In the late hours of the 4th March 2023, after almost 1.5 days of non-stop negotiation, the world’s governments meeting at the United Nations in New York finally agreed on a Treaty text to protect the High Seas, or as it is officially known, for the conservation and sustainable use of marine...
This event was organised in collaboration with Midlands Land Events (MidLE) for our Land Condition Early Career Network.
The importance of soils is becoming more widely recognised, with soils moving up the agenda for many stakeholders in the land condition sector. For people...
Challenge 10 of the UN Ocean Decade calls for us to 'Change humanity’s relationship with the ocean'. Achieving this behavioral change will come about through giving everyone the opportunity to learn and understand how our individual and collective actions are linked to the ocean, building...
This article, published as part of the IES’s Future of ES23 horizon scanning & foresight project, examines the past and potential future of the scientific process, as well as ways to integrate systems thinking, interdisciplinary approaches, and public engagement through scientific literacy...
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Floods, droughts, sewage, agricultural runoff, hazardous chemicals, straightened concrete banks, barriers and invasive non-native species...
Today the IES Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Community Working Group has launched a thought piece exploring the key challenges facing EIA professionals and its vision for EIA moving forward. This work is the culmination of a number of discussions held between the working group over...
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