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[The extraordinary challenges we face] will not be overcome with the efforts of just one sector or community. This report … provides critical guidance for how we can be more impactful and effective together

Climate action must be joined up for success - Oxford report

The global climate change movement has been mapped for the first time in a ground-breaking Said Business School report, which calls for greater coordination of eco-action.
Although there is an expectation everyone has access to the digital world, and everything from claiming benefits to booking vaccine appointments are done online, the team found many people are being excluded. Credit: Shutterstock.

Public libraries can help bridge the digital divide: Oxford report

When Oxford academic Dr Kira Allmann began volunteering at a library, she did not imagine it would result in a report calling for urgent government support for libraries to address deep digital inequalities.
men couples form the majority of new civil partnership formations, but, in contrast, more women couples than men couples enter same sex marriages

Equal marriage, equal civil partnerships? Issues around legal unions.

The law on marriage and civil partnerships, for both opposite and same sex couples, has been made equal – but not completely symmetrical; that is, concerning the option of converting one form of legal union into another, according to

You can't live forever: The team analysed data from primates, including gorillas. All the datasets revealed the same general pattern of mortality: A high risk of death in infancy which rapidly declines in the immature and teenage years, remains low until

You cannot live forever: Ageing is unstoppable

Workers may be earning below their local minimum wages or working long and antisocial hours, uncounted in wages. They can be exposed to psychologically distressing materials, or face discrimination based on their location, race, and gender. Credit: Shutte

When WFH is the norm: The unfair conditions of the global online work economy.

Forest clearance caused by unsustainable cattle ranching, land-grabbing and untitled land are precipitating the growing incidence of Colombian wildfires

Colombia’s increasing wildfires caused by institutional cattle ranching and land-grabbing

These bikes allow older people to cycle and help riders cycle in hilly areas. But they still provide physical activity.

Obsessing over electric cars is impeding the race to net zero: More active travel is essential

True Planet: Oxford research for a changing world The world is in a climate crisis, and Oxford researchers are at the forefront of trying to find solutions in adaptation and resilience, nature, energy transition, clean road transport and green finance. O

G7: last chance to board the green pandemic recovery ship before it sails, say Oxford experts

novel forms of NbS can be used to help conserve and enhance urban heritage, including using soil and turf to physically consolidate vulnerable walls and ruins (termed 'soft capping') as well as enhancing the visitor experience by bringing nature and all i

Enhancing urban life and heritage: Nature-based solutions in the city

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