Oxford Networks for the Environment
Description: The Oxford Networks for the Environment (ONE) mobilise the University’s expertise in science, technology, business and society. They enable the University to find solutions to the complex, converging challenges of energy, water, and food security, climate change and threats to biodiversity.

ONE contributes to humanity’s capacity to make sustainable use of our natural resources for the benefit of all people and for the natural world.

For further information on ONE, please visit www.ox.ac.uk/one-network
Talks:

Friday 30 January 2025

How can scientific insights inspire transformative change for biodiversity and nature conservation?
Date: 30 January 2026, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Yves Zinngrebe (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ))
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 February 2025

ONE annual lecture - Carbon dioxide removal: Are science and policy keeping up with the market?
Date: 3 February 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof. Gideon Henderson (Professor of Earth Sciences)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, Lecture Theatre 1 and 2, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3EL
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Prof Jim Hall (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 February 2025

The answer to tomorrow's question may lie in the past: the value of long-term records as illustrated by research at Wytham Woods
Date: 6 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Keith Kirby (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 10 February 2025

HT26 Energy Seminar – Week 4: The Fairness Factor
Date: 10 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Fiona Brocklehurst (Independent Energy Consultant)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Thursday 12 February 2025

Publishing the Environmental Humanities
Date: 12 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker s: Professor Jamie Lorimer (University of Oxford), Professor Amanda Power (University of Oxford), Rebecca Brennan (Princeton University Press), Dr Anna Henderson (ARC Humanities Press)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

REACH Alumni Webinar – New perspectives on water security
Date: 12 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Dr Florence Tanui (UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa), Dr Engdasew Feleke (Water, Land and Resources Centre, Ethiopia), Dennis Ochieng Onyango Ong'ech (University of Nairobi)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 February 2025

Embracing the change: evaluating the evolving use of Green Infrastructure in policy and practice in England and internationally
Date: 13 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Ian Mell (University of Manchester)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 17 February 2025

HT26 Energy Seminar – Week 5: MircroGrids: opportunities for microgrids to increase renewable energy deployment and overcome grid constraints for real estate developments
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Henry Leivers (SNRG)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Friday 20 February 2025

The Orphan Chimpanzee’s Brother: Who Speaks for Nature?
Date: 20 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Lee White (Pangea Climate Partners)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 February 2025

HT26 Energy Seminar – Week 6: Delivering 100% renewable energy system for the UK
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Doug Parr (Greenpeace)
Venue Details: Diversity Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Friday 27 February 2025

AI for Nature Recovery – Improving the Journey from Data to Decisions
Date: 27 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Kate Jones (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 March 2025

HT26 Energy Seminar – Week 7: Women led: Clean energy transitions in rural Kenya
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker s: TBC, Dr Ayse Demir (University of Roehampton)
Venue Details: Desert Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Thursday 5 March 2025

Correcting the Climate: Jules Verne’s Planetary Apocalypse
Date: 5 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker s: Dr Sebastian Egholm Lund (University of Oxford), Claire Qu (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2025

Ill fares the land? Holding large landowners to account for nature destruction - and restoration
Date: 6 March 2026, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Guy Shrubsole (Writer and campaigner)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 10 March 2025

HT26 Energy Seminar – Week 8: Holistic Energy Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Date: 10 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Bernie Jones (Smart Villages Research)
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room, School of Geography
Organisers: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)
Hosts: Dr Tina Fawcett (ECI, University of Oxford), Karen Parry (Coordinator, Oxford Energy Network)

Friday 13 March 2025

Do forests make it rain? Harnessing the local climate benefits of tropical forests
Date: 13 March 2026, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Dominick Spracklen (University of Leeds)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
Biodiversity Institute talks
Biodiversity Network Coffee Seminar Series
Biodiversity Network Seminars, Michaelmas Term 2015
Climate Careers
Earth Sciences Seminars
ECI Big Ideas Seminar
Energy Colloquia
Energy Colloquia Series
Energy Events
Environmental Change Institute
Environmental Humanities Research Hub
Food Thinkers Lunches
Food Thinkers Lunches - Trinity Term 2018
Future of Food Lunchtime Talk Series
GOTO (Global Opportunities and Threats: Oxford)
Ideas Into Action: 10 years of ground-breaking research
IFSTAL
IFSTAL Lecture Series
InSIS seminar series: Ecologies of Expertise
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
Model Truths: modelling, evidence, and truth in science and policy?
NEST - New Energy Systems Thinkers
Net Zero Home School
ONE
Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests
Oxford Energy Network Seminars 2025-26
Oxford Interdisciplinary Microbiome Project
Oxford Water Network
Oxford Water Networks Water Quality Series (2019-2020)
Planning Seminar Series
School of Geography and the Environment
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
SoGE Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation Cluster Events
SoGE Climate Systems and Policy Cluster Events
SoGE Economy and Society Cluster Events
SoGE Landscape Dynamics Cluster events
SoGE Political Worlds Cluster Events
SoGE Technological Life Cluster events
The Linacre Lectures