Horizon scanning
Climate and environmental risks: governance challenges
Cross-cutting climate and environmental risks raise interconnected governance challenges that involve justice, sustainability and resilience concepts.
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Horizon scanning
Issues facing rural communities
A range of complex issues are faced by rural communities. What can be done to support rural economic growth and address long standing challenges?
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Horizon scanning
How can pollution control, waste management and resource use objectives be achieved?
Preventing harm from waste and pollution may require a better understanding of the factors involved in their creation. New approaches may be needed to meet objectives.
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Horizon scanning
Innovation and technology in agriculture and alternative foods
Without sustainable agricultural innovation, such as the use of artificial intelligence, the world faces persistent food insecurity and degraded resources.
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Horizon scanning
Balancing competing land uses: a multifunctional approach
How can a land use framework best address food security, climate mitigation and adaptation, and nature recovery challenges within England’s finite land area.
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Horizon scanning
Biodiversity loss and nature recovery
Meeting legally binding targets for reversing biodiversity loss would require a range of challenges to be addressed but would also provide societal benefits.
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POSTnote
Biodiversity net gain
This POSTnote outlines the mandatory biodiversity net gain policy introduced in England in 2024 and the risks and challenges for delivering its objectives.
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Enhanced rock weathering: Potential UK greenhouse gas removal
This POSTnote outlines the benefits and challenges of using enhanced rock weathering as a GGR approach for addressing emissions from UK hard-to-abate sectors.
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POSTbrief
Automated vehicles
This POSTbrief explains what automated vehicles are and how they work. It outlines developments in the UK, benefits and concerns and policy considerations.
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POSTnote
Reducing plastic waste
A POSTnote summarising what changes in approaches to UK plastic waste management maybe required if ambitious internationally legally binding targets are agreed.
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POSTbrief
Food Waste
This POSTbrief assesses interventions to prevent edible food waste, which contributes GHG emissions throughout its lifecycle from production to disposal.
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POSTnote
Public health impacts of heat
This POSTnote summarises the effects of heat on public health. It describes risk factors that make some people more likely to experience health impacts, outlines current policies and stakeholder perspectives.
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POSTnote
Wildfire risks to UK landscapes
This POSTnote summarises wildfire threats and management in the UK, and outlines options for increasing the resilience of UK landscapes and habitats to wildfire.
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POSTnote
Demand side response: A tool for lowering household energy bills
This POSTnote summarises the developments in demand side response, evidence of its potential contribution to the decarbonisation of the power system, and the technical barriers associated to this tool.
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Enabling green choices for net zero
This POSTnote summarises the challenges and options for enabling and encouraging of low-carbon actions by individuals in sectors with the highest emissions.
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