WEBINAR: Systems thinking – how to address highly complex problems

If you missed Prof Gerald Midgley‘s excellent webinar, you can now watch it here. Gerald has also kindly shared his slides. Please ensure these are appropriately credited to him if used in any way.

• Report on how to integrate systems thinking into Defra to deal with highly complex problems. Gerald peer reviewed this and says it’s better than the general government report (below).
• A paper by Gerald – The Systemic Intervention Approach, Journal of Systems Thinking, 3, 1-24.DOI:10.54120/jost.000050
• UK government’s systems thinking toolkit for civil servants. Thanks to Ira Bailey who shared this during the webinar.
• The School of Systems Change also comes recommended by Dan Crossley (Food Ethics Council). Thanks Dan for sharing this.

WEBINAR: Using systems thinking to transform our food – beans as an analytical lens

June 19, 10-11am

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Prof Gerald Midgley is back next month with Dr John Ingram, exploring systems thinking in practice, through the issue of how to integrate more pulses into the food system. Gerald and John will use the example of the BeansMeal project to show why thinking about the wider system is so important for creating large-scale change in diets and food production. Read John’s beans report, which he wrote as an AFN Champion last year.

WEBINAR: GHG emissions under conservation grazing – evidence gaps and research needs

June 20, 10-11.30am

This webinar is organised by Natural England, which has recently published a report on GHG emissions under conservation grazing, and which found a lack of data from appropriate semi-natural habitats.This work has identified a vital knowledge gap that Natural England is keen to address through further research. The findings from the report and opportunities for collaboration to address evidence needs will be discussed in this webinar. Email Claire.horrocks@naturalengland.org.uk

OBESITY INQUIRY: Evidence given on the role of poverty in diet and ill-health

Our webinar speaker, Dominic Watters, gave oral evidence recently to the House of Lords Committee on Food, Diet and Obesity, alongside other parents struggling with the realities of poverty and inequality in the UK. Watch Dominic’s evidence session here, watch our webinar with him here, and read our briefing based on his webinar here. 

UK EXPERTS: Call for experts to draft the IPCC 7th Assessment Report

The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change’s (IPCC) is calling for the nomination of UK experts to draft the outline of the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). A scoping meeting is tentatively scheduled for December 2024. See more here. 

TYNDALL DIRECTOR: The climate research centre is looking for a director

Over here at the University of East Anglia, the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research is looking for a new director to be based at Tyndall’s HQ in Norwich. More info here.