A team led by Darwin Fellow Professor Flora Samuel, Head of the Department of Architecture, has been awarded a grant of £3.12 million to chart green transition on the Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn.
The Green Transition Ecosystem Grant, administered by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, will enable the team to continue their work to create a Public Map Platform, bringing together layers of spatial information to give a social, environmental, cultural and economic picture of what is happening in Anglesey. The project began in 2023, with an initial grant of £4.625 million, and has seen the team engage with hundreds of children. The second phase of funding will allow the project to expand beyond the island, to other parts of Wales and England.
“Climate change cannot be addressed without revealing and tackling the inequalities within society and where they are happening. Only when we know what is happening where, and how people are adapting to climate change can we make well informed decisions,” said Flora.
“The aim of this pragmatic project is to create a Public Map Platform that will bring together multiple layers of spatial information to give a social, environmental, cultural and economic picture of what is happening in a neighbourhood, area, local authority, region or nation.”
