Burying Emissions at Sea
‘Blue carbon’ has historically been neglected as a carbon capture mechanism, but realising its full potential has changed the climate decisions of governments, businesses and ordinary people.
School of Geography and Sustainable Development
Enhancing resilience and improving lives through tropical peat
The University’s Peatland Research Group works hard to understand the role tropical peat plays in our ecosystem, and just as hard to translate their groundbreaking research into action.
Technological innovation to efficiently and responsibly harness primary resources in the Global South
A demonstrator project and knowledge exchange programme for Kazakhstan GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorsDr William McCarthy, Dr David McCollum SchoolsEarth & Environmental Sciences, Geography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesKazakhstan Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 7, Goal 16 This research continues to bring leading UK researchers from the University of St Andrews, Satbayev University and Nazarbayev Universities together to put … Read more
Scottish innovation to ensure safe and effective TB treatment in Africa
GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorDerek Sloan SchoolsMedicine, Geography and Sustainable Development ODA countriesUganda Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3 Tuberculosis (TB), the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, is a major public health problem in Uganda with 86,000 new cases (40% HIV co-infected) and 11,000 deaths per year. Recent clinical trial results suggest that higher doses of … Read more
India’s coastal blue carbon resource
GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorWilliam Austin SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesIndia Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 13, Goal 14 Blue Carbon resources offer the potential to become incorporated into frameworks for the implementation of sustainable development goals and to help meet the challenges of the current global climate emergency. The frameworks of the Intergovernmental Panel on … Read more