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:

Monday 2 March 2026

OPEN Conversation on Parliament, Policy, and Sustainable Impact
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker s: Dr Anupama Sen (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford), Gary O' Key (Climate & Environment Unit, House of Commons), Dr Radhika Khosla (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, ZERO Institute, University of Oxford), Dr Misha Patel (Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons)
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 March 2026

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)

Women, Water, and Systems Change: Insights and Actions from the WASH Field
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Marielle Snel (WASH for Solidarités International in Yemen)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room, ground floor
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Host: Professor Katrina Charles (University of Oxford)

Master Class on European Union Energy Policy with Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director-General for Energy, European Commission
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Venue Details: Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 4 March 2026

OCRN Annual Lecture 2026: "The Unknowability of Solar Geoengineering and Why it Matters" - Prof. Daniel Schrag
Date: 4 March 2026, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr. Daniel P. Schrag (Harvard University)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Putting nature on a path to recovery: how are we doing?
Date: 4 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker : Dr David Cooper (Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 March 2026

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

The Story Masterclass - Professor Jules Pretty
Date: 5 March 2026, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Organiser: Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
Hosts: TBA

Accumulation, organisation, rearrangement and timing: A few things we have learned in the last 50 years about dryland aeolian landscape geomorphology
Date: 5 March 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof David Thomas (School of Geography and the Environment)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: City Room
Organiser: Dr Julie Durcan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2026

How to Spin out Your Climate-Tech Research 2026
Date: 6 March 2026, 10:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Katy Tuncer (ZERO Institute), Prof Paul Shearing (ZERO Institute), Marcel Seger (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford), Dr Gyen Ming Angel (Prosemino), Anthony Strong (Oxford University Innovation), Tom Fox (KPMG UK), Dr Stuart Reid (CTO of Cyanocapture), Peter Spark (SPARK ASSESSMENT SERVICES LIMITED)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Organiser: ZERO Founders Network (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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)

Monday 9 March 2026

Between isolation and connectedness: understanding energy islands through the island-ness lens
Date: 9 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Yael Parag (Reichman University)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2026

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 2026

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 Network HT 2026
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