Influencing policy
Our academics contribute to key reports which provide recommendations to the UK government.
Professor Joan Cordiner has input into a report from the National Engineering Policy Centre about resource efficiency and demand reduction for critical materials to support the UK’s existing Net Zero Strategy.
Critical materials - reducing demand and ensuring sustainability
Professor Joan Cordiner and Professor Rachael Rothman have contributed to a new report which aims to help policymakers ensure that green hydrogen can fulfil its potentially crucial role in a future low-carbon energy system.
Dr Tom Franklin and Professor Peter Styring have published a white paper which aims to pull together expertise from stakeholders across the sector – from academia, industry, NGOs and learned societies – to recommend how a circular economy can be realised in this important sector.
Professor Joan Cordiner, on behalf of the Royal Academy of Engineering, has signed a joint letter calling on the government to develop a joined-up, cross-sector strategy for using and managing materials in the UK.
Professor Joan Chaired the Royal Academy of Engineering NSRA Methodology Review Quorum for the report: Building resilience: lessons from the Academy’s review of the National Security Risk Assessment methodology
In 2021, the Royal Academy of Engineering was commissioned by the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat to undertake an external review of the 2019 National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology.
The findings from the report fed into the National Resilience Framework which was published at the end of 2022 and also into changes to the 2023 NRSA National Risk Register.