Horizon scanning
Decarbonising surface transport
To meet carbon budget projections, surface transport emissions will need to fall by 86% from 2023 levels by 2040.
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Horizon scanning
Transport: how can sustainable travel choices be encouraged?
Encouraging more sustainable travel choices could help to reduce carbon emissions from transport.
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POSTbrief
20 mph speed limits and zones: public health impacts
How can 20 mph speed limits and zones provide public health benefits? What are the challenges for interpreting the evidence, and policy considerations?
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Horizon scanning
Climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience
Contributors to the horizon scan identified interconnected challenges and opportunities related to climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience.
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Horizon scanning
Addressing climate transition challenges and opportunities
Contributors to the horizon scan identified challenges and opportunities related to climate justice and achieving a just transition.
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Horizon scanning
Green education, training and employment
Contributors to the horizon scan identified challenges and opportunities related to green skills, education and employment in the UK.
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Horizon scanning
Community based climate change approaches
Achieving climate policies will require local community action. What can be done to involve communities in climate mitigation and adaptation?
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Horizon scanning
Addressing the links between climate change and nature loss
Nature based solutions can help address climate change and other societal challenges. However, key implementation data gaps remain.
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Horizon scanning
Net zero and the UK’s historic building stock
The retrofit of the UK's historic building stock is needed to enhance energy efficiency and achieve net zero targets. How can this be done?
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Horizon scanning
Net zero: the role of consumer behaviour
Achieving net zero is expected to require changes in consumer behaviour and habits. What are the challenges and how can they be overcome?
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POSTnote
Planning for net zero
This POSTnote outlines the challenges and opportunities for the English planning system and related policies to deliver net zero infrastructure and services.
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Horizon scanning
Climate security
Climate security refers to the impact of climate change on national security. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change described the threat posed by climate change to human and national security as a “code red for humanity”.
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POSTnote
Energy security and AI
This POSTnote summarises the current and emerging applications of AI and ML in the energy system, barriers to wider implementation, the challenges likely to be encountered, and policy considerations proposed by sector stakeholders.
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Horizon scanning
Balancing UK agricultural production and environmental objectives
Supporting food and fibre production approaches that are environmentally sustainable and resilient to environmental change.
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Horizon scanning
Integrated management of the water environment
Water supplies could be better protected through a risk-based systems approach to managing the pressures currently degrading freshwaters.
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