Heather Plumpton

Next in my video interviews from last week's BBSRC-supported regenerative agriculture workshop, led by #TUKFS colleagues from FixOurFood and H3 projects, is Cambridgeshire farmer Martin Lines who, in his presentation, focussed minds with the question: what do we need research to deliver, if this year is the driest we will see in the UK for the next 30 years? #foodsystems #GlobalFoodSecurity

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Do you know any young people interested in a career in agri-tech? If so, please forward on the link to this Form the Future CIC 'careers insights' webinar recording on careers in agri-tech and agriculture, featuring me on #SoilScience and Elysia Bartel on #Entomology ADAS, Agri-TechE, British Society of Soil Science

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Veolia UK has donated Fruit Tress to 300 schools across the UK 🤗 Not only does this initiative naturally have myriad positive impacts for the immediate & extended environment (i.e. improving air quality); it also encourages children to become more aware of their own connection to nature, fostering increased reverence for all things "green". Children are the future. Positively articulating in their impressionable minds the importance of improved biodiversity (and the principles of self-sufficiency and provision - i.e. harvesting fruit) etc... is key to raising a generation of conscious, caring individuals - who regard our planet as one worth respecting. Children are our future decision-makers and custodians of Earth. So great to work for a company that invests in such initiatives. 👏 https://lnkd.in/gnjDTpSb

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New funding for agricultural water resources management plans and local water resources options - these will feed into regional planning also https://lnkd.in/eYawzRwq

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🌱 New call for opportunity seed funding 🌱 We’re looking to fund high-potential ideas that sit within our ‘Scoping Our Planet’ opportunity space led by Programme Directors Gemma Bale Sarah Bohndiek 🌎 Current climate measurements fall short of providing the coverage, resolution or sensitivity we need to adequately understand and respond to the climate crisis. Now, more than ever, we need better tools to prepare for and mitigate against its consequences. If you have an audacious idea for how breakthroughs in optics could transform climate monitoring, we want to hear from you. Don’t forget: through opportunity seeds, we are backing standalone high-potential projects that sit within our opportunity spaces but outside our programmes. We’re looking to fund projects up to £500k for: ➕ Ideas that sit within ‘Scoping Our Planet’. Your proposal should show how your idea either aligns with or challenges the assumptions listed in the opportunity space document. ➕ Ideas that could change the conversation about what is possible or valuable in this space. ➕ Ideas that range from early stage curiosity-driven research through to pre-commercial science and technology. Funding opportunities for our related programme ‘Forecasting Tipping Points’ will open later this year. Find out more and apply for seed funding before 18 June: https://lnkd.in/ee6Z2aJc

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For anyone interested in rural policy

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A great collaboration between Newcastle University, IUCN and the Church of England Pensions Board, this academic paper: 'Corporate disclosures need a biodiversity outcome focus and regulatory backing to deliver global conservation goals' has been published today in Conservation Letters. From the investor standpoint, we absolutely support the business disclosure goals within the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). However, we see the risk that more disclosure will not necessarily produce better outcomes. This paper makes the case for high-quality, standardised, science-based and outcome-linked disclosures that are mandatory and regulated. We believe this is in the best interests of investors addressing the systemic risk of biodiversity loss, and hope others will join us in advocating for this. Congrats to fellow authors: Louise Mair Marwa Elnahass, Erwei Xiang, Frank Hawkins Juha Siikamäki Stephen Barrie and Philip McGowan. I hope we are able to take these recommendations forward. https://lnkd.in/ep_KXGch

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Register online and join Emily McKenzie for an introduction to the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). 📅 17 June 2024 🕣 12:00 – 13:00 BST 🖥️ Register - https://lnkd.in/gNa8u6Uu This is an introductory session for organisations getting started on their nature journey. During the session, we will explore why the TNFD was created, what it was established to achieve, the approach the Taskforce has taken and what it has recommended in terms of better management of nature-related issues, including its recommendations for organisational assessment of nature-related issues and corporate reporting. #TNFD #NatureFinance #Sustainability #GettingStarted

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