Sustainability
Alternative labels
Environmental economics
Conservation funding
Sustainability and the environment
Report
Towards flourishing climate education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Growing interest in climate change amongst educational policymakers and educators in Aotearoa New Zealand has not led to clarity and consistency in related policy direction and practice. This report draws on literature from te ao Māori and Western/global perspectives to explore the question, “What does it look like when climate education is flourishing?”
Report
Navigating new horizons: A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing
This report, produced in collaboration with the International Science Council, calls for the world to pay heed and respond to a range of emerging challenges that could disrupt planetary health and wellbeing. It presents insights on eight critical global shifts that are accelerating the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity and nature loss and...
Report
Taming the wild west: how technology can charter a new frontier for social value
In the UK, the economic divide between people, places and institutions has become unsustainably wide. This paper considers how a new vision for social value can build trust in the social value agenda and help unlock economic opportunities, enabled by technology.
Working paper
Generative AI technologies applied to ecosystems and the environment: a scoping review
This paper provides a scoping review of the literature on the ways that novel generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being applied to living things and other elements of ecosystems and the natural environment. The paper outlines several areas where generative AI is being deployed in new research projects and industry applications.
Policy report
Demand-side policy measures for environmental sustainability
This paper addresses demand-side policy measures to improve environmental sustainability. It outlines the potential of such measures, and presents relevant findings from the cross-country OECD 'Survey on Environmental Policies and Individual Behaviour Change' (EPIC) on the main barriers that households face in adopting sustainable behaviours.