Greenhouse Gas Removal Plus (GGR+): Sustainable Treescapes Demonstrator & Decision Tools
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Department Name: Economics
Abstract
Due to the need for climate change action, UK Government has committed to the ambitious task of achieving 'net zero' greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. However, some emissions from farming, aviation and other activities are very difficult to eliminate. So to reach net zero the UK must also directly remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere amounting to the equivalent of 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide/year.
Of the Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) options available, increasing the carbon stored in the UK's 'treescapes' (forests, hedgerows etc.) has the greatest potential, the lowest cost, and can be started immediately. Planting woodlands can store carbon in standing trees, in forest soils and in timber products. For these reasons, the UK is committed to a huge increase in forest cover. However, our understanding of all these processes and how they vary across locations and over time is incomplete. This major programme will gather evidence, address knowledge gaps and allow decision makers to understand the GGR consequences of different planting options. Woodlands can also deliver many other benefits, creating habitats to conserve wild species, enhancing water quality, regulating rainfall and reducing flood risk, and providing recreation (hence the "GGR+" title).
GGR+ will examine all the diverse aspects of forestry to identify "The Right Tree in the Right Place". However, it is equally possible to plant the wrong tree in the wrong place. This can result in damage to biodiversity, and even cause some soils to release huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Also, if certain types of agriculture are displaced, there could be higher imports of food from countries that destroy rainforests to increase farm yields. On top of this, climate change means that many risks (forest fires, extreme weather, disease) are changing faster than ever.
"The Right Tree in the Right Place" is not a simple proposition - if we are not careful, and don't consider the complexities properly, the UK's net zero tree planting strategy will be poorly designed, and at worst could result in forests that actually increase climate change.
However, even understanding the consequences of planting in different locations is not enough to plan the future of the UK's forests. Land is typically privately owned and Government cannot dictate its use. Rather they need to create the conditions and incentives needed for owners to decide to plant trees. Consequently, GGR+ will also undertake the economic research needed to turn science advice into practice.
This challenge cannot be addressed by scientists alone, and the GGR+ partners include UK land use policy makers, including all of the Forestry authorities, the Defra teams responsible for forestry, climate and agriculture (who will use GGR+ to plant 30,000ha/year), as well as the Ministry of Defence (which has huge land holdings). From the private and NGO sectors our partners include massive land owners such as Network Rail and the National Trust (who together will fund over 74,000ha of planting based on GGR+ advice), as well as a network of over 1,400 farmers, the timber and building sector and many other stakeholders.
Together with our partners, GGR+ will design innovative "decision support tools"; bespoke software allowing users to examine the effects of a tree planting investment or policy in terms of greenhouse gas storage, food production, incomes of those involved, effects on biodiversity, water quality, flooding, recreation etc. Perhaps most revolutionary, this tool will allow users to specify what outcomes they want and then see what planting, policy or investments they need to get those outcomes.
This is an exciting, highly interdisciplinary approach to answering the surprisingly challenging question of finding "The Right Tree in the Right Place" and setting the UK on the path to delivering net zero emissions by 2050.
Of the Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) options available, increasing the carbon stored in the UK's 'treescapes' (forests, hedgerows etc.) has the greatest potential, the lowest cost, and can be started immediately. Planting woodlands can store carbon in standing trees, in forest soils and in timber products. For these reasons, the UK is committed to a huge increase in forest cover. However, our understanding of all these processes and how they vary across locations and over time is incomplete. This major programme will gather evidence, address knowledge gaps and allow decision makers to understand the GGR consequences of different planting options. Woodlands can also deliver many other benefits, creating habitats to conserve wild species, enhancing water quality, regulating rainfall and reducing flood risk, and providing recreation (hence the "GGR+" title).
GGR+ will examine all the diverse aspects of forestry to identify "The Right Tree in the Right Place". However, it is equally possible to plant the wrong tree in the wrong place. This can result in damage to biodiversity, and even cause some soils to release huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Also, if certain types of agriculture are displaced, there could be higher imports of food from countries that destroy rainforests to increase farm yields. On top of this, climate change means that many risks (forest fires, extreme weather, disease) are changing faster than ever.
"The Right Tree in the Right Place" is not a simple proposition - if we are not careful, and don't consider the complexities properly, the UK's net zero tree planting strategy will be poorly designed, and at worst could result in forests that actually increase climate change.
However, even understanding the consequences of planting in different locations is not enough to plan the future of the UK's forests. Land is typically privately owned and Government cannot dictate its use. Rather they need to create the conditions and incentives needed for owners to decide to plant trees. Consequently, GGR+ will also undertake the economic research needed to turn science advice into practice.
This challenge cannot be addressed by scientists alone, and the GGR+ partners include UK land use policy makers, including all of the Forestry authorities, the Defra teams responsible for forestry, climate and agriculture (who will use GGR+ to plant 30,000ha/year), as well as the Ministry of Defence (which has huge land holdings). From the private and NGO sectors our partners include massive land owners such as Network Rail and the National Trust (who together will fund over 74,000ha of planting based on GGR+ advice), as well as a network of over 1,400 farmers, the timber and building sector and many other stakeholders.
Together with our partners, GGR+ will design innovative "decision support tools"; bespoke software allowing users to examine the effects of a tree planting investment or policy in terms of greenhouse gas storage, food production, incomes of those involved, effects on biodiversity, water quality, flooding, recreation etc. Perhaps most revolutionary, this tool will allow users to specify what outcomes they want and then see what planting, policy or investments they need to get those outcomes.
This is an exciting, highly interdisciplinary approach to answering the surprisingly challenging question of finding "The Right Tree in the Right Place" and setting the UK on the path to delivering net zero emissions by 2050.
Organisations
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Lead Research Organisation, Project Partner)
- Forestry England (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- eftec (Collaboration)
- Ministry of Defence (MoD) (Collaboration)
- Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (Collaboration)
- NATIONAL TRUST (Collaboration)
- NatureScot (Collaboration)
- The National Forest Company (Collaboration)
- Bnp Paribas (Project Partner)
- James Hutton Institute (Project Partner)
- Knepp Castle Estate (Project Partner)
- Sylvawood Agriculture Ltd (Project Partner)
- The Tree Council (Project Partner)
- E F T E C Ltd (Project Partner)
- Dragon Capital Markets (Europe) Limited (Project Partner)
- Tree Carbon Offset Exchange (Project Partner)
- North Devon Biosphere Fondation (Project Partner)
- South West Water (Project Partner)
- British Army (Project Partner)
- Wood Knowledge Wales (Project Partner)
- Satellite Applications Catapult (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Perridge Estate (Project Partner)
- Agxiata (Project Partner)
- Devon County Council (Project Partner)
- Re Generation Earth Limited (Project Partner)
- Exmoor National Park Authority (Project Partner)
- The Environment Bank ltd (Project Partner)
- Network Rail Limited (Project Partner)
- Natural History Museum (Project Partner)
- PEFC UK Limited (Project Partner)
- The Woodland Trust (Project Partner)
- Natural England (Project Partner)
- Terranomics Limited (Project Partner)
- Cornwall Council (Project Partner)
- Natural Resources (Wales) Limited (Project Partner)
- HM Treasury (Project Partner)
- Private Address (Project Partner)
- New Foundation Farms Ltd (Project Partner)
- Scottish Forestry (Project Partner)
- UK Climate Change Committee (Project Partner)
- Grown in Britain (Project Partner)
- Dept for Env Food & Rural Affairs DEFRA (Project Partner)
- National Farmers Union (NFU) (Project Partner)
- Confederation of Forest Ind (UK) Confor (Project Partner)
- Timber Trade Federation (Project Partner)
- RSA Food, Farming Countryside Commission (Project Partner)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (Project Partner)
Publications
Argles APK
(2023)
Modelling the impact of forest management and CO2-fertilisation on growth and demography in a Sitka spruce plantation.
in Scientific reports
Baker D
(2025)
Aligning strategic and participatory approaches to agri-environment scheme design and implementation to enhance nature recovery outcomes
in People and Nature
Baker S
(2025)
Spikes in UK wildfire emissions driven by peatland fires in dry years
in Environmental Research Letters
Bateman I
(2023)
Current conservation policies risk accelerating biodiversity loss.
in Nature
Bateman IJ
(2024)
How to make land use policy decisions: Integrating science and economics to deliver connected climate, biodiversity, and food objectives.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Bateman IJ
(2023)
Perspectives on valuing water quality improvements using stated preference methods.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Bateman, I.J.
