Our remit is global and our interests correspondingly wide. The below are indicative rather than fully comprehensive questions of relevance for our work and are arranged into ten overlapping categories.
The dynamic nature of world events and diplomatic work around them mean that we often need research based insights to help anticipate, shape, manage and benefit from unfolding developments and possible futures. The synthesised expertise of researchers can help us make judgements in a policy environment where experimental trials and replicable results are often impossible or inappropriate.
Because time can be of the essence we value emerging results and insights shared via updates, short events, websites and similar, in advance of peer reviewed articles.
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FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
International climate talks in Katowice, Poland, in 2018 descended into acrimony over a scientific landmark report by the most authoritative international body on climate science, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate C...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow
The project discusses the politics of science in international climate cooperation, which is relevant to the question's focus on multilateral and international alignments on climate change consensus.
This award supports the scientific activities of the Co-chair of Working Group III (Mitigation) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and scientific members of the Technical Support Unit (TSU). The TSU ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Imperial College London
The project is led by the Co-Chair of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and supports the scientific activities of the IPCC. The project specifically focuses on climate change mitigation, which is directly relevant to the question about the impact of coronavirus on climate change consensus and the opportunities for the UK to tackle the global threat.
To implement the Paris Agreement's goals, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced to net-zero around 2050. However, current policies are still insufficient to reach this target and net-zero promises by countries are ...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: CLIMATE STRATEGIES
The project focuses on implementing the Paris Agreement's goals and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which is relevant to the question's focus on climate change consensus and the UK's efforts to tackle the global threat.