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The United Nations Conference of the Parties for Biodiversity (COP15) is a critical opportunity for countries to agree an ambitious global plan to halt and reverse species loss. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Oxford University delegation to champion nature at UN biodiversity conference

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Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea, seen from The SA Agulhas II research vessel during the field research. Image credit: Nekton 2022.

Synthetic fibres discovered in Antarctic samples show the ‘pristine’ continent is now a sink for plastic pollution

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have made no meaningful progress whatsoever on limiting the climate impacts themselves going forward, despite being tilted as the “implementation COP”. This inaction is incompatible with reaching the 1.5-degree target

Expert Comment - Climate justice and credible targets..or will COP27 be remembered as a 'lame duck'?

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These new guidelines mean when we see products and labels that say ‘net zero’ or ‘carbon neutral’ we now have a rubric against which to question whether these organisations are actually doing what it takes to get there

COP27: Net Zero guidelines aim to drive higher standards and counter 'greenwashing' accusations

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today’s data from Oxford’s Net Zero Tracker shows, in the 25 highest emitting regions: 60% of companies and over 80% of cities and regions still do not have a net zero target

UN report calls for non-state emissions action: as new data shows 60% of top businesses have no net zero target

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In a series of powerful ‘hopes’ for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the university, have recorded wishes and warnings in videos and written messages for the delegates to COP27. Credit: Shutterstock

COP27 must deliver fast action, swift justice and protect nature – Oxford experts

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Pathways to get to clean energy systems depend a lot on how feasible they are in each African country

Africa needs country-specific narratives for a clean energy future - study

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The Omega Seamaster II submersible surveys the vertical walls of the Maldives subsea topography. These cliffs often descended from 30metres to 250metres and further to 500metres, a defining physical characteristic of the new ecosystem ‘The Trapping Zone’,

Discovery of new ecosystem - ‘The Trapping Zone’ - creating oasis of life in the Maldives

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All Souls College, Radcliffe Camera and Brasenose College at dawn

Oxford University holds public event to promote road safety

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save the world at least $12 trillion

Decarbonising the energy system by 2050 could save trillions - Oxford study

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