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We have 50 Climate Science (climate change risk) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Climate Science (climate change risk) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 50 Climate Science (climate change risk) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Physically-based Hydrological Modelling for National Climate Change Risk Assessments
The Climate Change Committee produces a UK-wide Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) every five years in accordance with the Climate Change Act of 2008. Read more
Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) for transformative change: Addressing multi-hazard vulnerability in the context of risk-informed development.
Summary. Disaster risk weakens climate adaptation. This PhD will explore the DDR-CCA nexus by assessing the vulnerability of adaptation assets to multi-hazards; and examining the transformative potential of risk-informed development. Read more
CR2025_46: Assessing extinction risk for the African Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) under climate change and habitat degradation.
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Swansea University*. The African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is an iconic tree that is ecologically, economically and culturally important. Read more
CR2025_46: Assessing extinction risk for the African Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) under climate change and habitat degradation.
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Swansea University*. The African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is an iconic tree that is ecologically, economically and culturally important. Read more
Impacts of climate change on the sensitivity of freshwater wetland invertebrate populations to chemical exposure
Are you passionate about environmental science, climate change, and chemical risk management? This exciting PhD project, part of the NERC-funded ECOWILD… Read more
Protecting UK infrastructure from landslides triggered by climate extremes
Background. Landslides impact the railway network on average three times per week, and their frequency has increased by >50% in the last ten years. Read more
Funded PhD - Urban green space as refuge for people and disease vectors under climate change: a double-edged sword
With heatwaves becoming increasingly frequent and intense under climate change, people are relying on urban green spaces as a refuge particularly as cities can be worse impacted by heat (the urban heat island effect). Read more
CR2025_58: Windstorms in a changing climate
Windstorms, a particularly hazardous form of the low-pressure systems that typically occur in the mid-latitudes in the autumn and winter, are one of the most important natural hazards impacting the UK. Read more
CR2025_43: Predicting the surprises: Extreme events in Northern Europe
Extreme weather events are increasingly causing physical and economic damages, and casualties. Read more
Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Approaches for Anticipatory Climate Change Actions
Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more
Adaptation to extreme environmental change: Consequences of multiple stressors for species interactions and their extinction risk
The increasing rate at which climate change is occurring, and the frequency and magnitude of change, means that environments can be unpredictable, they can change abruptly, and they can be extreme. Read more
In hot water: Climate change, water level, and the future of water quality in lakes
Climate change is the dominant global environmental problem of our time, and lakes are sensitive sentinels of change (Williams et al. Read more
CR2025_22: The role of the North Atlantic jet stream and cut-off low cyclones in the changing nature of summertime European flood risk
Summertime precipitation extremes are increasing across much of Europe due to climate change. Read more
CR2025_01: Understanding the risk of extreme U.S. winter weather
The United States is particularly vulnerable to extreme winter weather, and in February 2021, December 2022, and January 2024, the U.S. Read more
Using new high-resolution ensembles to quantify uncertainty in projections of African climate processes
Background. Global models underpinning future projections struggle to capture African weather and climate change, to a large extent because the convective storms that generate tropical rainfall are below their coarse grid scale and have to be parameterised. Read more