimatic whiplash and drive more extreme river conditions under 2 degrees C and 4 degrees C warming, with greater flood risk, longer dry spells, and growing…
033
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📩 Don’t rely on algorithms to keep up with climate research Our newsletter will bring you the most important research, reports, events and insights from across the Tyndall Centre in one curated roundup. Sign up ➡️ buff.ly/m3Cvdc7 #ClimateResearch #ClimateChange
buff.ly
Sign up to our newsletter
Join our mailing list to get newsletter updates about all the latest research and insights from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
010
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tyndall Centre’s climate risk assessment for the Fens flags significant risks – heat, drought, and impacts on farming & biodiversity, even at 2°C of warming, which could arrive by the 2040s. Researchers say we need to act now ⬇️ buff.ly/KDoHkIH
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#ICYMI - Professor Corinne Le Quéré FRS CBE recently on R4 ⬇️
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌍What motivates governments & people to address the challenge of mitigating and adapting to climate change? We're hiring a Senior Research Associate in Climate Change Policy, People & Action to conduct this research and generate impact beyond academia: buff.ly/uLH0Yis #ClimatePolicy #AcademicJobs
020
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
International shipping emits around 700 million tonnes of CO2 a year, equivalent to emissions from Germany. What solutions are there to reduce this? Listen to our podcast episode on just that: 🎧️ buff.ly/3LYokr1
buff.ly
How do we reduce shipping emissions? - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Our episode today is about shipping and its impact on climate change. In today’s episode, we will talk about some of the work by colleagues from the Tyndall
010
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#October brings us more key dates for climate research, inc: 🟢International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (#DRRDay) 🟢@unep.org Adaptation Gap Report 🟢@lancetcountdown.bsky.social on Health & Climate Change 🟢World Cities Day See the whole content calendar here: buff.ly/gFevLRe
buff.ly
The complete climate research calendar for 2026 - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
The important dates that climate researchers and academics need to know about in 2026 in climate science and research, from major policy milestones to landmark scientific reports.
020
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🌍We're hiring a Senior Research Associate in Climate Change Policy, People and Action at the Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia Research what motivates governments and people to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and work with partners to generate impact beyond academia ➡️ buff.ly/uLH0Yis
022
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What is the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and what do we do? We are a unique partnership of universities that unites climate change expertise from across the scientific, engineering, social and natural sciences, and economic communities 🌍️ 🔗 buff.ly/hJ78eVb
buff.ly
About the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research for Climate Change Research
The Tyndall Centre was founded in 2000 to conduct cutting edge, interdisciplinary research.
001
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❓️ 1.5°C has been one of the most recognised numbers when we talk about climate change. Where did this number come from? And what does it mean when we breach this target? Listen to our podcast on the science, politics, and communications of 1.5°C: 🎧️ buff.ly/ypOZpHc
buff.ly
The science, politics, and communications of 1.5C - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Our episode will talk about 1.5C – what it means science wise, policy wise,  and communications wise. 1.5C has been one of the most recognised numbers when we
021
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔗 Read our full report on the Heathrow Airport expansion risks for the Climate Change Act: buff.ly/AKQK550
buff.ly
Heathrow Airport expansion risks for the Climate Change Act - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
This report examines whether a third runway at Heathrow Airport is compatible with the UK’s domestic and international legal climate change obligations, and shows how growing airport capacity before…
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can we build a third runway at Heathrow and still meet our climate targets? ✈️ Lois Pennington from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (Uni of Manchester) gives evidence to the House of Commons' Transport Committee 💻️⬇️
100
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Interested in starting a PhD at the Tyndall Centre? 🎓️ How do you apply for a PhD? What do you research? Why choose Tyndall? Have a listen to find out more: buff.ly/PQpFOzn
buff.ly
Why do a PhD with the Tyndall Centre? - Tyndall Talks
Interested in starting a PhD at the Tyndall Centre? In this episode, hosts Charlotte Brown and James Mason interview three PhD researchers at Tyndall Manchester to shine some light on the PhD world.…
021
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is Heathrow’s proposed third runway compatible with the UK’s legal climate change legal obligations? Tyndall Centre researchers (University of Manchester) analyse future aviation scenarios and key technology options in this new report. Here's what the evidence says: buff.ly/nZ2OmuD
buff.ly
Heathrow Airport expansion risks for the Climate Change Act - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
This report examines whether a third runway at Heathrow Airport is compatible with the UK’s domestic and international legal climate change obligations, and shows how growing airport capacity before…
012
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shipping climate targets – update 🚨 Emissions reductions of 96% by 2040 are needed for a 50% chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C under the Paris Agreement - up from 76% in our 2023 assessment. Read the briefing (PDF):🔗🛳️ buff.ly/CyLOeni
