Environment and energy

Invasive Non-native Plant Species

This POSTnote will summarise debate around whether invasive plants are a cause or symptom of environmental change, risk assessment tools for predicting if a plant species will be invasive, whether eradiction can reverse the impact of of invasive plant spe

Intermittent Electricity Generation

This POSTnote will examine the current evidence base for the impacts of intermittency in electricity systems.

Environmental Impact of Tidal Barrages

This POSTnote will summarise evidence on the environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of tidal barrages, the predictability of these impacts based on existing data, and knowledge on the effectiveness of compensatory measures.

Selection of Marine Conservation Zones

This POSTnote will examine the methods used to select zones for designation, the strengths and weaknesses of the decision making process, potential issues with sites selected, and implementation difficulties.

Meet the advisers

  • Aaron Goater

    Aaron has a background in applied mathematics and a PhD in reservoir engineering (modelling carbon capture and storage (CCS) in North Sea subsurface reservoirs) from Imperial College London. Prior to working at POST he was a post-doctoral researcher at the British Geological Survey, modelling subsurface behaviour associated with the injection of CO2 for CCS.

  • Jonathan Wentworth Jonathan Wentworth

    Jonny has a background in plant ecology with a PhD in plant ecological genetics. He worked as a civil servant in MAFF and Defra before joining POST.