(2023)
Perspectives on valuing water quality improvements using stated preference methods
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
| Description | The award has enabled researchers to: - Create new demonstrator field sites to measure the Greenhouse Gas Removal at different woodland types including coniferous plantations, deciduous broadleaf woodlands, short rotation forestry, natural regeneration (also known as rewilding) site and a young woodland site. This is a large step forward in the number of woodland GGR monitoring sites in the UK and is improving our understanding of carbon sequestration from these different forest types in different parts of the country. - Take the new field site measurements and data, and incorporate this into a series of datasets and models to improve the UK's ability to model how our existing and new woodlands will respond to the changing climate over the next 100 years. These models can provide us with a snapshot of the future, and guide our decision making for tree planting today and in coming years as we aim to meet the UK's net zero by 2050 commitments. - Develop a theory of change to work out what economic and social incentives would drive an increase in tree planting at the scale required for UK tree-planting targets, using economic data to create a 'farm model' - Co-create stakeholder engagement activities in partnership with a user advisory group of land owning organisations and civil servants - Bring all of the above scientific information together to provide the most complete guidance possible to Policy Makers within UK and national governments, and within organisations with large land holdings on how to meet their tree planting targets sustainably, efficiently, and fairly. |
| Exploitation Route | The team has developed a series of tools and 'apps' currently in prototype format for user-testing, which enable end users of the research to ask questions of otherwise complex environmental models and datasets. These decision support tools will empower end users to access the latest data and models from environmental and economic sciences in real time, thereby democratising access to academic research. The innovative use of emulation and AI turbocharges the time it takes to run complex models, and puts research that would otherwise require a super computer to run, at the fingertips of end users. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice |
| URL | https://netzeroplus.ac.uk/project/net-zero-plus/ |
| Description | Preliminary findings are being used by end users including Forestry England, Defra, MoD, and large land owning organisations like National Trust and Network Rail to guide decision making in relation to land use and land use change. Findings have appeared in academic journals, national and international conferences and appeared in national newspapers including 'The Guardian' in March 2025: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/03/plant-diverse-tree-species-spread-risk-climate-crisis-study |
| First Year Of Impact | 2024 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | BBSRC Bioscience for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Strategy Advisory Panel (Prof M Heard) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | BEIS Business Models for Engineered Greenhouse Gas Removals consultation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/greenhouse-gas-removals-ggr-business-models |
| Description | BEIS Review of Net Zero Consultation Response |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Defra Agricultural Adaptation Steering Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Defra SFI Agroforestry (Prof M Heard) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | EFRA Tree Planting Report |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://www.parliament.uk/efracom |
| Description | Gross Ecological Product Measure adopted as official international statistical standard comparator to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the United Nations Statistical Commission |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | TBC |
| URL | https://seea.un.org/ecosystem-accounting |
| Description | Member of Defra Action Oak Research and Monitoring committee (Prof M Heard) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Member of the Board of Directors of the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 'Land Use Policy Working Group' |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 'Trees and Woodland Scientific Advisory Group' (TAW-SAG) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/trees-and-woodlands-scientific-advisory-group |
| Description | Member of the First Minister's Environmental Council, Scottish Government |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Membership of Defra Science Advisory Committee (Prof P Cox) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/science-advisory-council/about |
| Description | Membership of the DEFRA ELMS modelling committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
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| Impact | I think (hope) the group is inflencing the development of ELMS policy |
| Description | Participation in National Audit Office report on planting trees in England |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.nao.org.uk/report/planting-trees-in-england/ |
| Description | Woodland Trust/CEH Bunce Ancient woodland survey steering group (Prof M Heard) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | ACCESS: Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science |
| Amount | £6,250,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/W00805X/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 01/2027 |
| Description | ADD-TREES: AI-elevated Decision-support via Digital Twins for Restoring and Enhancing Ecosystem Services |
| Amount | £1,669,406 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/Y005597/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | AGILE: Providing rapid evidence-based solutions to the needs of environmental policy-makers |
| Amount | £9,238,090 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/W004976/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 01/2027 |
| Description | Biodiversity Net Gain: Space for Nature |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Esmée Fairbairn Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | Biodiversity Net Gains |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Esmée Fairbairn Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | CIRCULAR ECONOMY OF TIMBER BUILDINGS |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | GW4 |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | CREWW: Castco (Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative) |
| Amount | £1,250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Change Detection (D Luscombe) |
| Amount | £78,826 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2025 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | Characterising and optimising the impact of large wood on fluvial ecosystems in river restoration: a multi-scale approach (Brazier) |
| Amount | £1,154,243 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2025 |
| End | 09/2028 |
| Description | Comparing carbon budgets for different land use options (Astley Hastings) |
| Amount | £382,365 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Compound impacts on forest carbon uptake and storage from wind, heat, and drought (Harper) |
| Amount | $399,795 (USD) |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Energy |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 08/2024 |
| End | 08/2026 |
| Description | EcoservR tool input prior to MVP deadline |
| Amount | £6,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | NatureScot |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 04/2025 |
| Description | GLASSNET Use Case Project |
| Amount | $0 (USD) |
| Organisation | Purdue University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 02/2023 |
| Description | IDSAI Impact Research Award |
| Amount | £29,710 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2023 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | Land Use for Net Zero Hub (LUNZ Hub) Ian Bateman |
| Amount | £6,500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | E003616-00 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2023 |
| End | 02/2027 |
| Description | MoD - Greenhouse Gas Removal Plus |
| Amount | £61,548 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Ministry of Defence (MOD) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Modelling Biodiversity and Carbon Leakage for Net Zero Decisions (Day) |
| Amount | £98,065 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | NEVO/ORVal: stable hosting, maintenance and support |
| Amount | £24,579 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2026 |
| Description | ORVal 3.0 |
| Amount | £94,557 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | C-20323 |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | PhD funding as part of the UKRI Environmental Intelligence CDT |
| Amount | £61,548 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Policy Support Fund |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Department | Research England |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | Policy Support Fund |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Department | Research England |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2022 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| Description | Provision of Landcover, Above Ground Biomass, and Carbon Quantification Asessments |
| Amount | £78,075 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Wildlife Trusts |
| Department | Devon Wildlife Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 01/2025 |
| Description | Rapid and long-term model development for answering questions on the deliverability of the environmental objectives for farming |
| Amount | £57,212 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2024 |
| End | 04/2025 |
| Description | Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) |
| Amount | £10,165,167 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 01/2027 |
| Description | Species Mix for Users (S Robinson) |
| Amount | £129,111 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2024 |
| End | 07/2025 |
| Description | Stacking of Nature Market Credits |
| Amount | £26,079 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arup Group |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | The Economics of Biodiversity Additionality (BIOADD) |
| Amount | £811,615 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/X002292/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 08/2025 |
| Description | The Value of Culture and Heritage Capital with Forestry England |
| Amount | £9,978 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Forestry Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Transformational blueprint for a blue economy on UK farms: integrating shrimp production within the changing agricultural landscape |
| Amount | £1,676,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2022 |
| End | 08/2025 |
| Description | Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations |
| Amount | £4,154,266 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/Y003861/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Understanding the Value of Outdoor Culture and Heritage Capital for Decision Makers |
| Amount | £388,017 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/Y000404/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 02/2026 |
| Description | University of Aberdeen PhD Studentship (Justin Thomas and Astley Hastings) |
| Amount | £61,974 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Aberdeen |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 11/2026 |
| Description | Valuing Outdoor Culture and Heritage (VOCul) Project: creating an evidence base of the societal benefits of culture and heritage, to value these benefits and to pioneer activities to facilitate the development of culture and heritage satellite accounts |
| Amount | £11,426 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Canal & River Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 04/2025 |
| Title | JULES App (Joint UK Land Environment Simulator) |
| Description | The development of an emulated version of the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) model has been developed by the ADD-TREES project. The original JULES model requires a supercomputer to run, and would take many months of supercomputer time (at significant cost) to run at a UK-wide level. Running multiple scenarios would take many years. The emulated app version of JULES seeks to provide an accessible version of this dataset to allow organisations aiming to meet UK net zero commitments (and organisational commitments) to access JULES outputs on a phone or laptop, at any location in the UK, over any time period, in just a second or two. Running the app for the whole UK can be achieved in less than 10 seconds, permitting end users without access to UKRI infrastructure to access vital data on carbon sequestration and provide world leading science to the finger tips. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The app has significant potential to revolutionise how and who is able to access data sets of national importance - democratising access to world leading science. Within the academic community, the app has the potential to turbocharge developments to the JULES model. |
| Title | NetZeroPlus Prototype Land Use Decision Support System |
| Description | A prototype decision support system to enable co-design discussion with project partners and collaborators of one or more decision support systems to support decisions around land use, land use change, GGR potential, and help visualise the benefits/challenges of a variety of scenario presented (cost, amount of carbon stored, biodiversity gain/loss, etc) |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Given policy makers and large land owners a space to discuss how they make land use decisions, and how they might do so in future. Potential to revolutionise government decision making - and support large land owners with making decisions in conjunction with each other, rather than in isolation. This could allow them to make decisions about woodland expansion together, greatly increasing the impact by for example creating green/nature corridors. |
| Title | CohortFor |
| Description | This is the Cohort Model for soil and biomass carbon based upon work by Bosatta and Augren translated into FORTRAN, this was initially part of the MiscanFor model but is now developed into a stand alone model for various land uses. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | THis model has been used in the background in many projects for biomass life cycle assessment |
