Welcome to Living With Environmental Change (LWEC)
We are confident that we can still avoid many of the most seriously damaging consequences of a changing climate and environment – but only if we act with sufficient urgency and make the right choices about the future.
09/03/2010: Have your say on geoengineering
Geoengineering is activities to counter or reverse climate change. A survey commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council gives you an opportunity to find out more about nine possible geoengineering techniques that could do this and asks you to say what you like and dislike about each.
This survey is currently open from 5 March 2010 to 12 April 2010.Take part here: http://geoengineering.dialoguebydesign.net
08/03/2010: How climate change affects people in the UK and how can we best develop an equitable response?
The report on ‘How climate change affects people in the UK and how can we best develop an equitable response?’ is now available.
The report follows a seminar which was organised in collaboration with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Local Government Association (LGA) and held on 30th November 2009, London. The seminar’s aim was to inform ideas about potential future research funding opportunities through the Living with Environmental Change and other research programmes, building on existing research being commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on the social justice implications of climate change.
03/03/2010: EPSRC policy fellowships in Defra
EPSRC, in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is piloting a new “policy fellowship” scheme. The idea of the scheme is to provide greater engineering involvement in developing the Department’s policy in key areas. Such placements will provide engineering researchers with a broader context for their work and a greater understanding of the policy process and the evidence base that is required to develop policy.
