The UK is committed to reaching Net Zero emissions by 20501,2 and digital technology, such as AI, will play a key role in meeting this goal by enabling technical, economic and social transformation.3 In 2018, The Royal Society4 claimed that nearly a third of the carbon emission reductions the UK...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming ever increasingly integrated into our everyday lives. Its use within the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process presents both an opportunity as well as a risk if not used appropriately or within guidelines.
In this talk Peter Hurley and...
In Windhoek, Namibia in December 2024, the eleventh plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) agreed the text of the summaries for policy makers (SPMs) for two landmark reports: the Nexus Assessment and the Transformative...
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We are thrilled to announce the appointment of eight new student ambassadors from six of our accredited institutions.
Our Student Ambassadors will represent the IES at their university, ...
In this webinar, Jo Bradley, Stormwater Shepherds, sets out the extent of water pollution caused by highway runoff in the UK, and describes the effects of the toxins in the pollution. She explains how these harmful discharges fit in with other sources of pollution, and how we could potentially...
The Agriculture Act in 2020 confirmed that Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) were to be put in place across the United Kingdom, replacing the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the wake of the UK’s exit from the European Union. This was welcomed at the time by many in the farming...
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