Climate Science and Society Research Cluster

Description

Staff in the Climate Science and Society research cluster undertake world class research into the multi-dimensional challenges of climate change. This involves an integrated programme of multi-disciplinary research into fundamental climate and Earth system processes (theme 1) and the impacts on life support systems (theme 2). Members draw on this information and evidence to inform policy approaches and pathways towards climate change mitigation (theme 3) and towards adaptation that builds climate resilience (theme 2) in the context of wider sustainable development objectives.

At the heart of these themes are a number of major consortium projects which aim to build climate resilience in Africa through consortia of UK and African researchers with mandated national and international agencies responsible for risk and resources management.

The cluster's staff are involved in a diverse portfolio of major international research projects which combine pure and applied research and pioneer new, interdisciplinary approaches to co-producing knowledge with potential users Research from the cluster has informed UN global climate policy and finance, national policy and practice in Sub Saharan Africa and has had a particularly significant impact in changing the way in which climate forecast information is produced and used across East Africa.

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University of Sussex
Brighton

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

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Climate@Sussex

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Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)

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Sussex Energy Group

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Brighton