Matters pertaining to policy development
Just a fortnight to go until the NERC ‘Digital, Unlocking Environmental Challenges’ event at the Royal Society, London on Sept 5th. Free registration and details at https://digitalenvironment.org/digital-the-key-to-unlocking-environmental-challenges/ – the event is all about how digital tools support sound environmental decision making. @SPFDigiEnv @NERCscience #DUEC
UNEP’s World Environment Day, or ‘WED’, is held on June 5th each year. WED gives us the opportunity to consider the many global and local environmental challenges we face, and provides the impetus for a call to action around the world. The need for large scale ecosystem regeneration and the response to the changing climate, […]
Well to answer that we are putting data archives and portals to the test with our #EnvironmentalDataDiscovery Trails. Why have we suddenly asked this question? Following the NERC COVID-19 hackathons it was realised a lot of data sources are used for environmental challenges, but not always data that are publicly available following UKRI-funded research. Given our […]
Digital Champions Professors Ron Corstanje and Steve Hallett provided a summary update of progress to date with their activities with relation to the NERC ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ programme. This was recorded and the video is presented below.
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 […]
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 […]