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Nature loss and biodiversity decline are increasingly recognised as national security concerns. Drawing on the work of the Agile Environment and National Security project, Alison Smith and Tim Clack explore how environmental risks can affect food and water security, economic stability and geopolitical resilience – and why bringing research evidence

Discover our short documentary series, The Power of Place, showcasing five films about community-led nature recovery, climate resilience and wellbeing across Wales. Meet the people and partnerships turning local action into lasting change for nature and communities.

New outputs from an Agile Initiative Sprint—a research report, policy brief and documentary films—explore how Wales’ experience of community-led innovation can inform place-based policymaking across the UK, highlighting how policy can support grassroots initiatives and build healthier, more resilient places.

Nathalie Seddon, Rachel Hayman and John Lynch reflect on key lessons from the Agile Initiative Symposium 2026, highlighting the value of co-creation, collaboration and agile approaches to policy-relevant research.

In this post, Louise Gordon takes a moment to highlight the work of the students and early-career researchers working on their 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.

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.

Rachel Hayman joined other Changing the Environment programme managers to present at this year's ARMA conference. In this post, Helen Driver (Cambridge University) reflects on their session, "Delivering the innovative, interdisciplinary 'Changing the Environment' programme: learning with the Research Programme Managers".

Agile showcased some fantastic research at this year’s London Climate Action Week, presenting as part of the “Oxford Venue” which hosted a range of talks and workshops from the University of Oxford.