This quarter, ICSI continued our global series of Nature-Positive Engineering roundtables in London, Rio de Janeiro, and Singapore, bringing together experts from organisations in the engineering sector, including port owner-operators, energy companies, policymakers, academia, civil society, financiers and many more.

These sessions brought together an extraordinary mix of voices, from offshore renewable specialists and resilient port operators to coastal management specialists and local authorities, to explore what nature-positive infrastructure looks like in practice. Their insights will directly shape our forthcoming NPE Foresight Review, set to launch next quarter – we can’t wait to share it with you.

We kicked off this year’s Nature-Positive Engineering roundtables in London on 30 January,  in collaboration with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and East Suffolk Council Coastal Management team (Resilient Coasts). Bringing together a dynamic mix of energy companies, engineering firms, policymakers, and academics, the conversation zeroed in on the future of offshore renewables and coastal adaptation in the UK. Discussions ranged from the policy landscape, including the implications of the UK’s new Biodiversity Net Gain policy, to the emerging tools and technologies needed for measurement and monitoring, as well as the skills and education required to turn nature-positive ambition into action.