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December 2022 - Annual Digest

Unmissable articles from Oxford Martin School in 2022

£10mn backing for fast-paced environmental policy research

February | News
The Agile Initiative at the Oxford Martin School was established with £10mn from NERC to revolutionise how research supports policymaking. Headed by Prof Nathalie Seddon, it will contribute urgently-needed answers to environmental policy and is now recruiting key team members
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Shifting the dial on money's climate impact

March | Long Read
The Oxford Martin Net Zero Carbon Investment Initiative ran from 2015 to 2021 and positively influenced the strategies of investment management companies and institutional investors that control a combined £62.5 billion. This Long Read explains how.
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Building a better future for people with epilepsy

May | Long Read
The Oxford Martin Programme on Global Epilepsy is trying to find solutions to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of epilepsy and mitigate the social impact of the condition – especially for those in resource-poor settings.
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Helping farmers to reduce their environmental impact

June | Blog
The Food Sustainability Analytics team describes their new Farm Sustainability Toolkit, which is providing digital tools to empower farmers to monitor, report and reduce their environmental impacts at a global scale.
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Oxford Martin restatement on the spread and control of Campylobacter food poisoning

June | News
An expert review of the sources, spread and control of Campylobacter published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B concluded that further interventions are needed – but no one solution will provide perfect control.

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Story of the UK’s COVID-19 Delta variant epidemic revealed by genome tracing

August | News
Published in Nature, this study by the Oxford Martin Programme on Pandemic Genomics used extensive data to show how Delta expanded out of India, and how relaxing social restrictions in the UK facilitated its spread.
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Environmental impact of 57,000 processed foods revealed

August | News
A study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland was published in the journal PNAS. This is the first time a transparent and reproducible method has been developed to assess the environmental impacts of multi-ingredient products.
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Some companies are not on track for net zero despite public pledges

August | News
A new model for businesses to measure their progress to meet the Paris Agreement was published in Nature Communications. Analysis using the model revealed a large gap between the ambitious pledges being made by many companies and their operations.
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Decarbonising the energy system by 2050 could save trillions

September | News
A study from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Post-Carbon Transition published in Joule shows that an ambitious, decisive transition to green energy technologies such as solar, wind, and batteries, will likely save the world significant sums of money.
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Shining a light on energy's zero-carbon future

October | Long Read
The Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy envisions a future energy system that is not just about reaching net zero, but also about delivering a high quality of life for everyone wherever they are in the world.
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Events to attend in 2023

Childhood vaccine mandates: are they tackling the right problem?

Associate Professor Katie Attwell,
Visiting Researcher, Vaccines and Society Unit




24th January, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
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Book talk - Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control

Professor Vili Lehdonvirta,
Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute

6th February, 5:00pm - 6:15pm
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Grimsby and Blackpool- how community power is helping them with levelling up

Baroness Valentine of Putney, Special Projects Director, Business in the Community
Jason Stockwood, Founder & Partner, 53 Degrees Capital
Billy Dasein, Educational Technologist and Josie Moon
Arts Practitioner both from East Marsh United

24th January, 12:15pm - 1:15pm
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