| URL | http://bdn.ac.uk/people/astley.hastings |
| Title | PopFor |
| Description | PopFor is a process based crop growth model for Miscanthus grass that incorporates a cohort soil and lifecycle assessment model written in FORTRAN that outputs site and or spatial data sets of yield, energy use efficiency, carbon sequestration and soil carbon change in a format that can be display in GIS or other format. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Currently beingg further developed in the Envirocrops and PCB4GGR project |
| URL | http://bdn.ac.uk/people/astley.hastings |
| Title | Resilient tree-planting under compounding climate and economic uncertainties |
| Description | Paper abstract To meet decarbonisation targets, nations around the globe have made ambitious commitments to expand forested land. Operationalising these commitments requires choosing a planting strategy: how many trees should be planted, of which species, and where? Given those choices must be made now but have long term consequences, such decisions are plagued by uncertainty. For example, species that are well suited to present conditions may perform poorly under future climates, yet those future climates are themselves highly uncertain. Using the exemplar of the UK, a nation committed to achieving net zero emissions by mid-century, we quantify key uncertainties pertaining to co-evolving climate and economic conditions and examine how modern methods of decision-making under uncertainty can advise on planting choices. Our analysis reveals that the best planting strategy assuming a 'high-emissions' future is radically different to that for a future that remains on a 'near-historic' path. Planting for the former while experiencing the latter results in substantial net costs to UK society. Assimilating uncertainty into decision-making identifies planting strategies that diversify risk and significantly reduce the probability of high-cost outcomes. Importantly, our research reveals that the scope for mitigating risk through choice of planting strategy is relatively limited. Despite this persistent risk, we find that tree planting remains a highly cost-effective carbon removal solution when compared to alternative technologies, even when those alternatives are assumed to be riskless. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.14744236 |
| Title | SalixFor |
| Description | SalixFor is a process based crop growth model for short rotation coppice(SRC) Willow that incorporates a cohort soil and lifecycle assessment model written in FORTRAN that outputs site and or spatial data sets of yield, energy use efficiency, carbon sequestration and soil carbon change in a format that can be display in GIS or other format. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | It is currently being further developed in the PCB4GGR project |
| URL | http://bdn.ac.uk/people/astley.hastings |
| Title | THaW Baseline Stock Tool |
| Description | Run in Python, and avilable on GitHub, this generates the mapping data. This tool will enable other users to input data from different geographical areas to produce their own own data and maps. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | SWEEP has co-created novel remote sensing tools to map, monitor and enhance the South West's natural landscapes. These are already supporting quicker, less costly and more effective decision making by those tasked with managing the south west's vitally important natural resources. |
| Title | THaW Change Detection Tool for NDBR/FC |
| Description | (THaW: Trees hedgrerow and woodland) This tool enables NDBR/FC to produce a baseline stock map output (and repeatable maps) for the woodland/ hedgerows in North Devon Biosphere area to detect change in these over time. This comprises following two tools |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | SWEEP has co-created novel remote sensing tools to map, monitor and enhance the South West's natural landscapes. These are already supporting quicker, less costly and more effective decision making by those tasked with managing the south west's vitally important natural resources. |
| Description | Defra E.L.M. Data Science and Modelling - Secondment |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Providing advice and modelling expertise and evidence on spatial prioritisation of land use change actions under national land use change schemes. I develop and run national-scale farm models to examine the food and farming implications and opportunities for land use change. This evidence is used to design England's E.L.M. agri-environment schemes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide data and insights on policy design to incorporate into the modelling strategy, with the partnership tailoring land use modelling capability to emerging evidence needs. |
| Impact | Policy design evidence for Defra on scheme options, and modelling tools and capability. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Defra Land Use Team - Secondment |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Providing advice and expertise on integrated assessment modelling of land use change policy, in particular for the development of Defra's Land Use Framework. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide data and insights on policy design to incorporate into modelling strategies and evidence formation, with the partnership tailoring land use evidence to emerging evidence needs. |
| Impact | Evidence and reports on impact of different land use change policies on the location and outcomes of land use benefits. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Forestry England |
| Organisation | Forestry England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | - Delivery of co-designed engagement to feed into FE's internal review of its land holdings and strategy for net zero - Design of structured workshops and engagement activities - Delivery of findings and report - Access to prototype decision support tools for user testing and feedback |
| Collaborator Contribution | - Data Sharing including of data that is not publicly available/commercially sensitive - Engagement with user testing and advisory group - Co-hosting of internal research workshops with senior managers, national leadership team, regional leadership team - Provision of space for the workshops and engagement activities |
| Impact | To follow |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Forestry England |
| Organisation | Forestry England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | - Delivery of co-designed engagement to feed into FE's internal review of its land holdings and strategy for net zero - Design of structured workshops and engagement activities - Delivery of findings and report - Access to prototype decision support tools for user testing and feedback |
| Collaborator Contribution | - Data Sharing including of data that is not publicly available/commercially sensitive - Engagement with user testing and advisory group - Co-hosting of internal research workshops with senior managers, national leadership team, regional leadership team - Provision of space for the workshops and engagement activities |
| Impact | To follow |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | MoD and Army |
| Organisation | Ministry of Defence (MOD) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Engage with partners in co-design of decision support tools and embedding of tools in management practices |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership of user advisory group for user testing of decision support tools |
| Impact | Co-creation of bespoke decision support tools for MoD and Army Development of Lidar data from MoD sites Test site for decision support tool at one Army training site |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | National Forest Company |
| Organisation | The National Forest Company |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | - hosting stakeholder engagement activities - involvement in co-design research processes |
| Collaborator Contribution | - engagement with development of decision support tools and techniques - participation in bi-annual advisory group - hosting of project meetings at National Forest Offices |
| Impact | tbc |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | National Trust |
| Organisation | National Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | - Delivery of co-designed engagement to feed into internal review of its land holdings and strategy for net zero - Design of structured workshops and engagement activities - Delivery of findings and report - Access to prototype decision support tools for user testing and feedback |
| Collaborator Contribution | - Data Sharing including of data that is not publicly available/commercially sensitive - Engagement with user testing and advisory group - Co-hosting of internal research workshops with senior managers, national leadership team, regional leadership team - Provision of space for the workshops and engagement activities |
| Impact | Ongoing - will follow as activities progress further |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Nature Scot- Natural Capital and Valuation |
| Organisation | NatureScot |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Knowledge exchange and review of existing projects, exploring opportunities for collaboration and joint funding applications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of sector needs and insights into current natural capital tool development. Sharing of information about data sources. |
| Impact | Addition of Nature Scot to user advisory group of other projects. Steering of project priorities. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | eftec |
| Organisation | Eftec |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Engage with partners in co-design of decision support tools and embedding of tools in management practices |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership of user advisory group for user testing of decision support tools |
| Impact | To follow as partnership progresses |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Title | THaW |
| Description | Tools for Tree, Hedgerow, and Woodland (THaW) Mapping. THaW Mapping Toolbox Strategic Screening Tool - This tool autonomously and rapidly generates high resolution, baseline THaW maps, across landscape extents, using 2m2 LiDAR Data and bespoke data processing approaches. The THaW Change Detection Tool - Drawing on THaW mapping data and spaceborne radar data, this tool adds an online platform which can autonomously detect changes to the mapped THaW habitats, through time. Using Sentinel I synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, this tool enables remotely sensed canopy change detection to be mapped for any calendar quarter selected by the user, enabling close to real time tracking of canopy loss and woodland management. If you are interested viewing or using either the THaW Mapping Dataset or the THaW Change Detection tool for non-commercial use, please contact Dr David Luscombe d.j.luscombe@exeter.ac.uk. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | to follow |
| Title | dgpsi R package for Deep Gaussian Process fitting using Stochastic Imputation |
| Description | An R package for fitting deep and linked Gaussian process models. The package enables easy adaptive design for these models as well. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This software is embedded in a decision support tool that Defra are currently working with to aid policy design for tree planting. |
| URL | https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/dgpsi/index.html |
| Description | "Engineering Policy Centre Committee - Royal Academy of Engineering. Meeting to discuss Net zero deep dive - role of the Academy in net zero policy " |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I Bateman took part in online meeting with "Engineering Policy Centre Committee - Royal Academy of Engineering. Meeting to discuss Net zero deep dive - to discuss role of the Academy in net zero policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | "Engineering Policy Centre Committee - Royal Academy of Engineering. Meeting to discuss Net zero deep dive - role of the Academy in net zero policy " |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Committee meeting with Royal Academy of Engineering - Engineering Policy Centre. Achieving Net Zero Deep Dive reports and discussions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | "Poster negative emissions meeting Oxford - Negative emissions: developing the potential of perennial crops for the bioeconomy. of BECCS and afforestation in the UK." |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Poster negative emissions meeting Oxford - Negative emissions: developing the potential of perennial crops for the bioeconomy. of BECCS and afforestation in the UK." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | "Poster negative emissions meeting Oxford - Time and timing are key factors in land-based carbon dioxide removal: the case of BECCS and afforestation in the UK." |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Poster negative emissions meeting Oxford - Time and timing are key factors in land-based carbon dioxide removal: the case of BECCS and afforestation in the UK." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | "Student Conference on Conservation Science Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge 28-30 March 2023" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | University of Cambridge Conference 1.5 hr talk from 16:00 on 28.03.23 - Bringing natural capital and ecosystem services into economic decision making |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 12th International Conference on Learning Representations Poster in Workshop Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning: Fostering the Maturity of ML Applications for Climate Change - Deep Gaussian Processes and inversion for decision support in model-based climate change mitigation and adaptation problems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | B Nortier attended on behalf of NZ+ & ADDTREES and presented - Poster in Workshop Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning: Fostering the Maturity of ML Applications for Climate Change - Deep Gaussian Processes and inversion for decision support in model-based climate change mitigation and adaptation problems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://iclr.cc/ |
