Enabling regional and local land use change in England

The Land Use Framework sets out a way forward for balancing the multiple demands on land in England, including food production, nature recovery, climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Achieving this will require targeting land uses to the places where they can provide most benefit. This will require good decision-making at all levels: field, land holding, catchment, region and nation and therefore the engagement of many different people, including those who directly manage the land as well as those who shape policy and provide advice and support. It will need to draw on a wide variety of science and data as well as practical experience and be implemented in ways that are respectful of the heritage and values of local people.

This event will bring together policy makers, land managers and scientists to share their insights and experience to inform future developments.

1. To bring together a diverse audience to review what science and practical experience tell us about how to implement the Land Use Framework to meet climate and nature objectives as well as maintaining food production and meeting the other needs of people.
2. To develop a shared understanding of the opportunities and limitations for land use change in different regions of England.

November 13th 2026 9:30-16:30 at the Royal Society, Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG. (Please note this event is not organised or endorsed by the Royal Society).

Lunch will be provided.

Agenda below (subject to change).

Info: Tea and coffee provided with Danish pastries and croissants

Info: 11:40-11:50: Quantifying natures recovery, Jake Fiennes Director Conservation, Holkham Estate;
11:50-12:00: Does agroforestry fit the future? Glenn Buckingham, Helmingham Estate;
12:00-12:10: Electric Berry – retrofitting for dual land use agrivoltaics, Elinor Thompson, University of Greenwich;
12:10-12:20: Combined Q and A - panel.

Info: 12:20-12:30: Transitions in Land Use and Food Systems Through the Lens of Values, Justice, and Policy, Shivani Singhal (University of Leeds);
12:30-12:40: OpenLAND - Climate resilient scenarios, Cari Ballesteros Martinez (UEA) ;
12:40-12:50: Modelling diversification of regional land management, Amanda Thomson (CEH);
12:50-13:00: LUNZ Net Zero Futures Platform: Co-creating pathways to transform land use for net zero, nature and people in the UK, Ana Katarina Vrbanic (Eunomia).

Info: Workshop 1: Introduction to the Land Use Unit and Land Use Lab - Defra;
Workshop 2: Land use, climate change resilience and the summer of 26;
Workshop 3 Integrating net zero into multifunctional land use: exploring farm, landscape and regional levels - Paul Burgess (Cranfield University), Julie Ingram (CCRI, University of Gloucestershire.;
Workshop 4 Joining up the dots – stories of change, Rob Fraser & Harriet Fraser (The PLACE Collective).

Info: Susan Twining - Chief Policy Land Use Adviser, CLA;
Mark Broadmeadow - Head of Climate Change at the Forestry Commission;
Richard Benwell - Chief Executive at Wildlife and Countryside Link;
Angelina Sanderson Bellamy, University of the West of England.

Event venue & nearby stays

The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, United Kingdom

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