Institute for Environmental Futures (IEF) - University of Leicester
Mission
The goal of the Institute for Environmental Futures (IEF) is to establish pathways to resilient, sustainable, and just environmental futures in the context of the global challenges of a climate emergency, habitat loss, disaster risk, species extinction, environmental degradation, pollution, population growth, emerging and changing health issues, and rapid socio-economic change.
The Institute for Environmental Futures is an interdisciplinary initiative bringing together researchers from across the University of Leicester: from the College of Science and Engineering, College of Business, College of Life Sciences and College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.
The Institute was established in 2023 and is led by the Founding Director, Professor Heiko Balzter and six Associate Directors.
The IEF’s research is organised into five research challenges: Habitable Earth, Environmental Justice and Natures of Exclusion, Environmental Change and Loss, Climate Risks, and Resilience.
The Climate Risks challenge addresses disaster risk in terms of climate change, pollution, poverty, vulnerability, and in/direct disaster deaths. Pioneering research on hazards, exposures, vulnerability and risks underpins the development of improved disaster risk governance models and environmental solutions.
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Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.