| Description | 2025 Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference in Perth - Seminar Ian Bateman Presents Bringing The Environment into Economic Analysis of Land Use Policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman was invited to be a Speaker at this event in Perth in February 2025. He presented on Bringing the environment into economic analysis of land use policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.aares.org.au/events/AARES-WA-Seminar-Ian-Bateman-presents-Bringing-the-environment-into-... |
| Description | 2025 Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference - Brisbane - I Bateman presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman was keynote speaker at this conference - presenting on Rethinking Land-Use Policy with the Benefit of AI: Faster Intuitive decision making tool delivers better value for land users |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faares2025.net%2Fmedia.html&data=05... |
| Description | A Harper - United Nations Environment Programme's Environmental Effects Assessment Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A Harper took part in United Nations Environment Programme's Environmental Effects Assessment Panel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ADD-TREES the movie released on YouTube |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ADD-TREES the movie released on YouTube |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PosmroCy4A |
| Description | AI & NetZero Collaborative Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Members of the ADDTREES and NetZero+ team attended the conferences and presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | AI for NetZero - Accelerating the Net Zero Transition with AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ADDTREES Held a training & Collaboration Conference in Exeter from 16-19.12.24 - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | AI for NetZero Kick off meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Discuss how the new project AI for Net Zero will work alongside the existing project Net Zero+ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | AI for NetZero Webinar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | "Part of the Community of projects for AI for NetZero Community: https://netzeroplus.ac.uk/ukri-ai-for-net-zero-research-community/" Danny Williams |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdEHwX0rndY |
| Description | Addressing interconnected challenges: Integrating science with economics to deliver climate, food and biodiversity objectives, presentation at The 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Woodstock Road, Oxford, 18th - 21st June 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman, Julia Pongratz, Ruben Prütz, Firza Riany, Nem Vaughan presented work of Bateman, I.J., Binner, A., Addicott, E., Balmford, B., Cho, F.H.T., Daily, G.C., De-Gol, A., Faccioli, M., Ferguson-Gow, H., Fezzi, C., Ferrini, S., Gannon, K., Groom, B. Harwood, A., Hillier, J., Hulme, M.F., Lee, C.F., Lovett, A., Liuzzo, L., Matthews, R., Mancini, M., Morison, J.I.L., Owen, N., Pearson, R., Polasky, S., Siriwardena, G., Smith, P., Snowdon, P., Tippett, P., Vetter, S., Vinjili, S. Vossler, C.A., Watson, R., Williamson, D. and Day, B.H. (2024) Addressing interconnected challenges: Integrating science with economics to deliver climate, food and biodiversity objectives, presented at The 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Woodstock Road, Oxford, 18th - 21st June 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | American Geophysical Union, poster session (Land-Based Mitigation in Land Surface Models Contributing to CMIP7) Dr A Harper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Anna Harper was invited to poster session by American Geophysical Union, in Washington DC on 12th December 2024. The poster session (Land-Based Mitigation in Land Surface Models Contributing to CMIP7) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Anna Harper Negative Emissions Presentation The 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions, 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Anna Harper - Presentation at Negative Emissions ConferenceThe 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions, 2024 Representing the demography of the UK forest using a process based Land Surface Model |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Annual Science Lecture 2021 Natural History Museum panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Elephants and Economics: Why net zero matters to us all", Annual Science Lecture 2021 Natural History Museum panel Ian Bateman part of panel with Mark Carney, Kate Raworth and Andy Purves, 11th March 2021: |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y00mr8fWAw0 |
| Description | Army Partner Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Amy Binner visited David Owen at Army HQ in Andover to engage further with Army re nat cap tools. led to further engagement with MoD and new contact with BT |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Article in Business Green on NetZeroPlus 24 May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | News article in Business Green on 24 May 2021, reporting on launch of NetZeroPlus, entitled 'NetZeroPlus: Government funding boost for plans to deliver tree-planting to an area the size of Devon' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4031751/netzeroplus-government-funding-boost-plans-deliver-tree-p... |
| Description | Astley Hasting & Jon McCalmont presentation Sustainable scaling-up of Carbon Dioxide Removal interventions: Are current Life Cycle Assessment methods fit for purpose?The 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions, 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Virtual poster presented by Astley Hastings & Jon McCalmont Sustainable scaling-up of Carbon Dioxide Removal interventions: Are current Life Cycle Assessment methods fit for purpose?The 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions, 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.negativeco2emissions2024.com/ |
| Description | BBSRC Biodiversity workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The aim is to bring together different voices from across the biological diversity remit to gain a broad perspective on the key challenges, drivers, and opportunities where BBSRC can play an important role. The virtual events are therefore an information gathering exercise to help inform BBSRC's future approaches in this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/events/bbsrc-biological-diversity-community-workshop-8-may/#:~:text=Please%20no... |
| Description | BNG/ Esmee Fairburn podcast Agile Rabbit Can we have it all? Biodiversity, housing and people |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting locals in Ludwell Valley Park Exeter to debate this issue and inform them of the work Exeter University are doing, and what locals and Council Officials think. Biodiversity Net Gain - Government. Ian Bateman & Diana Tingley took part in the discussion & took questions from the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BT Enterprise Sustainability Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | BT are very keen to promote this sustainability event, therefore it will reach a wide audience. A Binner will present a session about sustainability in the UK defence system. Promote awareness of work NZ+ engaging in. Engaged with "Damian Hart Front Line Command & Smartbases Manager | BT Enterprise | Tel: 07435 977598 Email: damian.hart@bt.com" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Background Briefing on Tree Planting plans in England (Dr James Morison) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Part of a panel of 4 providing a background briefing to leading environmental journalists organised through the Science Media Centre on 14th Jan 2022. Dr Morison was one of a panel of 4 discussing/answering questions 'everything to do with tree planting plans in England' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Bioecon XX111 CONFERENCE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Deliver talk entitled @How to make decisions! Market, stakeholder scenario and natural capital approaches to land use policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Biomass and Energy Crops VI organised by the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Institute of Biology, Environment and Rural Studies (IBERS) - Astley Hastings attended this event in Aberystwth in October. Discussing Biomass and Energy Crops VI organised by the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Biomass and Energy Crops VI organised by the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Institute of Biology, Environment and Rural Studies (IBERS) - Biomass and Energy Crops VI organised by the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) - J McCalmont Chaired a session on Land Use & The Environment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Blogpost Exeter Green Futures blog October 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blogpost from October 2021 to promote the NetZeroPlus activities at COP26 NetZeroPlus: When Science Meets Economics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://researchandinnovation.co.uk/netzeroplus-when-science-meets-economics/ |
| Description | Briefing to Farm Tenancy Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended Defra's Farm Tenancy Forum to outline approaches to modelling and mapping land tenure in England and Wales, and discuss issues with data availability and expertise on land tenure issues. We discussed how to fill data gaps, and how land tenure information could be used to help land use stakeholders plan for land use change. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/farm-tenancy-forum-terms-of-reference-from-2024/farm-tena... |
| Description | C Lee asked to attend Defra's Land Tenure Forum to present our land tenure modelling and mapping work & future plans to the forum members and the minister |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Land Tenure Forum C Lee attended Defra's Land Tenure Forum, which was set-up in response to the Rock Review, to outline plans for land tenure mapping and modelling in England and Wales. The forum comprises leaders from the major land owning and managing and advisory organisations (Association of Chief Estate Surveyors and Property Managers, Agricultural Law Association, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, Country Land and Business Association, National Farmers Union, National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and Tenant Farmers Association). At the forum I outlined the agricultural modelling tools being built under NZ+, explaining why land tenure was an essential component of efforts to assess the feasibility of net zero-focused land use change in UK. There was a lot of interest in the capability to map, and then model the barriers presented by, land tenure arrangements; with universal agreement that existing datasets are poor, with very little information on where different types of land tenure are found, and almost no information on how it impacts the feasibility of achieving policy ambitions. There were some questions about the specifics of what could be mapped and quantified (e.g. grazing licenses, common land, tenancies, etc.), and how we would deal with incomplete datasets. I outlined our plans in those areas which were generally well received. We plan to return to the forum in July to present the results of initial tenancy and commons mapping. Land Use Framework Consultation I travelled to Defra's offices in London to support the launch of the Land Use Framework consultation. I was asked to participate in a media briefing panel on Thursday morning, alongside four other experts in different areas of land use policy. My remit was to cover the science behind the need for systematic land use change, including climate adaptation, mitigation, and tackling biodiversity loss; as well as the modelling and evidence that went into the land use framework. The briefing was attended by around 30 journalists from major print and broadcast organisations. I also attended a briefing for the NFU, convened by Defra. My role was to provide expertise on the agricultural and farm business implications of material within the framework document. Finaly, I attended the launch of the land use framework consultation, to represent NZ+ and University of Exeter, which was held at Royal Geographical Society in London. It was clear from the Secretary of State's comments that the work of NZ+ on agriculture business and food modelling will provide important evidence for the final version of the framework, which will be developed following the completion of the consultation; and which we will be involved with through the project's policy evidence work with Defra. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublicat... |
| Description | CE-Hub Lunchtime Webinar - Circular Solutions for Nature and the Economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave a talk CE-Hub Lunchtime Webinar - Circular Solutions for Nature and the Economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | COP26 Talk EU Pavillion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman presented at the EU Pavillion at COP26 on 3 November 2021 on 'Bringing climate, biodiversity and other ecosystem services into policy and economic decision making' Presented at 'Biodiversity, nature-based solutions, oceans: Climate Neutrality and Biodiversity - renewables assets, reporting standards and sustainable finance, European Union Pavilion, COP26, Glasgow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/leep/newsandevents/cop26/ |
| Description | COP26 talk on NetZeroPlus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Ian Bateman, Prof. Richard Betts (NetZeroPlus team members), Dr. Gwawr Jones (Joint Nature Conservation Committee), and Prof. Alice Larkin (University of Manchester) led workshop at COP26 Seeking to clarify the science, policy and economics of addressing the climate challenge with an opportunity to ask questions and debate the central issues raised. Talk entitled 'When science meets economics: the right tree in the right place for NetZeroPlus' 6 November 2021, COP26 Arctic Basecamp |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/university/title_883534_en.html |
