Imperial steps up fight against climate change

The creation of a new multi-million pound research centre to tackle climate change was announced by Imperial College London recently.

The cross-disciplinary centre will lead new research programmes looking into the causes and levels of climate change from different scientific perspectives. Research will also focus on tackling the major impact climate change will have on the planet, from rising sea levels and decreasing biodiversity, to the spread of tropical diseases like malaria in previously temperate climates.

The establishment of the new Centre for Climate Change Research was marked with the launch of a major international recruitment campaign to find a Director and a Chair for the Centre. In the coming months a further professor, three readers, five lecturers and two RCUK fellowships will also be recruited to create a substantial team of leading scientists from numerous disciplines.

The new centre is being developed to draw on the existing expertise of Imperial's academics across the entire spectrum of climate change research, including atmospheric physics, atmospheric chemistry, modelling, hydrology, oceanography, paeleoclimatology, population biology and environmental policy.