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The latest updates from the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation.
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New on the blog - a summary of Maria Val Martin's work

Maria Val Martin and her research group have been a vital cornerstone to the work of LC3M, particularly since the award of Maria's UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. Maria joined the Centre in 2017 and has been a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow since 2020.
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Read the 2025 LC3M Annual Newsletter

Missed our annual newsletter this year? Catch up on all our 2024-2025 news by reading it online in your browser. We've captured all our activities, from theme updates across all of our work packages, to new papers and press engagement.

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New on the blog - Theme 4 macroeconomics update 2016-2025

Continuing our series of theme summaries, here we're recapping the progress and findings from our integrated systems modelling and macroeconomics strand within Theme 4, led chiefly by Prof Neil Edwards at the Open University.
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Enhanced mineral weathering in agriculture to capture greenhouse gases

A team is coordinating a large multi-partner research project to assess the feasibility of using enhanced mineral weathering to capture greenhouse gases and enhance UK food and soil security. IOM3 is a partner of the Expert Advisory Group.

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UK invests over £30m in large-scale greenhouse gas removal

Professor Beerling will lead a collaborative Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator, aiming to help the UK getting to net-zero by 2050, utilising agriculture and crushed rocks via three large scale field trials and targeted public engagement research.

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Agriculture, the Land and the Environment – Planet Philadelphia

How can the use of our land, particularly for agriculture, help with environmental protection and climate change? Listen to the interview with LC3M Director, Professor David Beerling, on Planet Philadelphia’s environmental radio show.

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Innovative agricultural technologies could help meet food security and climate change emergencies

Scientists have proposed a range of technological options for sustainable, productive and resilient agriculture, which provide multiple routes for removing CO2 from the atmosphere to directly mitigate climate change.

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Legume trees key to supporting tropical forest growth

Researchers have found that nitrogen-fixing legume trees can support themselves and surrounding trees not only with increased access to nitrogen but with other key nutrients through enhanced mineral weathering.