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Gary Kass
June 2025
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Gary Kass is Visiting Professor in Sustainability Science, Policy and Practice at Imperial College in the Centre for Environmental Policy, and Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey's Institute for Sustainability. He is also a member of Office for the...

Ethny Childs
June 2025
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The transition to a net zero society is dependent on understanding how our activities contribute to emissions and taking actions to reduce and mitigate these. In development, climate change assessments form a distinct part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process as laid out in...

Joseph Lewis
June 2025
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Joseph Lewis is Policy Lead at the Institution of Environmental Sciences, working to promote the use of the environmental sciences in decision making. Joseph leads the delivery of the IES Policy Programme, standing up for the voice of science, scientists, and the natural world...

Professor Mark Everard
June 2025
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This article was written by Professor Mark Everard, IES Vice President, following from his initial 'War of the Worlds' article written in March and three subsequent opinion pieces: 'Sustainability is not a political debate', 'A War of Evidence', and 'The false dichotomy of environmentalism vs...

Ethny Childs
May 2025
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The IUCN defines nature-based solutions as those that address societal challenges through actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems, benefiting people and nature at the same time.  


The Foundation for Water Research (FWR) Community’s Water...

Mary Davis
May 2025
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This article was written anonymously and submitted under a pseudonym (Mary Davis), in response to the 'War of the Worlds' article written by Mark Everard, and the two subsequent opinion pieces 'Sustainability is not a political debate' and 'A War of Evidence'. It provides this individual's...

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