What are the emerging drivers of change and what might future change look like? New thinking, analysis, and data can improve our understanding, and our ability to anticipate how economic, social, and environmental drivers might change in the future. How these affect the trajectory of environmental outcomes and the future state of rural communities and businesses?
Background
Measuring change enables us better target action to secure a healthy environment and support our rural communities and economies. It also helps us to evaluate the effectiveness of those actions. As well as meeting legislative and policy commitments to report on the state of our environment, both domestically and internationally.
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Topics
- arts, culture, entertainment and media
- culture
- cultural development
- customs and tradition
- economy, business and finance
- economic growth
- economic indicator
- environment
- politics
- government policy
- economic policy
- environmental policy
- science and technology
- social sciences
- society
- social networking
- demographics
Related UKRI funded projects
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Policy and Practice for Environmental Change
The Rural Economy and Land Use (Relu) Programme is an unprecedented collaboration between ESRC, BBSRC and NERC. Running 2003 - 12 it has had a budget of £24m, with additional funding from Scottish Government and De...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to deliver integrative, interdisciplinary research on rural areas and their relationship with social, economic, and environmental challenges, which aligns with the question's focus on understanding the drivers of change and their impact on environmental outcomes and rural communities.
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RUSTIK: Rural Sustainability Transitions through Integration of Knowledge for improved policy processes
The overarching objective of RUSTIK is to enable rural communities’ actors and policy makers to design better strategies, initiatives and policies fostering sustainability transitions of rural areas, through an advanced ...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically addresses the drivers of change in rural areas and future scenarios, providing strategies and policies for sustainability transitions.
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Rural Sustainability Transitions through Integration of Knowledge for improved policy processes
The overarching objective of RUSTIK is to enable rural communities’ actors and policy makers to design better strategies, initiatives and policies fostering sustainability transitions of rural areas, through an advanced ...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on enabling rural communities to design better strategies for sustainability transitions and addresses key transitions in rural areas.