This year has seen the hottest June on record in the UK, and a multitude of extreme weather-related events and records have been broken globally in the last few years. As I write this (July 2023) Europe is sweltering in the Cerberus heatwave, with record temperatures expecting to be broken in a...
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July 2023
The IES policy team spoke with young professionals and IES student ambassadors to hear their lived experiences of work as early career professionals in the environmental sector, as well as their expectations and hopes for the future. This article tells the story of those experiences....
June 2023
In January 2023, the UK Government published its Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) as the first update to its 25 Year Environment Plan. The Plan covers 10 high-level goals, most of which interact directly or indirectly with natural systems, environmental outcomes, and other policy...
April 2023
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded it’s sixth assessment cycle last month with the publication of the AR6 Synthesis Report. This report brings together the findings of the preceding three reports:
The Working Group I contribution – The physical science...
March 2023
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...
February 2023
Technology and the environment have always been interlinked. Technological development is driven by humanity’s need and desire to harness resources in the environment or disrupt normal environmental processes for their benefit. Technology has allowed us to no longer be governed by natural...
