With the advent of net zero targets, corporate sustainability is now a business imperative. Embedding sustainable practices across a business will allow for an organisation to deliver goods and/or services in a way that's financially profitable, but does not have negative social and...
This webinar provides an exploration of the concept of uncertainty and how it is addressed in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, contrasting traditional approaches as mediated in the courts, and analytical modeling. The webinar goes on to explore the role of Artificial...
Over half a century ago, an editorial in an academic journal suggested that a specialist ended up ‘knowing more and more about less and less’. By contrast, and in the context of a now highly interconnected and uncertain world, the notion of interdisciplinarity raises the need of learning ‘...
The agriculture sector can contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing its own greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, sequestering carbon in vegetation and soils, and providing biomass to substitute for fossil fuels and other GHG-intensive products. The sector also needs to address water, soil...
SAMHE (Schools Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) is an indoor air quality research project funded by EPSRC that utilises Citizen Science methods to co-design, collect and analyse data on classroom air quality.
SAMHE is aiming to have indoor air quality monitors in...
In this event, we heard from Professor Colin Moffat who shared details of the Scottish Government's Blue Economy approach for the management of the marine environment. Colin also discussed The OSPAR Convention's recent commitment to accounting for natural capital and ecosystem...
Researchers, professionals and members of the IES team provide in depth analysis of news stories, topical issues and emerging science.
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