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NERC scientists study the whole planet, from the edge of the atmosphere to the centre of the Earth, and excel at revealing the environmental challenges confronting the world. Tackling these complex problems requires us to go further, bringing together deep understanding of environmental science with a whole-systems approach.

With our new Delivery Plan, NERC is setting out its ambition to lead a broad and diverse research community to bring about the environmental solutions - clean air and water, limited climate warming, a circular economy, and diverse ecosystems - needed in the UK and worldwide, to foster a productive, healthy and resilient environment.

The NERC Delivery Plan is part of the suite of UKRI Delivery Plans - external link - setting out our strategic direction.

Our delivery plan focuses on eight priority areas to deliver NERC's ambition:

Environmental solutions: Champion environmental solutions to contribute to clean growth, nurturing a generation of researchers who take a systems approach to complex environmental problems.

Pushing the frontiers of understanding: Maintain the UK's leading environmental science expertise to be ready for the unknown challenges of the future, challenging researchers to be adventurous and ambitious, exploiting new technologies and approaches.

Productive environment: Build understanding of economic and environmental system interactions, embed environmental sustainability into economic models, and enable a shift to a circular, resource-efficient economy.

Healthy environment: Promote research to reduce environmental degradation and support healthy life on Earth, increase understanding of the health and wellbeing benefits of a healthy environment, and of the interactions between environmental systems and a healthy economy, society and culture.

Resilient environment: Increase understanding of environmental change and environmental hazards to manage vulnerability, risk, response and recovery, and promote interdisciplinary research to protect lives and livelihoods.

Digital environment: Use cutting-edge technology including machine learning, miniaturisation and battery technology to advance environmental nowcasting. Combine data across disciplines to generate new insight, using high-performance computing to create virtual environments.

Global environment: Bring leadership and UK expertise to understanding the whole Earth system, tackling global challenges, international development and responding to environmental emergencies. Work in partnership and in internationally coordinated efforts to tackle complex environmental challenges.

Best environment for research and innovation: Maintain and enhance the NERC centres of expertise, infrastructure, services and facilities, which benefit the UK environmental science community and global partners. Ensure a pipeline of talent with the skills to resolve future challenges and take a whole-systems approach. Engage with the public and stakeholders to draw-in expertise and share knowledge. Lead across UKRI on environmental sustainability.

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NERC scientists study the whole planet, from the edge of the atmosphere to the centre of the Earth, and excel at revealing the environmental challenges confronting the world. Tackling these complex problems requires us to go further, bringing together deep understanding of environmental science with a whole-systems approach.

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