From the macro to the micro: analysis from the IES

Elizabeth Fonseca
Webinars
January 2024

Agriculture is the main source of ammonia emissions in the UK.  These emissions result in both particulate air pollution and terrestrial eutrophication from the deposition of reactive nitrogen onto sensitive habitats.  The Government has set targets and identified technical measures to...

Joseph Lewis
Blog
December 2023
Basketball players with hands together and overlaid text "Adversarial to integrated: making environmental consenting a team sport"

The IES has published a new report with guidance on how to transform environmental consenting processes into 'a team sport', moving from an adversarial process towards an integrated one.


Read the report: 'Adversarial to integrated: how to make environmental consenting a team sport'.

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Honor Puciato & Eirini Karagiann
Webinars
December 2023

In the realm of emissions reporting, numerous frameworks cater to organisations' needs for disclosing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, an important gap persists - the absence of a structured framework for organisations to report on their air pollution emissions. Adding to this...

Pete Smith, Matthew Ling and Brigette Reid
Webinars
December 2023
Photograph of coastal mangroves at sunset with pink clouds

Reflecting on the discussions at COP28, it is important to remember the interlinked nature of the climate and biodiversity crises. Addressing these issues holistically will be dependent on developing solutions with multiple benefits for both nature and climate adaptation and mitigation. ...

Judy Ling Wong CBE; Professor Mark Everard
Article
December 2023
Leaves on a tree with overlaid text: "IES long read: different ways of knowing and being: two perspectives"

Science has historically played a key role in the curation of knowledge and understandings about the world, particularly in western society. That role comes with a significant degree of power, but also an often overlooked mandate to handle that position of authority responsibly.


Many...

Ethny Childs
Blog
December 2023
Overhead view of the ocean with a wave 2/3 of the way across. Superimposed with text reading "Blue Carbon: wrap-up. #IESTurningTheTide." Bottom right corner features the IES and UN Ocean Decade logos.

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science has been hosting discussions at this year’s COP28 on ocean climate solutions, with the aim to promote the role of science, media, technology and education to achieve ocean solutions for climate action and sustainable development. 


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