| Description | CORNELL TALK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I Bateman panelist for Social Cost of Water Pollution Workshop -WEBINAR |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Capgemini Sustainability Solutions Leadership Development Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Deliver presentation and answer questions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Church Of England Meeting with Alan Smith Church Estates Commissioner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Alan Smith wanted some guidance on how Church of England might manage its land/woodlands |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Climate Action on Land Workshop - Dr A Harper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Anna Harper was requested by Sonali McDermid from NYU Arts & Science Dept to take part in a workshop over two days in August, in New York USA. 26th-28th August 2024. The workshop was aimed at identifying future research priorities on climate action |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Climate and Biodiversity: Interdisciplinary Workshop; Paris School of Economics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation from Ian Bateman on NetZeroPlus at Climate and Biodiversity: Interdisciplinary Workshop; Paris School of Economics - online event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqyThVQIhcg |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/news/october-15-climate-and-biodiversity-interdisciplinary-... |
| Description | CorCO/GGR Showcase follow up meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Follow up meeting with Carbon Community - Develope more ways of working together in future |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Crown Estates Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | How rewilding might contribute to conserving & restoring diversity & addressing climate change- Collaboration opportunity Follow up on introduction from Sir Bob Watson in relation to rewilding on the Crown Estate |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Crown Estates Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman gave a presentation to Anna Swaithes, Head of Sustainability at Crown Estates on the work Net Zero Plus is doing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | DEFRA Decision Support Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The University of Exeter team are working on the £30m UKRI funded Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator Programme, they propose a 30 minute presentation, incorporating a demonstration of a prototype NetZeroPlus decision support system. With 30 mins for discussion and feedback from policy makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Defra Birdtable event - Defra Natural Environment, Trees & Landscapes Directorate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman presented to Defra Natural Environment, Trees & Landscapes Directorate at a virtual event on 15 March 2022 entitled 'How we make decisions changes the decisions we make' The Defra team hold a weekly virtual Birdtable event where a guest speaker joins to talk about a specialist topic. The first half is an update from our director, Edward Barker, followed by a 15 minute talk or presentation from the guest speaker. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Defra Future Forestry Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Peter Cox and Ian Bateman represented NetZeroPlus at Defra Future Forestry Long Range Exploration and Assessment workshop on 1 December 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Defra Trees and Woodlands Scientific Advisory Group (TAW SAG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Defra Trees and Woodlands Scientific Advisory Group (TAW SAG) Meeting to advise/discuss draft papers submitted by DEFRA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Defra biodiversity and trade conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | DEFRA Conference in London engaging with trade and policy makers on biodiversity1. Opening statement by Ceri Morgan (Europe and International Trade Director at Defra) 10am 2. Data and evidence (10.15am - 12.25pm) 1. "Monitoring the global environmental impacts of consumption at national scale" Nicki du Plessis, Ellie Wood, and Maddie Harris (JNCC) in collaboration with SEI colleagues 2. "Metric and indicator options for monitoring trade-driven impacts on biodiversity" Jon Green/Chris West (SEI) 3. "Carbon leakage from land-based climate change mitigation measures" Sabrina Eisenbarth (university of Gallen) 4. "Farming strategies to feed the world and save biodiversity" David Williams (university of Leeds) 3. Policy options: measures that can support better data collection, policy solutions to offshoring, international investment and other tools (1.25pm - 3.45pm) 1. "A global value chain perspective on private and public market power as leverage in marine fisheries biodiversity conservation" Liam Campling (Queen Mary University) 2. "What types of policy interventions could be used by governments to encourage sustainable consumption?" Maddie Harris, JNCC 3. "Nature positive trade for sustainable development" Marianne Kettunen (TRADEHub/UNEP) and Beatriz Fernandez (UNEP) on "Regional stakeholders consultations: nature-positive trade for sustainable agricultural supply chains and inclusive development in Asia, in Africa and in Latin America and the Caribbean". 4. "Core Environmental Standards" Anna Sands, WWF 4. Closing statement (around 15mins) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Demonstrate Net Zero+ Decision support tool to DEFRA - Skilful Working Group (SWG) environmental economics seminar. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This seminar will be on the demonstration of a support tool for land use decision making, designed with government and relevant to the recent House of Lords recommendations. This seminar will be jointly presented by Professor Ian Bateman OBE, Professor of Environmental Economics, Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP) and Director of the South West Partnership for Environment & Economic Prosperity (SWEEP) and Dr Amy Binner, Senior Lecturer at LEEP. Skilful Working Group (SWG) environmental economics seminar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Ian Bateman to DCMS The Natural Capital Approach: A route for highlighting cultural and heritage value? Presented at the Valuing Culture and Heritage Capital Conference 11th March 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Departmental seminar: "Impacts of land-based mitigation in Earth System Models" LMU Munich Department of Geography Dr A Harper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Anna Harper was requested by Julia Pongratz from Munich University to take part in seminar to discuss current research related to net zero and land-based mitigation at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She engaged with their Geography Dept, students & postdocs on 10th & 11th of June 2024 https://www.munich-climate-school.lmu.de/pongratz |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EGU General Assembly 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Present poster & work to conference delegates Evaluating the UK forest demography and carbon cycle using a process-based Land Surface Model JULES-RED |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EGU(European Geosciences Union) General Assembly 2023 Presentation How does the potential to sequester carbon via short rotation forestry vary with species |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Naomi Gatis presented a paper, "How does the potential to sequester carbon via short rotation forestry vary with species?" at the EGU General Assembly 2023 held online, in Vienna & Austria 23-28.04.23 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5407 |
| Description | EGU(European Geosciences Union) General Assembly 2023 Presentation: The future of UK woodlands: supporting land use decisions for net zero |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Anna Harper presented at EGU Geosciences Union conference in April 2023 - There were 40 external attendees Presentation: The future of UK woodlands: supporting land use decisions for net zero |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15939 |
| Description | ES Integrated Assessment Modelling Presentations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentations detailing integrated assessment modelling approaches, to help Defra create their own land use change modelling capacity. Subsequently Defra have adapted their modelling approaches, adopting some of our own methodology and data sets; and we continue to assist with their development and design efforts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Engaged in 6 month project with PSPB & WWF - Impact of Land use change associated with future use of woody biomass for energy production |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Engage with RSPB & WWF to look at impact of land use change associated with future use of woody biomass for energy production |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Engaged with Open Innovation Team assessing their proposal for development of Geospatial Land Use Modelling for UK Government decision support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Engaged with Open Innovation Team assessing their proposal for development of Geospatial Land Use Modelling for UK Government decision support |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Engineering Policy Centre Committee meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I Bateman attended Royal Academy of Engineering Policy Centre Committee meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Evening Standard Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Discuss Net Zero with wide audience of podcast followers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | FLN GGR Demonstrators Roadshow in September - Future Leaders Network 4th Sept 2024 in Aberystwyth Wales |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | C Lee gave a presentation at the event on the work taking place within NZ+. He attended virtually, but said that over 30 future leaders and members of the Green House Gas Network attended |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Festival of Discovery, Exeter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | • Festival of Discovery 2021 talk: Using economics to help save the world Speak by Professor Ian Bateman to UG and PG students at the University of Exeter during the University Festival of Discovery - bringing activity back to campus after lockdowns https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/504f838f-cd9d-478d-808f-2018e39c3068 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/festivalofdiscovery/ |
| Description | First Minister Environmental Council meeting - Attended by Ian Bateman |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman attended the Scottish Governments First Minister Environmental Council Meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Forest Research Open Webinar (Dr James Morison) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Led a Forest Research Open Webinar on November 12th 2021 on 'Understanding Forest Carbon Numbers' to a wide audience of forestry professionals (mainly UK, forest/tree land management practitioners, policy etc, mix of public private), There were 140 participants. The webinar sought to provide knowledge exchange about 'forest carbon contributions' to net zero. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/forestresearch |
| Description | Forest Research Social Media post on launch of NetZeroPlus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Announcement on Twitter of launch of NetZeroPlus project in May 2021. 7 retweets and 14 likes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/forest_research/status/1396794311849779201 |
| Description | Future Treescapes Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Kevin Donkers attended the conference in Glasgow on 6th June 2024 - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | GGR HUB Mid-term review (Farnham) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | NZ+ Team presented to GGRD Hub at Mid Term Review. Showcase the work achieved at the project review as required and secure future funding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | GGR Programme Leeds Sandpit Event - Attended by J McCalmont |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | J McCalmont attended HUB and share ideas/methods of working |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | GGR-D Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | DemonstratIon Net Zero Decision support to GGR HUB by Ian Bateman Amy Binner Daniel Williamson Brett Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | GGR-D Programme Board (PB) Meeting - Responses to Mid Term Review Recommendations 11th September 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof Ian Bateman met with GGR Hub for two hours to discuss the potential future uses of the modelling resources and decision support tools. Responses to the Mid Term Review were also discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | GGRD Gathering Lancaster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the GGRD Gathering in Lancaster to discuss overview of all projects within the HUB. Demos, field trials, scalability, decision support, reflections, synergies and updates on future activities. Ref to everyday practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | GSI Seminar Series, talk on Sharing, sparing and hedging: Where and how to plant trees for Net Zero by Kevin Donkers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kevin Donkers, represented Net Zero Plus at a Global Systems Institute Seminar Series event on 14th December 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Glassnet Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Engage with workshop attendees - sharing the work Net Zero is doing to solve the climate change challenge |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Goodbye Greenhouse Gas - Demonstation by team to test how AI can be used to help decision makers decide the best locations to plant trees to capture carbon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bertrand Nortier & Hsi-Kai Chow Showcased work at public engagement event - Goodbye Greenhouse Gas - Demonstation by team to test how AI can be used to help decision makers decide the best locations to plant trees to capture carbon |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest lecture Masters UCL - Conceptual Frameworks for Prosperity, People, Planet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online Lecture given to UCL Masters students - Institute for Global Prosperity - Conceptual Frameworks for Prosperity,People,Planet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Guest lecture in Regeneration and Ecology module at UCL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lecture to MA students at UCL on decision support tools within Net Zero+ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Help shape an arts & humanities greenhouse gas removal programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Sarah Campbell Exeter University for a discussion before she takes part in a workshop. Discussions around UKRI national Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, led by the University of Oxford in partnership with Imperial College and others is exploring how artists, and arts and humanities researchers, can connect with and shape the Greenhouse Gas Removal agenda. Initially, we are seeking inputs from the community at a workshop on the 11 October (in London) to help us shape the nature of the agenda we should be supporting. We would be delighted if you, or a colleague from Arts & Culture at Exeter University could join us. The group does work that I believe we could learn a great deal from. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Hsi Kai Chou Presentation at Negative Emissions ConferenceThe 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions, 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Negative Emissions ConferenceThe 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions, 2024 Presentation by Hsi Kai Chou - Representing the demography of the UK forest using a process based Land Surface Model |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.negativeco2emissions2024.com/ |
