Environment
Our programmes range from developing better plastics to understanding the illegal wildlife trade, and from accelerating the adoption of renewable energy to better management of the high seas. Conserving the natural systems on which all human life depends requires action on many fronts, and we provide new understanding, insights and ideas to ensure that solutions to pressing environmental challenges can be found.
- Agile Initiative
- Circular Battery Economies
- Climate Policy
- Climate Shocks and Child Health
- Electrification Accelerator
- Food
- Food Sustainability
- Geological Hydrogen
- Healthy and Sustainable Diets
- Monitoring Ocean Ecosystems
- Rethinking Natural Resources
- Safer Antifungals
- Security Futures
- Wildlife Trade
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The power of place: Learning from community-led innovations in Wales
In 1998, Wales made history by becoming one of the first countries in the world to embed sustainable development directly into its devolution laws.
The Future of Carbon Markets Isn’t Carbon
Carbon credits are issued when projects such as restoring forests, protecting mangroves or replacing fossil fuels with cleaner energy can demonstrate and verify that they have reduced or removed greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold, generating a source of revenue.
Food manufacturers could achieve nutrition and sustainability gains by changing 10% of products
Leading UK food and drink manufacturers could significantly improve the overall nutrition and sustainability of their products by making changes to 10% or less of their existing product line, according to new research in Nature Food.
Reverse approach is not a silver bullet for regulating the world’s wildlife trade, say Oxford researchers
Reversing wildlife trade rules so that species can only be traded when this has been shown to be sustainable would not, on its own, solve many of the problems facing current regulation according to new research from the Oxford Martin Programme on Wildlife Trade.
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It's time for ‘adaptation smart’ credit ratings that account for climate change
Sovereign credit ratings should account for climate risks and adaptation efforts to avoid underestimating financial exposure and incentivize investments in climate resilience, especially in vulnerable regions
New research reveals that without "adaptation-smart" credit ratings, countries face increased risks of economic downgrades due to climate impacts, but significant investment in adaptation can mitigate these effects.
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Professor of Geosystem Science
Jim Hall
Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks
E.J. Milner-Gulland
Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity
Michael Obersteiner
Director of the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Nathalie Seddon
Professor of Biodiversity
Cameron Hepburn
Battcock Professor of Environmental Economics
Lavanya Rajamani
Professor of International Environmental Law
Radhika Khosla
Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
Hannah Ritchie
Senior Researcher and Deputy Editor and Science Outreach Lead at Our World in Data
Thom Wetzer
Associate Professor of Law and Finance
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