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Sprinting Students: Making the most of an Agile Sprint
In this post, Louise Gordon takes a moment to highlight the work of the students and early-career researchers working on their Sprint.
15 July 2026 -
Organising research differently: lessons from an Agile Policy Sprint
Drawing on a year-long, policy-engaged Sprint with Natural Resources Wales, Agile Initiative researchers reflect on the research infrastructure, relationships, and diverse ways of working that can support genuine co-creation alongside live policy processes.
14 July 2026 -
Net Zero Education Project Welcomes Teacher and Youth Representative for London Climate Action Week Session
Agile researcher Amelia Farber writes about running a session at London Climate Action Week with the Net Zero Education project and the Children and Climate Initiative.
13 July 2026
Explore sprints
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Environment and National Security: Exploring Policy ‘Demand Signals’ and the Science Response
This 6-month research project is exploring urgent evidence needs and use in response to the climate and biosphere emergency and its implications for UK national security.
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How can action on deforestation strengthen the UK’s food system security and resilience?
This Sprint will explore how alternative deforestation-control pathways may affect agricultural output, trade patterns, livelihoods, and the UK’s food systems.
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How can the UK improve flood resilience in the Thames Estuary?
This Sprint will directly support the Environment Agency’s Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100) Plan by developing a new generation of flood-forecasting and risk-assessment tools.
Outputs
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Environment and National Security – Exploring the Risk Pathways
MoreAssociated Sprint: Environment and National Security: Exploring Policy ‘Demand Signals’ and the Science Response
Associated SDGs: 10 Reduced inequalities, 11 Sustainable cities and communities, 13 Climate action, 15 Life on land, 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions, 3 Good health and well-being
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Combate aos incendios florestais na Amazonia / Combating forest fires in the Amazon
MoreThe guide aims to support institutional and volunteer firefighters in battling blazes in rainforests that—until a few decades ago—did not burn, but now face the threat of fire due to climate change. (Language: Portuguese)
Associated Sprint: How can we fireproof the Amazon?
Associated SDGs: 11 Sustainable cities and communities, 13 Climate action, 15 Life on land
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PRE-PRINT | Anderson Acceleration Can Ease Reliable Model Calibration
MoreIn this pre-print, the authors tackle the computational bottlenecks of calibrating global marine biogeochemical models by combining a fixed-point iteration spin-up scheme with an efficient offline ocean model and calibration algorithm, achieving roughly ten times faster spin-up and calibration.
Associated Sprint: Can we solve the “spin-up” problem in Earth System Modelling?
Associated SDGs: 13 Climate action
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PRE-PRINT | A warm stagnant ocean leads to deep-ocean deoxygenation without widespread anoxia
MoreIn this pre-print, authors use Miocene Climatic Optimum simulations (ACCESS-ESM1.5) to show that cold initial conditions at higher pCO2 drive a stable ocean stratification, and find, via Anderson Acceleration-equilibrated biogeochemistry, no large-scale deep anoxia or hypoxia.
Associated Sprint: Can we solve the “spin-up” problem in Earth System Modelling?
Associated SDGs: 13 Climate action
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