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.

Organisations

Publications

10 25 50
 
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 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 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
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 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 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 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 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 £20,000 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Department Research England
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2022 
End 07/2023
 
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 Provision of Landcover, Above Ground Biomass, and Carbon Quantification Asessments
Amount £78,075 (GBP)
Organisation Devon Wildlife Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2023 
End 01/2025
 
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 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
 
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 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 Land Use Team 
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.
Collaborator Contribution We have provided data layers from our in-house models for use by Defra modellers in their policy design analysis; I have advised on the design and architecture of a new land use model that the Defra team is constructing; and I have been attending weekly land use team meetings, to contribute general advice on land use policy modelling.
Impact Evidence report on impact of different tree planting scheme designs on the location of land use change. Adaptation of Defra's land use change modelling approach.
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
 
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 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 "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 "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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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/