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Nature-based solutions can help communities and businesses cost-effectively adapt to climate change impacts such as floods, droughts and heatwaves, but they need more support in the third National Adaptation Programme.

A second workshop with stakeholders and the Sprint team asking the question: Can we turn waste into fertiliser? Attendees had in detail discussions about research insights and challenges.

Through two days of interactive workshops and information exchange sessions attendees aimed to develop concrete ideas for delivering nature recovery based on the real-world needs of the people involved.

A focussed group drawn from across academia, government, industry, and major investment and regulatory organisations met to hear the first findings from the Sprint's research and to discuss how to scale up green ammonia as a shipping fuel.

Agile researchers have developed an evidence summary to show how revisions to UK planning policy could help reverse the ongoing loss of green spaces and deliver high quality green infrastructure to tackle inequality and support urban regeneration.

The Agile Sprint team highlighted the importance of soil health to provide essential ecosystem services, from food provision to climate change mitigation.

‘Connecting environmental research with policy: a pathway to real-world impacts’, 10-14 July 2023, is now open for applications

Agile Initiative researchers, Dr Kok Siew Ng and Dr Purusothmn Nair showcased the concept behind the Agile Initiative, the Agile-style research Sprints, and the preliminary results from their Sprint developing regional nutrient flow mapping as keynote speakers at the Sustainable Process Integration Forum.  

As we enter our fourth month of work on our Agile sprint on Scaling Up Nature-based Solutions in the UK, team member Audrey Wagner reflects on her time at COP27 and considers what we can learn from the recent events at COP27.