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Joseph Lewis
July 2023
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The IES policy team spoke with young professionals and IES student ambassadors to hear their lived experiences of work as early career professionals in the environmental sector, as well as their expectations and hopes for the future. This article tells the story of those experiences....

Joseph Lewis
June 2023
Field with overlaid text: "Environmental Improvement Plan: What's coming up in your specialism?"

In January 2023, the UK Government published its Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) as the first update to its 25 Year Environment Plan. The Plan covers 10 high-level goals, most of which interact directly or indirectly with natural systems, environmental outcomes, and other policy...

Ethny Childs
April 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded it’s sixth assessment cycle last month with the publication of the AR6 Synthesis Report. This report brings together the findings of the preceding three reports: 



The Working Group I contribution – The physical science...
Eleni Antoniades and Ethny Childs
March 2023

Today the IES Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Community Working Group has launched a thought piece exploring the key challenges facing EIA professionals and its vision for EIA moving forward. This work is the culmination of a number of discussions held between the working group over...

Ethny Childs
February 2023


IES Environmental Policy Team · From the Archive 09 - Technological development and environmental impact

Listen to more episodes of 'From the Archive' on the series hub.



Technology and the environment have always been interlinked. Technological development is driven by humanity’s...

Kirsty Park, Ben McCarthy and Jim Harris
November 2022
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environmental SCIENTIST | Ecosystem restoration: Securing biodiversity, complexity and resilience | September 2022


Kirsty Park, Ben McCarthy and Jim Harris examine the drivers and challenges of setting and achieving...

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