Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

The country has enjoyed a unique period of consensus and stability under the Climate Change Act, which the Tories now want to scrap.

In this video, Steve explores the concept of net zero emissions, tracing its origins and outlining the essential principles for achieving it. From the evolution of climate strategy to the scientific…

Today’s global net-zero governance landscape fails to recognize some of the most important strategic actions companies can take to mitigate climate change. Standards have been built primarily to gu...

Today at Climate Week NYC, the Net Zero Tracker publishes the Net Zero Stocktake 2025, its latest iteration of an annual assessment that reviews both the quantity and quality of net-zero commitments. ...

Across departments, colleges and student-led societies, the University is delivering innovative education and engagement programmes that connect students in Oxford and around the world with the knowle...

Across departments, colleges and student-led societies, the University is delivering innovative education and engagement programmes that connect students in Oxford and around the world with the knowle...

The GGR-D Programme is excited to be hosting the UK GGR Event, taking place at the Royal Institution in central London from Monday 29 September to Wednesday 1 October 2025. Bringing together…

A team of Oxford DPhil students, including Nethmi Jayaratne Kariyawasam from the Oxford Smith School, jointly won First Prize in the ASHRAE Region XIV Net-Zero Building Design Competition 2025 on Net ...

Heat-related deaths occur throughout the summer months, peak during heatwaves, and are affected by temperature and exposed populations’ sensitivities to meteorological conditions. Previous studies found that climate change is increasing heat-related mortality worldwide. We build on existing epidemiological methods to shed light on the adverse effects of climate change on human health. We address limitations in existing methods and apply refined approaches to assess heat mortality attributable to human-induced climate change in Zürich, Switzerland, over 50 years (1969–2018) including a case study of summer 2018. Our methodological refinements affect how counterfactual climate scenarios are derived, and facilitate accounting for changing vulnerability, and assessing impacts during and outside heatwaves. We find nearly 1,700 heat-related deaths attributable to human-induced climate change between 1969 and 2018. Declining vulnerability to heat avoided at least 700 heat-related deaths. The approach described here could be applied elsewhere to quantify the effect of climate change on other health outcomes.