A container ship emits exhaust while at sea. Photo by Martijn Baudoin via Unsplash
010
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bristol’s Forwards Festival just entertained 55,000 punters without using fossil fuels, thanks to Massive Attack who approached "a team at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research [to] put together a plan for a fully green setup [in 2024]" ⬇️ buff.ly/ExI4w21
buff.ly
How to power pop with clean energy | The Observer
Bristol’s Forwards Festival entertained 55,000 punters without using fossil fuels, thanks to Massive Attack
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The future of today’s climate refugia will depend not only on how much the planet warms, but also on how far temperatures overshoot 1.5°C, and how quickly they decline afterwards. Every additional increment of warming is expected to increase biodiversity loss 🌿 🔗 buff.ly/sqtbziF
buff.ly
Limiting global warming offers greatest protection for climate refugia globally - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Climate action compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C could more than halve the combined loss of today’s climate refugia compared with current climate policies, even after accounting for…
010
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Adaptation is therefore no longer about restoring yesterday’s conditions, but about preparing our society and infrastructure to be resilient regardless of tomorrow’s climate.” Prof. Richard Dawson outlines the infrastructure challenge in a report on climate overshoot: 🔗https://buff.ly/2qBsehv
A flooded city street with a car being pushed and pedestrians navigating the water. Photo by Sveta K via Pexels
041
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Become a Climate Ambassador and help schools respond to the climate crisis 🌍️ Turn climate ambition into climate action by signing up today: 🔗 buff.ly/dkd0zxR
001
Reposted by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Simon Bullock @simonclimate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Portsmouth just launched a massive new shore power project! Ships no longer pollute local communities while at berth. Cleaner air and a safer climate. Win-win. This could be copied in other UK ports, but would need Government support on electricity costs: see lnkd.in/p/eNgmmjiy for detail
021
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Field Kitchen: Designing Edible Futures for Rewetted Landscapes 🌾 Researchers from the Tyndall Centre will work with Norwich Uni of Arts on this project that explores how food can shape the future of farming and climate adaptation - find out more: buff.ly/saKVbi1
buff.ly
Field Kitchen: Designing Edible Futures for Rewetted Landscapes | Norwich University of the Arts
Field Kitchen will use design, food and immersive technologies to help communities imagine climate-resilient landscapes.
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What does the future hold for the Fens? The landscape exists due to centuries of engineering that keeps water moving almost constantly. Now climate change is introducing new challenges that this system was never designed to face 🔗 buff.ly/ePrItqD
buff.ly
Britain’s most artificial landscape may not survive climate change
The Fens are a food-growing powerhouse, but the landscape only exists thanks to humans holding back the sea.
041
Reposted by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 18/09/2026
The Fens are one of the UK’s most productive landscapes, write Katie Jenkins and Robert James Nicholls. But rising seas, heavier rainfall, drought and extreme heat are creating overlapping climate risks that can no longer be managed in isolation. #ClimateChange
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Britain’s most artificial landscape may not survive climate change
The Fens, source of a third of England’s vegetables, faces rising floods, drought and heat as climate risks collide.
0125
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“This summer’s scorching heat, raging wildfires and deadly floods are a warning of what lies ahead. We must make the overshoot above 1.5 degrees as small and short as possible. That demands an overshoot of ambition” -UN Secretary-General Antőnio Guterres 🔗 buff.ly/Ob47MiH
buff.ly
Limiting Overshoot: UN report sets out path to return below 1.5°C - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
The world is set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures with rapid, collective and global climate action.
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Shipping climate targets – update 🚨 New Tyndall Centre analysis says emissions reductions of 96% by 2040 are needed for a 50% chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C under the Paris Agreement - up from 76% in our 2023 assessment. Read the briefing (PDF):🔗🛳️ buff.ly/CyLOeni
A container ship emits exhaust while at sea. Photo by Martijn Baudoin via Unsplash
210
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
International shipping emits around 700 million tonnes of CO2 a year, equivalent to emissions from Germany. What solutions are there to reduce this? Listen to our podcast episode on just that: 🎧️ buff.ly/3LYokr1
buff.ly
How do we reduce shipping emissions? - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Our episode today is about shipping and its impact on climate change. In today’s episode, we will talk about some of the work by colleagues from the Tyndall
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#ICYMI A major new programme will combine academic research with real‑world trials to help drive widespread behaviour changes that support a low‑carbon, climate‑resilient future 🌍️🔗 buff.ly/RLzc8IZ
buff.ly
Major new £3.83m programme to help people to take climate action - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
A new four-year programme led by the University of Bath, involving UEA and other partners, will explore how to support climate action, behaviour change and climate resilience across the UK.
