Science for government and public sector
NERC focuses on environmental science, most of which is useful to policy makers, regulators or other public sector bodies. NERC aims to provide sustainable solutions to environmental challenges, and to contribute to the evidence base for policy making and regulation.
Two-way interaction is essential to ensure that NERC's science is useful and used in this sector. We need to engage policy makers and other public sector bodies in our research from the outset, to ensure its relevance. You need to be able to access and understand our scientific outputs.
The 'How you can work with us' pages describe how you can get involved.
We work particularly with:
- government departments, including the devolved administrations
- local authorities
- agencies and other non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs)
- learned societies
- non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and charities
- the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales.
Some of NERC's recent initiatives in the policy area are on the 'Science-to-policy initiatives' page.
NERC regularly inputs to external consultations from government departments and elsewhere - see external consultations page.
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