June 8, 2009

living with environmental change

Speakers:
Prof Andrew Watkinson, Director, Living With Environmental Change Programme

A £100 million package of new research has been announced to help the UK prepare for the inevitable challenges that will result from the impacts of climate change over the next few years and decades. The funding comes from partners of the Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) partnership of UK governments, departments and research councils. Experts from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) briefed journalists about how the funding has been committed to projects including tackling the spread of infectious diseases, producing resilient designs for cities and transport systems, and address the economic impacts of our changing environment.