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Upscaling anaerobic digestion

What the benefits and challenges of expanding the anaerobic digestion sector to process organic waste?
- Food security
Rights of nature: Ethical frameworks

Rights of nature raise questions about the ethical basis of environmental protection and the implications of extending rights beyond humans.
- Environment
Economic support for families with young children

What does evidence suggest about the economic effects of policies supporting families with young children?
- Education
- Health and social care

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Approved work: Environmental compensation for net zero infrastructure

Can the environmental impacts of net zero infrastructure developments in specific locations be addressed through strategic compensatory mechanisms?
- Environment
Approved work: Governance of solar geoengineering research

How can researchers, funders and regulators create accountable governance for solar geoengineering research with clear guidance that builds public trust?
- Energy
- Environment
Approved work: Impacts of screen and phone use on children and young people’s development 

How does screen use and personal phone access affect children’s cognitive, behavioural, developmental and wellbeing outcomes, and what does the evidence suggest for interventions? 
- Digital technologies