All ECI Projects

TRANSMANGO focuses on the vulnerability and resilience of European food systems in the context of socio-economic, behavioural, technological, institutional and agro-ecological change, and aimed to enhance understanding of the new challenges and opportunities that the food sector will face in the future.

SUSFANS built a conceptual framework, evidence base and analytical tools to underpin EU-wide food policies on consumer diet and the implications for nutrition and public health. It also explored the competitiveness of EU agri-food sectors, and global food and nutrition security. 

ECI led a consortium to quantify the impacts of potential pathways to net-zero that could maximise emissions reduction and increase sequestration in land use sectors, while ensuring the resilience of land uses to climate warming.

A step by step guidebook for the monitoring and evaluation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to inform project developers, implementers and the international climate community on how to assess and report the benefits of EbA.

This project’s primary aim is to help SMEs and intermediaries gain a better understanding of sustainable growth and its implications for their businesses.

IN-BEE explored the intangible or multiple benefits of energy efficiency, including social, economic and environmental benefits delivered by efficiency improvements.

Working closely with local planners and other stakeholders in Bicester and beyond, ECI and partners Forest Research tested a range of practical tools for mapping and assessing GI, and develop clear step-by-step guidance for users.

The SAFE project explores how forest biodiversity and ecosystem function vary across Borneo, while the BALI consortium looks at the interactions between biodiversity and biogeochemical functioning.

A NERC-funded internship allowed two ECI researchers to help the Ecosystems Knowledge Network update and expand their Tool Assessor and connect stakeholders with the website. 

A selection of completed Energy projects.

ECOLIMITS was a consortium looking at ecosystem services, degradation and links to poverty in the cocoa farm and forest landscape in Ghana and Ethiopia.

The MACC Hub aims to inform the UK's climate change adaptation plan and address current barriers around public awareness, policy, legislation and climate data. A systems approach to climate risk assessment will improve understanding of climate risks and adaptation outcomes.

By integrating climate modelling, hydrological modelling and water resources system simulation, OPSIS delivered a simulation model to inform large-scale strategic infrastructure planning by the Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID). 

REACH is a global research programme to improve water security for the poor by delivering world-class science that transforms policy and practice.

TABLE is a food systems platform that sets out the evidence, assumptions and values that people bring to debates about resilient and sustainable food futures. 

We explore the data, the biases and the beliefs behind those debates in order to support better dialogue, decision making and action.

Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) is a UK Aid-funded programme which aims to support investment in sustainable energy and transport systems to meet development priorities in the Global South. 

Bringing together academic researchers and industry experts in modeling, big data, and reinsurance, this initiative aims to advance methods in systemic risk modeling to better inform industry and policymakers on how to build more resilient trade networks in an increasingly volatile world.

Spatial modelling was used to analyse possible patterns of urbanisation in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. OPSIS investigated a range of different scenarios, including those that prioritise accessibility to public transport and green corridors for nature (nature recovery networks).

A new, state-of-the-art spatial climate risk analysis toolkit enables the Government of Jamaica to pinpoint and quantify climate-related risks to energy, transport and water supplies.

The Systemic Resilience Initiative aims to advance practical solutions to manage shocks with the potential for major and prolonged economic disruption, severe human or economic impacts, and contagion.