30 Nov Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen wins NERC Early Career Impact Award Thursday 30 Nov 2023 At the NERC Awards ceremony on 29th November 2023, Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen was announced the winner of the Early Career Impact award.
20 Nov How to Harness the Power of Engagement: a Recipe for Nature Recovery and Nature-based Solutions Monday 20 Nov 2023 The Agile Initiative and the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery are pleased to launch the Recipe for Engagement (RfE), a new versatile guide designed to empower practitioners and decision-makers who aim to develop more inclusive, meaningful and impactful public and stakeholder engagement strategies.
10 Nov Policy and financial support for seagrass protection and restoration Friday 10 Nov 2023 Seagrass protection and restoration would provide valuable carbon removal and storage, alongside substantial benefits for people and nature, but more needs to be done to encourage this through policy and nature financing.
02 Nov Nature-based solutions essential if Brazil is to meet its 2050 net zero pledge Thursday 02 Nov 2023 New research has been published this week which finds that Brazil needs to centre nature-based solutions and deforestation in order to reach its net zero targets.
27 Oct Researchers consult with Oxford University Estate Services on biodiversity net gain Friday 27 Oct 2023 In September, Nat Duffus presented a quick guide for planners and developers on assessing biodiversity net gain plans to the University of Oxford Biodiversity Sub-Group. This guide was produced by the Agile Initiative sprint “How do we account for biodiversity?”
25 Oct DLUHC Science Seminar Series Sheds Light on how to build Trust and Inclusion for Thriving Communities Wednesday 25 Oct 2023
19 Oct Highlands Rewilding Unveils Roadmap for Inclusive Nature-Based Solutions Thursday 19 Oct 2023 Highlands Rewilding has released a comprehensive "Engagement Roadmap". This roadmap, developed in collaboration with researchers from the Agile Initiative, presents a strategy for effective public and stakeholder engagement in rewilding and nature-based solutions projects.
18 Oct How do we decide on new sprints? Wednesday 18 Oct 2023 Agile started with six sprint projects in 2022, and will fund more from the research grant as the Initiative evolves. But how should we decide what new projects to fund? How do we identify the most pressing questions that Oxford-based researchers can offer solutions to, rapidly? In June 2023 we launched a call for new sprint ideas.
29 Sep “Academia as [unfinished]”: connecting environmental research with policy Friday 29 Sep 2023 The Agile Initiative ran a summer school called “Connecting environmental research with policy: a pathway to real-world impacts” in July 2023. It set the scene of UK local, regional and national environmental policy and legislature, asking the invited speakers and attendees: how do we get research into policy?