We are pleased to share our Annual Report & Accounts 2024, which highlights our key achievements and provides essential information on our finance, governance and management over the year.
In November 2024, we unveiled our plans for the next five years to 2030. Environmental Science for a Better World comes at a critical time as we confront urgent environmental, societal, and economic challenges and meet increasing demand for our expertise.
2024 highlights include:
- A new infrastructure to improve resilience to floods and droughts.
- Wildfire research to explore how fires affect the forests' ability to store carbon.
- A comprehensive study with six recommendations on handling nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
- The value of green spaces in our cities.
- IPBES Nexus report which sets out a roadmap for action to sustainably manage biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate change.
- The global role of citizen science in monitoring insects.
- Historic levels of SO2 levels tied to an Icelandic volcanic eruption.
- The official opening of our West Africa Office in Ghana
- Our participation at three United Nations Conference of Parties (COP)
- The first of its kind £750,000 state-of-the-art microscopes to transform our understanding of chemical pollutants.