New thinking on social and cultural change is required if government is going to reach its net zero target. Technology alone will not be enough. People, our societies and our systems need to change and adapt to meet our net zero goals.
The ESRC funded ACCESS project brought together a...
The Wellbeing of Future Generations Act came into force in Wales in April 2016 and introduced a legal obligation for public bodies in Wales to improve the social, cultural, environmental, and economic wellbeing of Welsh citizens.
The Act defines Sustainable Development in Wales...
At the IES, we aim for our trustees to represent a range of sectors, fields, career stages and life experiences, and to be able to come together to make key decisions with insight and balance. Ultimately, we want our trustees to reflect our members, our members to reflect the environmental...
In June 2024 the UK Supreme Court made a landmark decision that Surrey County Council's decision to grant planning permission to a developer, who was looking to retain and expand an existing onshore oil well site, was unlawful due to the project's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) not...
Despite commitments by global signatories of the Ramsar Convention to undertake systemic assessment of designated wetlands, research had revealed that virtually none had been done globally and that the lack of practical tools for rapid assessment was a principal obstacle. The Rapid...
This article is part of the IES’s 2024 policy work on the theme of ‘knowledge’, addressing what evidence-informed policy means in practice and what it means for how environmental policy engagement is approached. This thematic work covers questions from the practical to the theoretical, from...
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