St Andrews will host the 12th UK National Climate Dynamics Workshop in summer 2027. All aspects of climate dynamics are covered, including theory, modelling and observational studies of global and regional atmospheric and ocean dynamics, climate variability, near-term climate prediction and long-term climate change.

Researchers from across Europe will attend to present new research on climate dynamics and build connections across groups working on similar topics.

The event will build on last years’ successful event bringing together climate scientists working across Scottish institutes (and those working within Scotland). We welcome abstracts on all aspects of climate dynamics. 

The University of St Andrews is bringing together academics, researchers and partners to share expertise, research and facilities with businesses ranging from SMEs to multinational organisations with an interest in the Circular Economy.

Join colleagues from across the Changing Climates GRC to brainstorm student project plans.  Our aim is to catalyse new collaborations through MSt and MSc by Research projects - and/or BScs and PhDs - for advertisement in this application cycle.  Further discussions and networking to continue with a drinks reception.

Ludi Simpson is in his seventies with a professional career behind him, latterly as Professor of Population Studies at the University of Manchester.

He has been arrested multiple times after actions organised by Just Stop Oil, including for throwing soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers in the National Gallery. He says that he has caused minor disruption in order to draw attention to the harm to every living thing caused daily by fossil fuel corporations and the politicians they have bought.

Can humanity flourish in a warming world? 

Changing Climates Director, Prof James Rae, will deliver this year’s James Gregory lecture on Science and Human Flourishing. 

The St Andrews Global Research Centre for Changing Climates is excited to announce that the Climate Change and History Research Initiative (CCHRI) has moved from Princeton University to the University of St Andrews, as has its founder, Professor John Haldon.

The Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies (CAES) and CCHRI will be co-hosting a workshop showcasing some pre-modern climate history research.

This workshop, funded by UKRI and organised by GRC members, aims to bridge the gaps between the sister disciplines of modern and paleo oceanography by bringing together leading experts from each field.

The Centre for Changing Climates, alongside CEPPA, brought together expertise in climate science and ethics to address this topical issue, with presentations by GFC steering group member Prof Andrea Burke and visiting Professor Stephen Gardiner, and follow up discussion.

Climate change over land is critical for human society, yet poorly understood, due to the competing influences of different factors, including vegetation, topography, and atmospheric dynamics.

Volcanic eruptions exert a major forcing on Earth’s climate and have repeatedly perturbed human society through history. St Andrews hosted international researchers and policy experts to examine the lessons these events can provide for climate science, societal response, and hazard management.

Initiated and led by GRC steering group member Graeme MacGilchrist, with Director Rae and international partners, this workshop brought 60 of the world’s leading experts on ocean circulation – spanning dynamics, observations, paleo, dynamical systems, and modelling – to examine the future fate of the Atlantic’s circulation.

The Centre for Changing Climates contributed to the People’s Emergency Briefing screening and panel discussion, hosted by Transition St Andrews, as part of a series of PEB events across the UK.

Hosted by sister centre STACCS, the showcase brought together initiatives in sustainability, environment, and climate at St Andrews. This allowed relationship building and a better understanding of the breadth and complementarity of different initiatives.

As part of Sustainability week, the Centre for Changing Climates hosted a popular afternoon of research talks and discussion on The IPCC in a Changing Climate, featuring IPCC Chair, Professor Sir Jim Skea, alongside leading thinkers on climate at St Andrews across multiple disciplines.

Inspired by end of year playlists, the GRC reviews the year in climate. An interactive presentation and quiz, held in the beautiful surroundings of the Laidlaw Music Centre, covered all things climate 2025 – broken records, societal impacts, and progress in solutions.

To address this need, the GRC for Changing Climates hosted a two-day workshop to connect expertise and kick-start collaboration between researchers from across Scotland. Presentations spanned disciplines including atmospheric dynamics, ocean circulation, paleoclimate, and climate impacts. Discussions identified new modes of collaboration, providing the critical mass to boost the impact of climate science in Scotland.

In “Overshoot”, leading climate scholars Wim Carton and Andreas Malm (both of Lund University) discuss how overshoot scenarios became mainstream, and the potential and the risks of this approach.