Five ambitious research ideas that respond to the challenge of climate change have secured a total of £200,000 in the first round of King’s Climate & Sustainability Seed Fund, to help to surface fresh thinking and attract external research funding for climate and sustainability across King’s.

The projects will each build momentum towards larger programmes that address urgent global challenges. They range from greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, to tackling adaptation to a changing climate, focusing on some of the most pressing issues facing the world today.

The proposals were selected for their potential to lead on to larger research programmes that are not only important, but also novel and distinctive.