086
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Climate change is a problem that requires long-term thinking, sustained collaboration, and a willingness to learn from different disciplines and viewpoints." This is why the Tyndall Early Career Network is so important, here at the Tyndall Centre ⬇️ buff.ly/UxY2pxX
buff.ly
The next generation of climate research: Working towards a common goal - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Tara Taylor-Deacon and Wasundara Doradeniya reflect on the 2026 TECN Summer School, a three-day event that brought together early career climate researchers from across the Tyndall Centre for Climate…
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Want to know more about the themes behind our climate research here at the Tyndall Centre? Here's where to go ➡️ buff.ly/P1wCDsP
010
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌡️ Limiting global warming to 1.5°C through decisive climate action could reduce the loss of climate refugia by more than half compared with current policies. New research finds benefits of avoiding warming outweigh biodiversity costs of land‑intensive mitigation: buff.ly/ls3D72P
buff.ly
Limiting global warming offers greatest protection for climate refugia globally - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Climate action compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C could more than halve the combined loss of today’s climate refugia compared with current climate policies, even after accounting for…
031
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Read our report on the #Heathrow expansion ⬇️
buff.ly
Heathrow Airport expansion risks for the Climate Change Act - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
This report examines whether a third runway at Heathrow Airport is compatible with the UK’s domestic and international legal climate change obligations, and shows how growing airport capacity before…
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🗣️ Dr Lois Pennington [Tyndall Centre] told the BBC that because cleaner fuel and carbon removal were unlikely to arrive at the scale needed, the only reliable way to stay within the UK's carbon limits was to stop the expansion of flying - or even to reduce it: 🔗 buff.ly/NrYk3og
buff.ly
Third Heathrow runway should only go ahead if airlines pay for cleaner flying, say advisers
The government's climate advisers say Heathrow's third runway cannot be approved under current climate policies.
241
Reposted by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Neil Ward @profneilward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
theconversation.com/britains-mos...
theconversation.com
Britain’s most artificial landscape may not survive climate change
The Fens are a food-growing powerhouse, but the landscape only exists thanks to humans holding back the sea.
056
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🌡️ Limiting global warming to 1.5°C through decisive climate action could reduce the loss of climate refugia by more than half compared with current policies. New research finds benefits of avoiding warming outweigh biodiversity costs of land‑intensive mitigation: tyndall.ac.uk/news/limitin...
tyndall.ac.uk
Limiting global warming offers greatest protection for climate refugia globally - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Climate action compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C could more than halve the combined loss of today’s climate refugia compared with current climate policies, even after accounting for…
000
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Adaptation is therefore no longer about restoring yesterday’s conditions, but about preparing our society and infrastructure to be resilient regardless of tomorrow’s climate.” Prof. Richard Dawson outlines the infrastructure challenge in a report on climate overshoot: 🔗 buff.ly/2qBsehv
A flooded city street with a car being pushed and pedestrians navigating the water. Photo by Sveta K via Pexels
001
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bristol’s Forwards Festival just entertained 55,000 punters without using fossil fuels, thanks to Massive Attack who approached "a team at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research [to] put together a plan for a fully green setup [in 2024]" ⬇️ buff.ly/ExI4w21
observer.co.uk
How to power pop with clean energy | The Observer
Bristol’s Forwards Festival entertained 55,000 punters without using fossil fuels, thanks to Massive Attack
010
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Shipping climate targets – update 🚨 New Tyndall Centre analysis says emissions reductions of 96% by 2040 are needed for a 50% chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C under the Paris Agreement - up from 76% in our 2023 assessment. Read the briefing (PDF):🔗🛳️ buff.ly/CyLOeni
A container ship emits exhaust while at sea. Photo by Martijn Baudoin via Unsplash
001
Reposted by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) @cast-centre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CAST job alert: We are hiring for an Impact and Communications Associate to join us at our centre hub (University of Bath) and help shape climate policy and practice through world-leading social science research. 📣 Deadline: Tuesday 29 September 2026 Apply now: cast.ac.uk/cast-careers/
Promotional recruitment graphic from the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations. The image features the CAST logo in the top left and large text reading “We are hiring!” in teal and pink. Below, the advert lists: “Position: Impact and Communications Associate”, “Institution: University of Bath”, and “Deadline: Tuesday, 29 September 2026”. A blue “Apply now” button appears in the lower left. The design has a white background with the CAST logomark on the right-hand side.
187
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The central north Amazon, considered critical to Amazonia’s cultural and biodiversity wealth, was not previously considered as being the most affected by climate change. This region has now unexpectedly found itself at the forefront of rapid growth in climate extremes: 🔗 buff.ly/vTr2S0B
buff.ly
Rapid growth in climate extremes hitting critical region of Amazon hardest
Rapid growth in climate extremes is hitting a critical region of the Amazon hardest, according to new research involving the University of East Anglia.
012
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Field Kitchen: Designing Edible Futures for Rewetted Landscapes 🌾 Researchers from the Tyndall Centre will work with Norwich Uni of Arts on this project that explores how food can shape the future of farming and climate adaptation - find out more: buff.ly/saKVbi1
norwichuni.ac.uk
Field Kitchen: Designing Edible Futures for Rewetted Landscapes | Norwich University of the Arts
Field Kitchen will use design, food and immersive technologies to help communities imagine climate-resilient landscapes.
010