| Description | Hub MB-Demo PIs quarterly meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussions following MTR. Cross programme activities - seminar series and mid-prog gathering |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Ian Bateman interview with POST UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participated in an interview with Post UK HOOKER, Helen |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Integrating ecosystem services and economics in business decision making with Deloitte Climate & Sustainability Competency Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Bateman took part in an Industry Talk for Deloitte Climate & Sustainability Competency Lab on 22.02.24. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www2.deloitte.com/it/it/pages/about-deloitte/events/integrating-ecosystem-services-and-econo... |
| Description | Interview around Tree disease on BBC Radio 4, BBC news and SW regional tv and radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman interviewed by BBC SW on risk of new tree diseases. Shown on 11 November 2021 on BBC1 SW, Sunday Politics SW, BBC Radio Devon, and BBC SW Spotlight news. Picked up by national media and featured on BBC Radio 4 Farming today and BBC News website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-59365085 |
| Description | Interview with BBC Southwest on NetZeroPlus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman interviewed by BBC Southwest on NetZeroPlus. Shown on 17 October 2021 on BBC1 SW, Sunday Politics SW, BBC Radio Devon, and BBC SW Spotlight news. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Investment in DS & AI Workshop - Environmental Intelligence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with UOE Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Justin Thomas presents paper as part of Annual Conference 2024 - British Society of Soil Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented a paper - An Estimation of Network Rail Soil Carbon Stocks Based on Data from Disused Rail Lines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://soils.org.uk/annual-conference-2024/ |
| Description | Knepp Visit - Organised by CO2RE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Inform guests invited by Hub of the work that NZ+ are doing at Knepp. See our equipment in situ and take part in a series of talks from WP1 on the site and the data they are gathering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Land Use Tool Demonstration Workshop with MoD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amy Binner, Timothee Bacri, Tatiana Carolina Cantillo Garcia, Alessandro Silvestri met with MOD -Demonstrating App and obtaining feedback for future development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Land-use decision-making in the context of decarbonisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman presented to: The Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) Policy Leader Fellowship (PLF) 17.30-19.00, 8th June 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | London School of Economics Student Union, Economics Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman: Bringing the environment into economic analysis: Planting the UK's net zero woodlands Keynote Presentation to the London School of Economics Student Union, Economics Society, 2021 Economics Symposium: Towards Net Zero 29th November - 1st December 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MOD Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrate the APPS and answer MOD Questions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Mathematical Models for Twenty-First Century Decisions, ICMS 21-25 October 2025 - workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Daniel Williamson attended a workshop - Mathematical Models for Twenty-First Century Decisions, ICMS 21-25 October 2025 - Hosted by International Centre for Mathematical Sciences |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Media Briefing Panel - England Land Use Framework |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Member of press briefing panel for Defra's Land Use Framework, providing expertise and commentary on science aspects of need for Land Use Framework, including the competing needs of different land uses, and the scientific basis of climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity provision, energy, water, and other land uses in England. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Media Interview BBC Sunday Politics SW |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview with BBC Southwest for BBC Sunday Politics SW on supermarket supply chains and local produce. Shown on 21.10.10 BBC1 SW |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meet Dr Heather Gilbert, Research and Evidence Manager National Forest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Network/establish Net Zero Plus User Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting Charlie Burrell and Sir Richard Kleinwort |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | engage with Charlie Burrell (Knepp) re future collaborations to continue fieldwork at Knepp |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting Charlie Burrell and Sir Richard Kleinwort |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Richard Brazier met with Charlie Burrell (Knepp) and Sir Richard Kleinwort re potential opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting Defra Minister Steven Double |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Networking/guidance/knowledge sharing. Present Land use change for multiple objectives, food GGR biodiversity water rec - Net Zero Programme Delivering environmental improvement & economic prosperity in SW |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting With VC UOE Lisa Roberts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Present Net Zero, LEEP & Sweep projects to Vice Chancellor Lisa Roberts, University of Exeter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting of co-design group with NatureScot, Leep & Liverpool John Moores |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A Binner spoke to potential end users of tool to share what we have available for developing a natural capital tool to assist decision making |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting of the ELM Climate Change Expert Panel with DEFRA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 3rd Oct 2024 A Hastings took part , online, in in an expert panel on Climate Change - supporting policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting re co-design of support tools for woodland creation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amy Binner, Tatiana Carolina Cantillo Garcia, Alessandro Silvestri met with Matthew Heard & John Deakin from National Trust to Discuss next steps and possible demo at the internal National Trust Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Army post UAG to discuss trialling tools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Danny Williamson met with Army to discuss roll out of tools for case study work within the Army. He met with David Owen, Richard Milner Anthony Raney to discuss peatland work in future and possible roll out of current project tools for case study areas (testing). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Chris Stark CEO of Climate Change Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Networking/guidance/knowledge sharing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Eleanor Salter, Advisor to Ed Miliband MP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Bateman held a meeting with Eleanor Salter, Advisor to Ed Miliband MP to discuss & include issues including:- • Our long track record of advice to policy makers, Defra, HM Treasury etc • Familiarity with the demands of real world decision making • The very large improvements in value for taxpayers money that we can help deliver through improved decision support regarding the environment and related economy" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Food, Farming, Countryside Commission and Geospatial Commission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discuss land use tools and Devon pilot of Land Use Framework |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Gerry Brown and Clemencia Brown to secure funding for a Net Zero+ phd student |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Potential Philanthropic donation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Minister for Nature Recovery DEFRA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman met with Environment Minister for Nature Recovery in an online meeting for an hour to discuss the challenge faced by DEFRA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with MoD/army |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Head of Infrastructure/Plans re MoD and Army pan estate priorities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with National Trust post UAG to discuss next steps with tools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Amy Binner, Danny Williamson Kate Gannon, Matt Heard, John Deakin, Alessandro Silvestri & Tatiana Cantillo Garcia met with John Deakin online to discuss how the tools could be deployed within National Trust. What the next steps would be and co-design. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Nicole Turley, Sustainability Manager, Milestone Infrastructure re carbon sequestration in infrastructure programmes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | K Gannon online meeting with Milestone Infrastructure - options to increase carbon sequestration potential of the landscaping and are investigating the feasibility of tree translocation (digging up trees and keeping them safe until the work is finished and then reinstating them) as well as producing biochar from the trees and undergrowth removed for the road improvements, and using the biochar on the site mixed with the original top soil. They want to try the off-setting of carbon within the project site (not external off-sets). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Tom Lafford from DEFRA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To discuss common interest in Land Use Policy and next steps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Tom Lafford from Defra |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I Bateman 1-1 meeting with Tom Lafford from Senior Policy Advisor DEFRA. Net Zero+ project update and identify opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Membership of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Academic Assessment Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Regular meeting 4 per year and continuous assessment of cases |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | MoD AI4NZ Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Provide MOD with information and tools to assist with their land management programme. External attendees Lt Col C Stoner, Lt Col Grant Kerr, Mr B Appleby, Dr S Jordan,Mrs K Bennett, R Milner,D Owen, N Ginnever |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Mott MacDonald presentation on NetZeroPlus woodlands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Delivering Co-Designed Decision Support Systems for Land Use Planning: The UK's new NetZeroPlus woodlands Ian Bateman presented to Mott MacDonald 27th January 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | NCAR Land Modeling Working Group meeting ("Advancing the representation of land-based mitigation in Earth system models") - National Center for Atmospheric Research, US with Anna Harper presenting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Anna Harper took part in a meeting with other land modellers from National Center for Atmospheric Research, US in an event running from27-29.02.24 in Colarado and gave a 20 minute talk in which she shared developments in JULES-RED as part of NZ+ She also attended a lunchtime session on how to promote EDI and belonging in our organisations. This can be found on Youtube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyjYQ-qPDM |
| Description | NZ+ talk at University of West Of England (UWE) conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Net Zero Plus talk given at annual conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | National Trails Rec Uk Meeting in Cheltenham attended by Amy Binner & Jack Daniels |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Network with National Trails & demonstrate our model |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/cotswold-way/circular-linear-walks-2/ |
| Description | National Trust / Exeter Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A forum for discussing current and planned collaboration between the National Trust and University of Exeter working group. The working group consists of academics, professional services and practitioners. At this meeting Amy Binner presented the Outdoor Culture and Heritage project update covering current activities and planned work and outputs and Kate Gannon presented the same for the Net Zero Plus and Add-Trees projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | National Trust Stand at British Ecological Society Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The stand showcased the work being done by NZ+ at British Ecological Society in Belfast - Prof Matthew Heard attended on behalf of project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | National Trust press release re NetZeroPlus May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Partnership news story from National Trust in May 2021 to announce launch of project: NetZeroPlus project to form vital part of UK bid to remove greenhouse gases from atmosphere |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/press-release/partnership-news-story-netzeroplus-project-to-form-vi... |
