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)
- NatureScot (Collaboration)
- Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (Collaboration)
- BNP Paribas (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- James Hutton Institute (Project Partner)
- Sylvawood Agriculture Ltd (Project Partner)
- Knepp Castle Estate (Project Partner)
- E F T E C Ltd (Project Partner)
- The Tree Council (Project Partner)
- Dragon Capital Markets (Europe) Limited (Project Partner)
- Tree Carbon Offset Exchange (Project Partner)
- North Devon Biosphere Fondation (Project Partner)
- Pennon Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- British Army (Project Partner)
- Wood Knowledge Wales (Project Partner)
- Natural Resources Wales (Project Partner)
- Forestry England (Project Partner)
- The Scottish Forestry Trust (Project Partner)
- Perridge Estate (Project Partner)
- Agxiata (Project Partner)
- Satellite Applications Catapult (United Kingdom) (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 (Project Partner)
- Natural History Museum (Project Partner)
- PEFC UK Limited (Project Partner)
- Royal Society of Arts (Project Partner)
- Woodland Trust (Project Partner)
- Natural England (Project Partner)
- Terranomics Limited (Project Partner)
- Cornwall Council (Project Partner)
- New Foundation Farms Ltd (Project Partner)
- Her Majesty's Treasury (Project Partner)
- Private Address (Project Partner)
- The Climate Change Committe (Project Partner)
- Grown in Britain (Project Partner)
- National Farmers Union (Project Partner)
- Confederation of Forest Ind (UK) Confor (Project Partner)
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Project Partner)
- Timber Trade Federation (Project Partner)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (Project Partner)
Publications
Wiltshire A
(2021)
JULES-CN: a coupled terrestrial carbon-nitrogen scheme (JULES vn5.1)
in Geoscientific Model Development
Tratalos J
(2021)
Regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
in Global Ecology and Conservation
Ming D
(2022)
Deep Gaussian Process Emulation using Stochastic Imputation
in Technometrics
Baker E
(2022)
Emulation of high-resolution land surface models using sparse Gaussian processes with application to JULES
in Geoscientific Model Development
Von Hellfeld R
(2022)
Expanding the Miscanthus market in the UK: Growers in profile and experience, benefits and drawbacks of the bioenergy crop.
in Global change biology. Bioenergy
Gatis N
(2022)
An operational land cover and land cover change toolbox: processing open-source data with open-source software
in Ecological Solutions and Evidence
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Geographic Reach | National |
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| 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 |
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| 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/ |