Billions for Better Modelling: UK Doubles Down on Climate Science to Forecast a Cleaner Planet - UKC

* Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-14th-april-2025
- GOV.UK: Record £13.9 billion of R&D funding unveiled to boost innovation, jobs and growth 
“The Department’s investment in R&D to protect our planet also includes £310 million for the Met Office, which while most well-known for providing accurate weather forecasting for the UK also provides the UK’s most advanced climate modelling […]”
- GOV.UK: Professor Sir Ian Chapman appointed next CEO of UK Research and Innovation with renewed focus on economic growth 
- The World Economic Forum (WEF): Ottoline Leyser - Agenda Contributor
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - NERC is the driving force of investment in environmental science
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE, Centre for Climate Repair
“I’ll be so happy if we’ve decarbonised so rapidly that we don’t need to apply this research”
- Hugh Hunt (LinkedIn): Hugh Hunt’s post about the Napkin Diagram
“For climate change, the Napkin Diagram (thanks to John Shepherd 2010) helps us to understand how Emissions Reduction alone is not sufficient*. Carbon Dioxide Removal CDR is also necessary but in the short term we need SRM (Solar Radiation Management) to help keep temperatures down.”
- Arctic Repair Conference: It's time to talk about climate change solutions (26th - 28th June, Cambridge)