| Description | Natural Capital Tools workshop, Edinburgh (JHI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amy Binner presented the Net Zero+ decision support tool for audiences attending the workshop in Edinburgh on 31.05.23 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Nature England and Green Alliance Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Attendee & panelist discussing why nature recovery & economic recovery are not mutually exclusive goals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Net Zero + Dartington Hall Retreat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Share progress to date and further work planned/team met in person for 1st time on Net Zero+ Project. Chance to collaborate share and plan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Net Zero Carbon Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Present Net Zero to audience of entrepreneurs and investors from SW |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Net Zero+ & ADDTREES User Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrate capabilities of model Received feedback from partners on the model & future enhancements required. List of the Attendees as follows:- User Advisory Group Members from MOD Paula Banthorpe. DEFRA Sophie Breslaw, National Forest Heather Gilbert, MOD Lucy Kay, DEFRA Tom Lafford, MOD David Owen, MOD Hannah Preston, Network Rail Neil Strong, National Trust Matt Heard |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Net Zero+ & ADDTREES User Advisory Group Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrate capabilities of model Received feedback from partners on the model & future enhancements required. Attended by User Advisory Group Members from MOD Paula Banthorpe. DEFRA Sophie Breslaw, National Forest Heather Gilbert, MOD Lucy Kay, DEFRA Tom Lafford, MOD David Owen, MOD Hannah Preston, Network Rail Neil Strong, National Trust Matt Heard |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Net ZeroPlus User Advisory Group Meeting April 24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | User Advisory Group meeting with representatives from MOD, Defra, Forestry England, Woodland Trust & National Forest. Updates from Net Zero+ on our tool and how we can adapt it to benefit these bodies in deciding on their land use going forward. The Group meets every 6 months. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | NetZeroPlus WP Leads and Prof I Bateman - meeting Carbon Models: team review of models |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | identify gaps in knowledge that could form cross-WP papers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | NetZeroPlus press release (launch) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A press release from the University of Exeter to announce the launch of the NetZeroPlus project - 24 May 2021. This led to further requests for information and expressions of interest in contributing to the research from members of the public, private companies and researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_859916_en.html |
| Description | NetZeroPlus-Defra Land Use Policy Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Jointly organised workshop between NetZeroPlus team and Defra Land Use Policy team - hosted Defra participants from Director level and across a range of directorates. Presentations on NetZeroPlus offer to Defra from Amy Binner, Brett Day and Ian Bateman. Hosted by Tom Lafford, Defra Land Policy team. Sparked questions and debate afterwards and a range of follow up meetings and discussions followed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | OrVal report cited in the Guardian |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Inform outcomes of OrVal Report |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Our Natural World Advisory Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I Bateman took part in a workshop with Esmee Fairbain of the Esmee Fairbain Foundation - The aim of the event was to be informative for CO2RE, but also engaging and fruitful for the participants who may, in due course, wish to participate in and benefit from the £150,000 programme of activity we will fund following the workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participant People's Assembly for Nature Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Assembly will bring together a broadly representative group of 100 people from across the country to work together through a few key stages to reach a shared conclusion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Participate in Webinar panel: Forestry facing the Future - organised by Forestry Commission and the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof I Bateman was part of a webinar organised by Forestry Commission - Forestry facing the Future - a horizon scan of issues affecting UK forest management within 50 years - Part of 'Natural capital and nature-positive management' webinar as part of the Forestry Facing the Future Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://academic.oup.com/forestry/article/97/3/349/7328865 |
| Description | Peter Cox interview with Robyn Williams on the Science Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Peter Cox - WP2 Lead for Net Zero+ gave an interview to ABC Radio on Robyn Williams Science Show |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/scienceshow/how-mathematics-might-save-forests/102885664 |
| Description | Pint of Science 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public engagement activity for NetZeroPlus. Event held in local pub Turks Head 10.05.22 - Organiser pint of Science, Exeter, posexeter@gmail.com Discussed Cop and Net Zero Project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Podcast Interview with ABC Radio Network Australia -Robyn Williams Science Show by Ian Bateman & Peter Cox |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A podcast entitled Copping out on promises made at COP26 - ABC Podcast listeners for Robyn Williams Science Show. Peter Cox and Ian Bateman both take part in this podcast which lasted 27 mins |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Flisten%2Fprograms... |
| Description | Podcast with Max Dorey - Marginal Babble Ep10 Discussing Farming is killing Biodiversity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Marginal Babble Max Dorey- Podcast discussing if Farming is killing Biodiversity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/MXaOkySnPME |
| Description | Policy Exchange presentation: Planning for Net Zero |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman: Presentation to: Policy Exchange on Planning for Net Zero 6th Floor, 8-10 Great George Street | London | SW1P 3AE Tuesday 6th July 2021, 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Poster Presentation by D Luscombe at BES Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation by D Luscombe on National hedgerow condition mapping using structural remote sensing data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-annual-meeting-2024/ |
| Description | Presentation at Royal Society of Biology online event by Ian Batemen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Explore how different areas of policy are influenced and shaped by Natural Capital. Ian was joined by another speaker, and each had20 minutes for your talk which will then be followed by a joint 30-minute audience Q&A and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation on NetZeroPlus to UK Treescapes Programme Launch event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman presented NetZeroPlus to the UK Treescapes Programme launch on 10 December 2021. Audience was a mixture of researchers and professional practioners from woodland organisations. Feedback from organiser Alice Goodenough on 17 December: It was great to hear more about NetZeroPlus and there was clear interest from some of the Treescapes projects in whether the data they generate might compliment/contribute towards the evidence the NetZeroPlus decision tool might use. We are wondering what the best way to support the development of connections between the programme and NetZeroPlus might be. Would you be interested in meeting up with some of the team in the new year to discuss this? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.uktreescapes.org/uk-treescapes-launch/ |
| Description | Presentation on Spatially Explicit Land-use Modelling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation - Explicit Land-use modelling to policy/academic audience at Defra Landscape Decisions Programme @Research into Policy' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation on spatial and economic modelling for scaling up GGR technologies at the GGRD Programme Steering Committee : SPF GGR-D SC#12 meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman attended NERC/GGR Committee meeting to Highlight to UKRI the benefit of linking the work from other areas within the programme. Presentation on spatial and economic modelling for scaling up GGR technologies at the GGRD Programme Steering Committee : SPF GGR-D SC#12 meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to Brad Wickens CEO & Founder of BR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | presentation of Net Zero+ - Possible donation from Broad Reach if he finds areas of common interest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Defra Director and Land Use Policy team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Ian Bateman to Defra Director, Deputy Director and land use policy team on 2 July 2021. David Hill, Tom Lafford, Rachel Fisher, Nick Barter, David Cope on modelling and net zero in agriculture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to Defra Tree Policy Team, Land Use Policy Team, Net Zero Team, Nat cap and Ecosystem team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | to seek input and gain buy in to development of decision support tool |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation to Deutsche Bank |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman presentation: Investment analysis for future net zero plus woodlands Ian Bateman, Brett Day and Ben Groom, 20th January 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to First Minister of Scotland's Environmental Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to to Scotland's Environmental Council 05.11.21 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to Forestry England - Natural Capital Framework |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrate the tool to planners from Forestry England |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to IDSAI - Deep Gaussian Processes for Categorical output model emulation with application to Greenhouse gas removal models" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrate processes for Categorical output model emulation with application to Greenhouse Gas removal models Raise awareness of our research and discuss with our colleagues who work in related fields. IDSAI group is headed up by Richard Everson and Fabrizio Costa and is an informal group based on the IDSAI Research Theme, Foundations of Data Science. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to Post COP 27 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman spoke to COP 27 delegates on the following (1) optimal strategies for land use change for greenhouse gas removal, food production, biodiversity, the water environment and other ecosystem services (2) the need to allow data to set the limits of analysis rather than analysts. This second problem is, I believe, as fundamental an issue as Coase found property rights to be. Spoke from 1200-1225 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Rt Hon George Eustice, MP and Secretary of State for Environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of NetZeroPlus project to Rt Hon George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, at Penryn Campus, University of Exeter on 17 June 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to UoE/NT Partnership meeting of NZ+ and ADD-TREES |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Communicate project progress to strategic leaders of partnership between NT and UoE.organised by C Bines to ensure the project remains on the radar of key stakeholders to support with promotion of project, next steps and future work ideas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to UoE/NT Partnership meeting of NZ+ and ADD-TREES |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Communicate project progress to strategic leaders of partnership between NT and UoE to ensure the project remains on the radar of key stakeholders to support with promotion of project, next steps and future work ideas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation to Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Outreach presentation to Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls Environmental Economics:The best job in the world! Friday 2nd July 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Prof I Bateman Keynote speaker at Vietnam Symposium in Climate Transition 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Ian Bateman was asked to be a keynote speaker for Assoc of Vietnamese Scientists (AVSE Global) University of Economics & Massey University "aims to provide a leading forum for academics, practitioners, and policymakers to present their research findings and discuss current and challenging issues in climate transition, environment, and energy change mitigation and adaptation. The Symposium is also an ideal occasion for Vietnamese scholars to exchange research experiences and develop research projects with their international colleagues. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.udn.vn/english/Detail/the-university-of-danang-university-of-economics-ud-due-organized-... |
| Description | RS and Defra workshop on the Land Use Framework |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | progress with the Land Use Framework for England and the role of science to inform this. /Integration of land demands outside of Defra's immediate departmental responsibility /Climate change impacts on land use change / Facilitating land use change from agricultural land / |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Reaction to the Autumn Budget 2024 for GGR Hub Website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Ian Bateman was asked to provide his reaction to the Autumn 2024 Budget for the GGR Hub website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://co2re.org/reaction-to-the-autumn-budget-2024/ |
