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How can we shape future demand?
Technology and new business models make it possible to do much more with much less. Will governments and companies seize the opportunity?
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Will the new industrial revolution bring sustainability?
Digitalization, big data and circular and ‘sharing’ economies are reconfiguring global economic activities. Alignment with environmental goals is key.
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How can land deliver all we need?
Land delivers critical services, from food, climate response to cleaner air and water. Reconciling competing demands for land use is a good start.
Driven to Extraction
Can sand mining be sustainable? This article sets out the landscape of the global sand mining industry highlighting the environmental, social, and political consequences of its scale, and outlines future pathways to the sustainable extraction of sand.
Read the articleImage: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics/Getty Images
Reinventing Meat
Can increasing investment and commercialization of plant-based meat, technological advancements in cultured meat and shifts in consumer behaviour have the potential to disrupt the future of the meat industry?
Find out more
Image: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images
Healthy Diets from Sustainable Production: Indonesia
This paper outlines the steps Indonesia should take to promote and safeguard healthier diets from sustainable production.
Read the paperIllustration: Nathalie Lees
What Electric Business?
Read the latest in our collection of articles that highlight the disruptions on the horizon for the electricity system, outlining some of the trends and innovations which can help support the transition to a more sustainable future for electricity.
Read the articleImage: Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images
Recent publications
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Driven to Extraction: Can Sand Mining be Sustainable?
Article by Oli Brown and Pascal Peduzzi
30 May 2019 • 17 min read
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The Future of Electricity
Collection (4 publications)
1 Feb 2019
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Healthy Diets from Sustainable Production: Indonesia
Report by Sonja Vermeulen, Laura Wellesley, Sam Airey and Sudhvir Singh
24 Jan 2019 • 30 min read
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Shifting to Sustainable Consumption for 1.5°C: Gaps, Solutions, and New Policy Agendas
Event summary by Sam Airey and Mark Conway
5 Nov 2018 • 2 min read
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Food, Climate & Nutrition: Delivering Win-Win-Win Solutions
Collection (4 publications)
11 Jun 2018
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Betting on BECCS? Exploring Land-Based Negative Emissions Technologies
Event summary by Rob Bailey and Richard King
17 May 2018 • 24 min read
Events
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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Decarbonise Industrial Sectors
Dialogue & Workshop by Hoffmann Centre & DeepMind
22 January 2019, 09:00–17:00 GMT • Chatham House, 10 St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LE United Kingdom
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Reinventing Meat
Conference by Hoffmann Centre
9 May 2019, 17:30–20:00 BST • Chatham House, 10 St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LE United Kingdom
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Investing in landscape restoration: barriers and opportunities
Meeting by Hoffmann Centre
10 May 2019, 08:30–15:00 BST • Chatham House, 10 St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LE United Kingdom
