Announcing the CDE Webinar programme

The Constructing a Digital Environment programme is running a series of online Webinars, these will be run every three weeks, and will aim to develop the digitally enabled environment to benefit scientists, policymakers, businesses, communities and individuals. The CDE webinars seek to showcase the latest expertise in digital technology and methodologies applied to the environment, […]

COVID-19 and Illegal Wildlife Trade: Where does the Law Fail and How Digital Technologies can help?

The exact origin of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has not yet been identified, however there are indications that it may be linked to pangolin. Pangolins are protected at the highest level under international environmental law via a ban on international trade in all pangolin species since 2017, however they are still considered to be the world’s most trafficked mammal. This has put illegal or unsustainable wildlife […]

Ten emerging environmental issues for European policy makers to consider

The first report from an expert collaboration identifying ten key emerging environmental issues for Europe has been developed with academic input from Cranfield University. The FORENV project is a foresight system which takes a short, medium and long-term look at emerging topics that EU policy-makers need to consider. An alliance of experts led by Collingwood Environmental Planning […]

COVID-19 Hackathons

The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to profound changes in society, with consequent worldwide environmental impacts, positive and negative. As we seek to understand fully the consequences of these impacts, there is a pressing need for tools and solutions to help us characterise and understand what has happened. The development and sharing of these through the […]

Digital Demonstrator Workshops – materials now available

Following our three Digital Demonstrator Workshop events, The materials provided in each of the three workshops are now made available in our Downloads Area. You will find all the presentations and other materials there. To access the area you will need a password to be advised for delegates by NERC. Image credit: Kristina Tamane

Digital Demonstrator Workshops

We have now held two of the three Digital Demonstrator workshops that are planned to support the pre-announcement of the Digital Environment Demonstrator Network call. Our meeting in London followed on from last weeks meeting in Cardiff, and Edinburgh comes next week. The workshops comprise a range of presentations from NERC, from Defra and Environment […]