On 28th November OxTalks will move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events' (full details are available on the Staff Gateway).
There will be an OxTalks freeze beginning on Friday 14th November. This means you will need to publish any of your known events to OxTalks by then as there will be no facility to publish or edit events in that fortnight. During the freeze, all events will be migrated to the new Oxford Events site. It will still be possible to view events on OxTalks during this time.
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
The catastrophic effects of climate change have been widely recognised by science and the international community, and a swift transition from traditional energy sources to renewables is in the agenda of many countries around the world to take action and reduce emissions. Offshore wind has been seen as one of the best options for producing clean energy, and a rapid build-out has taken place in the North Sea in the past few years. The expansion of the footprint of the offshore infrastructures has however increased the interactions of offshore wind with the natural marine environment and its biodiversity. There are a lot of gaps in knowledge to understand the real magnitude of the positive and negative impacts that offshore wind farms have, but industry is committed to take action in order to preserve biodiversity with mitigation and restoration initiatives. RWE, the second largest player in the world (excluding China) for offshore wind, has a portfolio of actions to avoid and reduce impacts, exploring new monitoring options and pioneer offshore restoration.