UCL in the media
Carbon emissions from fossil fuels will hit record high in 2022
“[The Global Carbon Project analysis] sends a clear message to the leaders at COP27 – the world needs to have significant cuts in global emissions in 2023 if we are to have any chance to keeping climate change to 1.5C,” said Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography).
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Do experts fear COVID strains on the horizon?
Professor Greg Towers (UCL Infection & Immunity) said he was hopeful that while there might be more changes in the genetic make-up of the virus, they would not result in a return to serious disease.
Why smart thermostats don't always save you money
Professor Enrico Costanza (UCL Interaction Centre) conducted a study on thermostats in 2017 and argued it would be more useful to give people information about their energy use over a longer period, or a forecast that explains how can be saved with particular habits.
Is critical western aid to Ukraine in war with Russia in jeopardy?
"Even if defence spending may be compromised by double-digit inflation and fluctuating exchange rates, there is no suggestion that Europe's commitment to Ukraine has declined,” said Professor Brad Blitz (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society).
Time for rich nations to face hard climate truths at COP27
"There seems no room for doubt that we have already pushed the [climate] system to the very edge of the envelope of natural rates of change, and possibly beyond it," writes Professor Tim Atkinson (UCL Earth Sciences).
Doctors say crumbling computer systems put patients' lives at risk
"Poorly functioning IT systems are a clear and present threat to patient safety that also limit the potential for future transformative investment in healthcare," warn researchers from UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Imperial College London in the BMJ.
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Democrats Stacey Abrams and Beto O'Rourke underperform in US elections
"Their under-performance reflects the disconnect between the kinds of candidates that elites and the media tell Americans they should want, and the kinds of candidates that voters actually support at the ballot box," said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
Democrats flip state senate held by Republicans for 40 years
"The fact that Republicans couldn't maintain control of the chamber in an election where many experts were predicting a 'red wave' nationally doesn't bode well for the GOP," said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
How much influence Vladimir Putin's ally wields is overstated
"[Yevgeny] Prigozhin does what the Kremlin wants and does very well for himself in the process. But that´s the thing - he is part of the staff rather than part of the family," said Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).
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Who pays for climate change?
The term “climate reparation”, where wealthy emitter nations owe poorer nations for the harms caused by climate change, harkens back to the reparations paid for clean-up following World War I, explains Professor Lisa Vanhala (UCL Political Science).