| Description | Royal Society Workshop on the role or BECCS in a sustainable future - Carlton Place London 25th September 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A Hastings took part in Royal Society workshop in London on 25th September 2024. Discussing and supporting policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Russell Group Deputy Vice-Chancellors' and Provosts' Strategy Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman talk: Bringing the environment into economic decision making: Delivering impact with government and business Presented at 'Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk of Climate Change' The Russell Group Deputy Vice-Chancellors' and Provosts' Strategy Meeting University of Exeter, 7th - 8th October 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SW Business Council Summer Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk on policy and decision making for Net Zero Plus - The natural Capital Approach |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Seminar at Sheffield University (Professor Rosie Hails) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Professor Hails gave a seminar at Sheffield University on Monday 21st Feb called 'Delivering for Nature & People - Interdisciplinary research for a delivery organisation'. In this she spoke about the various UKRI projects that the National Trust is involved in, including NetZeroPlus - and illustrated how they would help us deliver our strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Seminar with DEFRA 11th September 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | How to massively improve value for money from land use policy at zero cost. Bringing the environment and economy into a new Land Use Framework.Made up of mostly economists ( I would guess around 90%), and some 'analysts' (whose role may be a statistician, social researcher, etc) who may not be economists, but should have a decent knowledge of economic concepts. These economists and analysts are all in Defra, so also have a good understanding of environmental economic concepts, but many may not know things in great detail from areas where they do not work. The owner/organiser was Dominic Scurfield-Walton. The new government has indicated a need to increase house building, develop UK renewable energy infrastructure, maintain food security, enhance wellbeing for disadvantaged communities and deliver across a range of environmental objectives including meeting net zero and bending the curve on biodiversity loss. To varying extents all of these challenges involve land use but the UK is relatively and land use change inevitably causes a raft of connected trade-offs. The need for a revitalised Land Use Framework has never been greater but extreme pressures upon public finance mean that decision making has to change in order to deliver across these highly connected challenges. The talk will argue that we have the information and tools necessary to meet this challenge - but those tools now need to be used. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Showcasing GSI's leading climate research and exploring future priorities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Danny Williamson Showcasing GSI's leading climate research and exploring future priorities, presenting ADDTREES research in Exeter University Forum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/index.php?event=14004 |
| Description | South West Business Council and North Devon Biosphere Foundation event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I Bateman attended an event hosted by Professor Vicky Pope, Honorary Professor STEaPP UCL, Editor in Chief of Climate Resilience and Sustainability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Speak at Macfarlanes natural capital webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | As a way to launch both our Jubilee partnership with the Tree Council and our broader focus on the theme of natural capital this year, we invite you to join us for a virtual panel event we are co-hosting with the Tree Council |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Stem ambassador and support to schools for career and subject advice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Usuall do 2 events a year from multiple schools called Maths in the energy mix and also atten career fairs in local schools several per year |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Supergen workshop on LCA for Biomass systems London - presentation by Astley Hastings 10th September 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Astley Hastings presented at the Supergen Workshop in London on 10th September 2024. Supergen - bioenergy Biomass and Energy Crops can provide feedstocks for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), green manufacturing and construction materials. Biomass and Energy Crops are therefore important for not only renewable energy and transport fuels, but also for the decarbonisation of agriculture and other industries. There were policymakers present. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Systems approaches to land-use discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Lauren Clarke RAEng about systems approached to land use |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk - "What trees do for us" for Trees Are The Key Awareness Week and Penryn Campus' Sustainability Week campaign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Inform / 'in discussion with' style, digital session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk British Science Festival - This Green and Pleasant Land The UK Landscape in 2050 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pitch NZ+ vision for a greener future and what will UK landscape be like in 2050 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://britishsciencefestival.org/event/this-green-and-pleasant-land/ |
| Description | Talk Trees - Part of Wordforest and Falmouth University Sustainability Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | I Bateman addresses questions about why so many trees should be planted as part of 'Trees Are The Key Awareness Week' Answer various questions put to them by panel in two separate sessions. These will be recorded by the charity Wordforest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk at New Phytologist symposium: The future of UK woodlands: a case study of supporting land use decisions for net zero |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conference organised by Oak Ridge National Lab (US) and New Phytologist Conference for researchers (social scientists and modellers) on land use for net zero, session focused on enabling just transitions. Speakers were Anna Harper, Arthur Argles, Richard Betts, Amy Binner, Hsi-Kai Chou, Brett Day, Astley Hastings, Jon McCalmont, James Morison, Bertrand Nortier, Eddy Robertson, Daniel Williamson, Georgios Xenakis, Ian Bateman |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.52843/cassyni.qs09pt |
| Description | Talk at Pint of Science Festival - Carbon Cronicles - For peat's sake, what is all the fuss about |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Naomi Gatis talk at Pint of Science Event in Glasgow - Carbon Cronicles - For peat's sake, what is all the fuss about |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpintofscience.co.uk%2Fevent%2Fcarb... |
| Description | Talk delivered from COP26 to Trees for the Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman and Brett Day presented from COP26 to Trees for the Future - Diversity and complexity for resilience and carbon storage, Association of Applied Biologists 6th November 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/leep/newsandevents/cop26/ |
| Description | Talk delivered to Tom Heap, BBC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman: NetZeroPlus: Planning the UK's new woodlands Presented to Tom Heap, BBC 31st January 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk on Twitter by Richard Betts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WebinarTalk by R Betts and colleagues on climate events and why we need to be wary of them. Discuss the high Impact Low liklihood of climate events |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk to Institute of Chartered Foresters at Members Hour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk by Ian Bateman to Institute of Chartered Foresters: Members Hour entitled 'NetZeroPlus: Planning the UK's New Woodlands'. Available via https://vimeo.com/670814730/512c0c1e10 197 delegates registered, with attendance of 174. There were a number of questions and comments in the online chat function and in person. It was agreed that some of the issues raised were thought provoking and would be taken forward in future workshops. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk to students at King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Inspire young group of 30 A level geography students 16-18 years old at Kind Edward V1 Handsworth Grammar School for boys. Invitation from Mrs S Thaper Head of Geography |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to the Global Faculty Network - Bringing the Natural Environment into Economic Decision Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Spoke online at a Web Conference for 30 mins on bringing natural environment into economic decision making |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://faculti.net/ |
| Description | The Lancet COVID-19 Commission: Green Recovery Task Force Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman presented at: The Lancet COVID-19 Commission: Green Recovery Task Force Meeting, 30th June 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The Trees & Woodlands Scientific Advisory Group (TAW-SAG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discuss with TAW SAG Summary of risks, benefits and uncertainties of different provenance choices for tree planting / • The use of Paulownia spp. and specifically the Paulownia hybrid Phoenix One for forestry or energy forestry in England" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The natural capital approach to land use policy and decision making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman presented to: The Parliamentary & Scientific Committee 'Natural Capital' Discussion Meeting 5.30pm, Monday 7th June 2021 In partnership with Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Timber Festival attended by Richard Betts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Speak to public on topic - right tree right place before National Forest begin on a tree planting initiative |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Trees and Woodlands Scientific Advisory Group (TAW-SAG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Trees and Woodlands Scientific Advisory Group (TAW-SAG) with DEFRA - Monthly meeting. This month's focused on Seeing the wood for the trees: the contribution of the forestry & timber sectors to biodiversity and Net Zero goals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UKGGR Event London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Highlight how serious climate change is and how Net Zero will contribute to solution |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | UKNEE SC Meeting: envecon review & planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The primary purpose will be to review envecon 2023 and discuss envecon 2024 while the conference is fresh in our minds. Went over the wider UKNEE strategy points as a refresher |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | US-UK Scientific Forum Steering Committee Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended US-UK Scientific Forum Steering Committee Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | US-UK Scientific Forum on Bringing Nature into Decision Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Development of relationship with US Nat Capital decision making experts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | University of Aberdeen Press release June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press Release by University of Aberdeen to mark launch of NetZeroPlus project in June 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/15032/ |
| Description | University of Exeter Business School - Research Strategy Group Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Inform Environmental & Sustainability RSG (Research Strategy Group) about Net Zero |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | User Advisory Group Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Amy Binner & Daniel Williamson presented latest version of the app to partners. They than allowed partners to engage with the app and feedback on performance/enhancements etc. Attendees were as follows:- User Advisory Group Members from Defra T Lafford, R McIlhiney, N Saidi MOD D Owen, Network Rail Dr Neil Strong, Ece Ozdemiroglu Eftec |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Welsh Government Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussing how our Net Zero plus work could help with Treescape Deep Dive work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Workshop 2 - NMV Expert Panel EUR-AUS(2) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | University of Western Australia Workshop 2 - Non Market Valuations attended online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Workshop for Forestry England's Senior Leadership Team Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A full day workshop including discussion of the natural capital framework, design of decision support systems, participatory workshop mapping organisational priorities, decisions and constraints and a demonstration of prototype decision support systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Workshop with Forestry England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ian Bateman; Amy Binner; Brett Day; Astley Hastings; Richard Brazier; Danny Williamson; James Morison; Elena Vanguelova; Kate Gannon from the NetZeroPlus team met with Eleanor Tew, James Simpson and other colleagues from Forestry England Head Office and Regional team heads to present on areas of common interest, and explore opportunities to support each other's activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Worshipful Company of Gardeners news item on NetZeroPlus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Announcement of the NetZeroPlus project launch in the newsletter of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners in May 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.gardenerscompany.org.uk/news/netzeroplus-project/ |