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Sunset over the oil industry: Depleted oil fields are one of the targets for carbon dioxide burial.

Safer carbon capture and storage

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'We have less than 10 years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and temperature growth to 1.5C and we cannot make it without interventions from and change within the finance sector,' Liz McKeon, IKEA Foundation. Credit: Shutterstock.

IKEA Foundation pledges £4.5m to back Oxford sustainable finance action

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When the history of COP26 and the battle to reduce emissions is written, last minute manoeuvrings in Glasgow will be a feature. But the very real successes of this year's Conference of the Parties will also be writ large

COP26: Don't forget the successes - Oxford experts

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Any of the healthy and sustainable dietary patterns we looked at are a better option for health, the environment, and financially. Credit: Shutterstock.

Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study

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global growth of cities, particularly in the global south, will entrench and embed people in urban concentrations of informality

Finally: COP considers cities and the climate crisis

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Like drunks running away without paying, some rich countries are expected to try to escape their financial obligations at COP26. It's outrageous, says Brian O'Callaghan, lead researcher. Credit: Shutterstock.

Dine and dash? Global COVID recovery investment is not aligned with COP rhetoric

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Every burger helps

Oxford food experts work with Tesco on sustainable plant-based meals

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Without a concerted effort to direct investment towards green industries, the climate emergency will continue to loom larger every year. If governments around the world do not heed this wake-up call, the emissions gap is certain to continue growing and em

UNEP emissions gap report: Damning findings on G20 ambition and post-Covid green finance

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The Carbon Takeback Obligation requires fossil fuel extractors and importers to dispose safely and permanently of a rising fraction of the CO2 they generate. Credit: Shutterstock.

Affordable policy which could stop fossil fuels causing global warming - report

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The Carbon Engineering Direct Air Capture carbon capture plant, Squamish, Canada. According to Professor Allen, Investment is urgently needed into safer, permanent CO2 disposal. Credit: Shutterstock.

Why Net Zero (and what is it?)

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