From the macro to the micro: analysis from the IES

Joseph Lewis
Blog
March 2025
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Over the past year the IES has been conducting a thematic project on 'Knowledge for policy'. That project has now concluded with a final report: 'Knowledge in a world of transformative change'.


Read the full report


Following the release of our vision for the future of environmental...

Isla Smail
Webinars
March 2025
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This webinar provides an overview of the new groundwater quality standards for Scotland, including the key changes to Scottish Environment Protection Agency's (SEPA’s) associated guidance on assigning groundwater criteria for pollutant inputs, and on land contamination impacts on the water...

Sally Hughes
Article
March 2025
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As signatories to the Pledge to Net Zero initiative, the IES staff team have been hard at work collecting the data needed to calculate our current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The data covers as many aspects of our operations as we can accurately determine across all three scopes as defined...

Monica Rivas Casado, Cameron Orr & Jamie Clayton
Webinars
March 2025
Remote control drone with overlaid text "Technology and the environment"

Technology has a profound impact on the world around us. It influences the decisions people make on a daily basis and directly affects the state of our natural world.


Over the last few years, the rate of technological development has been even more pronounced. The effects of the COVID-19...

Babatunde Okeowo
Webinars
March 2025
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According to World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates, air pollution contributes to over 6 million deaths annually. A growing body of research links it to the exacerbation of chronic and acute diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cognitive decline.

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Dom Higgins
Article
March 2025
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environmental SCIENTIST | A Planetary Prescription | December 2024


Dom Higgins examines the growth of nature prescribing and the benefits to health and society.


Nature transforms people’s lives. Evidence shows that a thriving, wildlife-rich...

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