Interdisciplinary climate action: Making a net zero society – An Institution of Environmental Sciences webinar
Published on 15 April 2025
If the government is to reach its net zero target, it will need more than technology alone. People, societies and systems need to change and adapt and new thinking on social and cultural change is required.
In November 2024, Professor Patrick Devine-Wright was invited to speak about ACCESS at the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES). The webinar was organised by Ethny Childs, Communities & Partnerships Lead at IES. IES were interested in exploring how interdisciplinarity can support improved policy and practice, particularly in the climate space, and were particularly keen to hear from a project which involved social sciences.
In the webinar, Professor Patrick Devine-Wright introduces the ACCESS project and discusses the findings from the first ACCESS task force on net zero, calling on government to make more consistent and effective use of social science in planning net zero strategy.
He introduces the second task force on nature recovery and talks about the ACCESS Flex Fund, highlighting Dr Ruth Lamont’s project outputs – a set of social science resources for environmental organisations.
The views, opinions and positions expressed within this webinar are those of the author alone, they do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the Institution of Environmental Sciences.