Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) represents an unprecedented partnership of organisations funding, undertaking and using environmental research, including the Research Councils, government departments, devolved administrations and delivery agencies. The ten-year programme will connect world-leading natural, engineering, economic, social, medical, cultural, arts, and humanities researchers with policy-makers, business, the public, and other key stakeholders.
LWEC will help ensure the UK provides international leadership and solutions to the challenges faced during this crucial period, and provide the knowledge and tools to make informed choices about the future. Our activities will help to make better predictions and analysis of environmental change so that we can adapt and become more resilient, as well as helping people to mitigate or avoid the worst impacts as our environment is altered.
LWEC research in the College of Physical Sciences spans across a number of research areas including Geography, Geology, Chemistry, Engineering, Computing Science, as well as areas within the College of Life Sciences and Medicine.
Professor Colin Hunter, leader for the CoPS LWEC theme, said: "This initiative is all about positioning ourselves to maximum effect for the larger and more complex RCUK grants. It is about better connecting research strengths across the Colleges to compete nationally and internationally".
Further information
Professor Colin Hunter
Email: c.j.hunter@abdn.ac.uk
Tel: 01224 273694
RCUK LWEC
www.lwec.org.uk