From the macro to the micro: analysis from the IES

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. 


Supporting...

Lucy Rowland
Blog
December 2023
small bird sitting on microphone outdoors

Traditional ways of monitoring the species around us will always be of vital importance to ecological surveyors. Taking into account the sounds and sights in the field, experienced surveyors – ornithologists in particular – are experts at work, drawing on their extensive education, skills and...

Wanda Bodnar and Amy Pryor
Webinars
December 2023
View of the Thames Estuary showing a boat in the top left corner and a view of London skyscapers in the distance in the top right corner.

In this event, we heard from Wanda Bodnar and Amy Pryor from the Thames Estuary Partnership (TEP). Wanda first provided an overview of the natural history and ecology of the Thames Estuary in the last 200 years, summarising the reasons for its decline and recovery in the past, its...

Ellie Savage & Joseph Lewis
Article
December 2023
Cards being shuffled

On the 13th November, Rishi Sunak carried out a government reshuffle. Headlines were dominated by the Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s removal from the Cabinet and the surprise appointment of ex-Prime Minister David Cameron as Foreign Secretary. Further changes were made throughout the...

Lucy Rowland
Article
November 2023
A photograph of a small green seedling emerging from a small pile of soil on top of a stack of pound coins.

We’ve got the headlines from the 2023 salary survey: salaries are up, but with inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, the value of earnings has decreased. But what do our members really think about their environmental career experiences? 


Every two years, we conduct a survey of IES...

Pages

Getting to the heart of the issue

Researchers, professionals and members of the IES team provide in depth analysis of news stories, topical issues and emerging science.

Who to contact

Bea Gilbert

Publications Lead

Email