The United Kingdom has made significant commitments to both low carbon heating and energy efficiency. However little progress has been made and the country has fallen far behind the rest Europe. This paper suggests five immigration policy options to support the development of the United Kingdom’s retrofitting workforce.

One of the aims of the UK government’s new Environmental Improvement Plan is to reduce risks to communities from flooding. One way to reduce flood risk is through Natural Flood Management (NFM). The recently completed Natural Environment Research Council NFM research programme aimed to address these issues. This report outline what some of the programme’s...

This report examines whether expected changes to land use and management will create a need for new policy and mechanisms to rebalance interests between different communities. The authors propose three changes that would reduce tensions within communities and make sure their benefits from altering land use and management are maximised.