University researchers are part of new hub awarded £6.5 million to help achieve net zero by 2050

  2nd February 2024

The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) at University of Gloucestershire is a member of a groundbreaking consortium awarded a £6.5 million grant by the Government to look at how changes to land use will help achieve net zero in the UK by 2050.

The CCRI is among 34 leading research and stakeholder organisations brought together in the first consortium of its kind to enable the four UK administrations, in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to address land use and agriculture as a major greenhouse gas emitting sector.

The Land Use for Net Zero (LUNZ) Hub will provide the administrations with evidence around land use, from renewable energy to soil carbon and green finance, to help drive the land transformations needed to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. You can find out more about this story on the University website.