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Honest advocacy for nature: presenting a persuasive narrative for conservation
This paper presents the case of the Lawton Review, which was able to seize on an opportunity to communicate a rigorously argued, persuasive and practical conservation message; in other words, it performed ‘honest advocacy’.
8 August 2016
Public Health: Research into Policy
Case study on meningitis vaccinations from Public Health: Research into Policy project.
12 May 2016
How can we build flood resilience in the UK?
Earlier this month, a group of experts from the University of Cambridge convened a one-day seminar to discuss river and coastal flooding in the UK, and how to manage risks and improve resilience in flood-prone communities.
21 March 2016
What can Cambridge do about climate change?
In our final seminar of the 2016 Climate Change series, we heard from a panel of experts on what Cambridge could do to drive progress in sustainable living and combatting climate change.
29 February 2016
Harnessing the potential of social movements, and generating impact at scale
A Policy Workshop held in collaboratioin with Friends of the Earth, the Nesta Health Lab and the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, brought together a wide range of Policy Fellows from the health and environment sectors to discuss the role of social movements, innovation, and impact at scale.
11 February 2016
How can buildings be made more efficient in combatting carbon emissions?
In the second of the 2016 seminar series, Simon Sharpe (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and Professor Ian Leslie (Cambridge Computer Laboratory) discussed how the risks of climate change are communicated, and how buildings could be made to be more efficient in combatting carbon emissions.
10 December 2015
Linking transport, health and wellbeing
A Professional Development Policy Workshop looking at the role of evidence and expertise in making transport policy, with a particular focus on how it can influence health and wellbeing.
4 November 2015
Is climate change about to claim its first cities?
Extreme heatwaves could create conditions in several Middle Eastern cities that would exceed the threshold of what human beings can endure.
8 September 2015
Visions of Cambridge in 2065: report launch on 8 September 2015
What is your vision of Cambridge in 2065? This is the question being asked by 'Visions of Cambridge in 2065', one of 6 city case studies supported by the Foresight Future of Cities project.
27 March 2015
The challenges and opportunities facing our cities
A panel of speakers brought together the challenges and opportunities presented by rapid growth and urbanisation of cities.