Description coming soon — The evidence from the National Emergency Briefing is now being shared and discussed by communities, together with MPs and local decision-makers.

People’s Emergency Briefing: responding to the climate and nature crises

After the National Emergency Briefing set out the evidence behind the growing climate and nature emergencies to 1,200 national decision-makers, the People's Emergency Briefing film is putting the evidence in the hands of the public. Communities across the country are hosting screenings with their MPs and discussing how to respond.

20 May 2026

Fishbone Deforestation Rondônia, Brazil August 5, 2016 — Fires burning to clear forest for farming and grazing in the Amazon rainforest, Rondônia, Brazil. Credit: Planet Labs, Inc., licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How can action on deforestation strengthen UK food resilience?

Introducing a new research project exploring the link between deforestation and UK food resilience. The UK government’s recent national security assessment highlights the risks of accelerating global ecosystem degradation for UK food security. In collaboration with DEFRA, the project brings together an interdisciplinary team to identify evidence-based policy solutions, funded by the Agile Initiative.

04 June 2026

Join the Nature-based Solutions Symposium: Who benefits, who decides, who pays?

Despite their potential, the adoption of Nature-based Solutions has been piecemeal and nowhere near the scale needed to address the societal challenges we face. Join researchers, practitioners and policymakers at the Nature-based Solutions Symposium June 2026 to explore four crucial questions for enabling NbS to tackle pressing societal and environmental challenges: Who benefits? Who decides? Who pays? What’s missing? Earlybird registration open until 27th May 2026.

28 April 2026

A roadmap for UK pulses: nature, net zero and nutrition

Beans and pulses have the potential to support soil health, lower-carbon diets, and human nutrition - but despite these benefits, consumption and production in the UK remains low. A new Science-Policy project built a roadmap towards realising the benefits of pulses - for nature, net zero and nutrition - in practice in the UK.

22 June 2026

Groundswell Festival: Sharing Oxford’s Agricultural Research

At Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture Festival, the AGRIIH marquee was a hub for all things agriculture resilience. Researchers from across the University of Oxford showcased agricultural research across disciplines, from soil biodiversity to agricultural policy and beyond.

08 July 2026

NbSI at London Climate Action Week

NbSI joined London Climate Action Week, advocating for aligned action on nature and climate across law, food systems and climate governance. Prof Nathalie Seddon addressed the National Emergency Briefing for Law - a new climate conversation highlighting the need action to put climate and nature at the heart of decision making across the legal profession.

03 July 2026

NbS Foundation Course kicks off: Meet the Scholars

We are delighted to welcome the newest cohort to the NbS Foundation Course and congratulate the scholars who have been selected for several highly competitive full and partial scholarships! Over the following weeks participants will explore the interdisciplinary landscape of NbS, from their role in climate mitigation and adaptation, to economics and sustainable development, and how they can be embedded in policy, finance and business.

06 May 2026

How to Save the Amazon

In honour of journalist Dom Philips and indigenista Bruno Pereira, a gathering of Indigenous leaders, human rights and environmental defenders, researchers and practitioners came together on Earth Day to celebrate their lives and build hope for 'How to Save the Amazon.' The new book uncovers drivers of deforestation and searches for solutions; it explores how we can fight ecological destruction and stand in solidarity with the frontline defenders of the Amazon.

29 April 2026

Education

We offer the Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation course on the science, policy, practice, finance and governance of nature-based solutions for professionals.

Next available course: April 2026

Please apply here.

We also provide undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervision for students enrolled at the University of Oxford.

Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub

The Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) aims to generate a transformational shift in the scope of Oxford‘s agricultural research impact, by engaging industry and stakeholders to co- develop novel and industry-relevant research and innovation that transforms our agricultural systems for a sustainable future.

The Flourishing Landscapes Programme

The Flourishing Landscapes Programme (FLP) addresses the triple challenge of livelihoods, climate change, and biodiversity loss at tropical forest frontiers. FLP focuses on landscapes with agricultural land-use dominated, to varying extents by, by coffee or cocoa production.

Biodiversity and ecosystem function responses to woodland creation

This project aims to understand biodiversity and ecosystem function responses to different woodland creation methods.

Sustain-Cocoa: Sustainable sourcing policies for biodiversity protection, climate mitigation, and improved livelihoods in the cocoa sector

The conversion and degradation of tropical forests have multiple negative socio- environmental impacts. Conversely, their restoration, including enhancing tree cover on already cleared farmland, is a powerful nature-based solution to climate mitigation and adaptation, with potentially large biodiversity and rural livelihood co-benefits. A major driver of forest loss and degradation in the tropics is the […]

Oxford-MSPO INSPIRE Lab: Innovation for a Sustainable Palm Oil Regenerative Economy,

INSPIRE Lab is an exciting new partnership between the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO), focused on advancing knowledge, innovation, and policy for an inclusive, climate-resilient, and nature-positive palm oil sector.

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Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub

NbS and biodiversityNbS for climate change adaptationNbS for climate change mitigationSocial dimensions of NbS

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How can we manage uncertainties in habitat greenhouse gas emissions?

Estimating emissions and developing mitigation pathways for environmental greenhouse gases presents additional challenges beyond those associated with tracking fossil carbon dioxide (CO2). Firstly, environmental emissions are uncertain and variable in time and space, reflecting the complicated interactions between ecological communities and their physical environment that give rise to emissions. Secondly, environmental greenhouse gas emissions are […]

NbS for climate change mitigation

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