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Rae Watney
November 2024
A dramatic landscape in the UK, with rolling green mountain scenery and a cloudy but blue sky. Copyright Dominic Meijers, Adobe Stock

In this webinar, Rae Watney, a Local Authority Officer at Sheffield City Council, provided an overview of her educational and professional background, the day-to-day of her role and journey in the land condition sector. She discussed the skills she has developed in both the private and public...

Martin Currie, Simon Spooner & Ana Mijic
November 2024
Aerial photograph of river valley

Is climate change and the resulting loss in biodiversity irreversible? Will our current efforts to slow climate change be enough or do we need to consider radical change in our water systems?


IES/FWR held this discussion meeting to explore whether abstracting water downstream of cities,...

Brigette Reid & Kripa Dwarakanath
November 2024
Photo of forest from above with road going through

This Climate Action Community event is on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). 


Two members of our Climate Action Community Steering Group provided presentations on the following:

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Patrick Devine-Wright
November 2024
Photograph of tree roots

New thinking on social and cultural change is required if government is going to reach its net zero target. Technology alone will not be enough. People, our societies and our systems need to change and adapt to meet our net zero goals.


The ESRC funded ACCESS project brought together a...

Kate Tandy
October 2024
A new build housing estate under construction, with a wildflower meadow in the foreground

In June 2024 the UK Supreme Court made a landmark decision that Surrey County Council's decision to grant planning permission to a developer, who was looking to retain and expand an existing onshore oil well site, was unlawful due to the project's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) not...

Mark Everard & Rob McInnes
October 2024
Photo of wetland

Despite commitments by global signatories of the Ramsar Convention to undertake systemic assessment of designated wetlands, research had revealed that virtually none had been done globally and that the lack of practical tools for rapid assessment was a principal obstacle. The Rapid...

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