Institute for Environmental Futures
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The planet's climate emergency and global species extinction crisis require immediate action to ensure a habitable future. Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is crucial to avoid dangerous climate change. The Institute for Environmental Futures is an interdisciplinary initiative at the University of Leicester that conducts transdisciplinary research into human-environment systems with stakeholders and partners.
The goal is to create pathways to resilient, sustainable, and just environmental futures amidst global challenges such as habitat loss, disaster risk, species extinction, pollution, population growth, changing health issues, and socio-economic change. Long-term policy drivers for the Institute's research include the Defra 25 Year Environment Plan, the net zero carbon goal by 2050, the Agriculture Bill 2020, and the Environment Bill.
The Institute's research program intends to impact environmental policies and practices significantly. The Institute integrates a critical mass of environmental researchers from across a broad range of academic disciplines, spanning arts, social sciences, humanities, physical sciences and life sciences. The research strengths it draws on include environmental Earth Observation (Earth Observation Science, Space Park Leicester), environmental health, environmental data science and machine learning, biological sciences, palaeo-environmental research, social sciences, arts and humanities as well as health sciences.
The Institute’s adventurous, discovery-led and transdisciplinary research programme is intended to have a substantial impact on environmental policies and practice for ensuring the future habitability of Planet Earth.
The culture of the institute places a strong emphasis on equality, diversity, gender mainstreaming and inclusion, supporting a vibrant research community with participation from researchers from a wide range of diverse backgrounds. The Institute has a global perspective on environmental change, supporting national and regional development of adaptation and mitigation strategies whilst achieving international reach through its partnerships.
Research areas include:
- Habitable earth
- Environmental justice and natures of exclusion
- Environmental change and loss
- Climate risks
- Resilience
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
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University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
United Kingdom
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University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
Last modified:
2023-09-20 15:00:18