Research is critical for understanding the environment, the impacts of human activity and for assessing possible solutions.
The Royal Society’s Global Environmental Research Committee, known as GERC, plays a crucial role in promoting UK participation in global environmental research programmes and committees, and acts as an advisory body on environmental science to the Royal Society. It also provides valuable advice to UKRI and the research councils on emerging science that should receive increased attention and funding. GERC facilitates discussion on the major environmental issues of our time, linking with international research activity and informing the Royal Society’s policy work.
One way GERC carries out its work is by undertaking a rolling series of reviews of areas of science within its remit.
Subject areas covered recently include:
Upcoming publications include:
Subject areas planned for the future include:
GERC maintains the Royal Society’s connections (through a co-opted representative) to a number of international programmes including:
Membership of GERC is drawn from the science community, including Fellows of the Royal Society.
Current members of GERC are: