Resources Challenge

Freshwater resources and environments in a changing world

Ruth Welters — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:35:33 +0000

The programme aims to support the sustainable use of freshwater resources by increasing understanding of how air, water, soil, vegetation and human influences act on the hydrological cycle. The programme is also known as 'CEH Water programmes.'

The programme achieves this through the management of national and international datasets related to the hydrological cycle, long term and short term monitoring to better understand new issues and challenges.

Nutrients on the move

Ruth Welters — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:42:00 +0000

Helping the water and agricultural industries plan for chemicals on the move.

LWEC Collaboration on Tree Health

Susan Ballard — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:49:00 +0000

Steps to protect UK trees from new diseases.

Snakes and ladders to the rescue

Javier Delgado — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:38:48 +0000

Using a game to help communities recover more quickly from serious flooding.

Minerals and Waste

Ruth Welters — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:09:43 +0000

What is the Minerals and Waste programme?

The Minerals and Waste programme is run by the British Geological Survey, in partnership with others (see below), in order to address the need for the UK to secure a sustainable supply of minerals and energy, in the face of the populatio

Groundwater

Ruth Welters — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:01:50 +0000

What is the activity?

Farming for clean water

Javier Delgado — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:37:46 +0000

Farmers across England explore new practices to improve water quality.

UK First Flood Research Strategy

Javier Delgado — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:42:11 +0000

Addressing the economic and social costs of flooding is a high priority for the UK especially in the light of the increasing risk of flooding and coastal erosion posed by climate change.

Many of the largest programmes of flooding research are coming close to finishing so LWEC partners see an urgent need to take forward a multi-institutional flood research strategy which will look at short, medium and long term needs for useable information, and cost-effective response options.

The Flood Research Strategy will:

The Waste of the World

Javier Delgado — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:25:50 +0000

What is the programme about?

This programme of six linked projects aims to produce a defining social science study of waste, for academics, policy makers and stakeholders. Its overarching aims are to reconceptualise the place of waste and how we think about waste within social science.

What will the programme do?

The programme has three main aims:

1. To rethink how waste is thought about in the social sciences

Science and Heritage Programme

Javier Delgado — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:21:27 +0000

What is the Science and Heritage programme?

How will our cultural heritage, such as objects, buildings and the landscape, stand up to the environmental and human challenges of the 21st Century?

In order to asnswer this, the Science and Heritage programme aims to increase understanding and promote the resilience of our cultural heritage to withstand environmental change.

Resilience and adaptation

Insect Pollinators Initiative

Javier Delgado — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:13:45 +0000

Insect Pollinators Initiative

The Insect Pollinators Initiative supports projects aimed at researching the causes and consequences of threats to insect pollinators, and to inform the development of appropriate mitigation strategies.

Changing Water Cycle Programme

Javier Delgado — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:05:35 +0000

What is the Changing Water Cycle Programme?

The Changing Water Cycle is a research programme that will develop a full understanding of the changes taking place in the water cycle across the globe. This will lead to improved predictions for the next few decades of water availability in the global system. The global water cycle includes water held in the the air, oceans, on land, in ice and within plants and animals.

The programme will address the urgent need to

Biofuels Executive Research Board

Javier Delgado — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:40:33 +0000

Local Government Association

Javier Delgado — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:04:14 +0000

In 1997, local government came together and created the Local Government Association to be its voice in the national arena. Based in Westminster, close to the Houses of Parliament and Whitehall, the LGA is a voluntary lobbying organisation, acting as the voice of the local government sector, and an authoritative and effective advocate on its behalf.

Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate

Javier Delgado — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:54:09 +0000

What is the programme about?
The Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate (ARCC) Programme brings together a range of research projects which look at the impacts of climate change and possible adaptation options in the built environment and its infrastructure including water resources, transport systems, telecommunications, energy and waste.