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environmental SCIENTIST

Mon, 10 March 2025

Who pays? Money, power and risk in sustainable finance

Fri, 20 December 2024

A Planetary Prescription

Fri, 27 September 2024

Counting on Net Gain

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Latest IES activity

Milky way over beach

Wed, 4 February 2026

Introducing the new IAQM Awards — celebrating excellence across the air quality profession

Rows of wooden seats in conference auditorium

Community Latest

Tue, 27 January 2026

Celebrating a milestone for CEDHE

Mountain of colourful plastic waste

Tue, 27 January 2026

IES supports development of new POSTnote on managing legacy landfills

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Latest analysis

Road travelling towards the horizon

Mon, 16 February 2026

The role of monitoring in supporting environmental improvement

Ecologist setting up a water level logger in a wetland

Wed, 11 February 2026

What makes good environmental reporting?

Birds swim on the River Avon as golden sunlight glimmers on the water

Thu, 5 February 2026

Water White Paper: An upstream glimmer of change?

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