NEPC Policy Advice

Achieving net zero is an unprecedented challenge – in the scale and pace of policy change and action that is required. Engineering expertise will be central to delivering a transition to a prosperous and sustainable society.

This project seeks to understand the risks and benefits associated with autonomous systems across sectors and how they should be designed, developed, and deployed to ensure benefits are widely distributed and no one is disadvantaged.

In March 2020, the Academy and its partners in the National Engineering Policy Centre were commissioned by the Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci to identify the interventions needed in the UK’s built environment and transport systems to reduce infection transmission.

This work focused on understanding late-stage R&D, explaining what late-stage R&D is to policymakers and made recommendations to government on actions to ensure more late-stage R&D takes place in the UK.

The Academy, working with our partners in the National Engineering Policy Centre provided advice to government on a range of areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, Professor Chris Whitty asked the NEPC to input to the 2022 CMO Annual Report on air pollution. We organised two virtual roundtables in December 2021 to provide an overview of the roles of engineering in reducing the harmful health effects of air pollution.

June 2020 the National Engineering Policy Centre undertook a project to develop a shared perspective on the current system of housing and infrastructure delivery in the UK.

For engineers to tackle the global challenges of the 21st century, we must address the UK's engineering skills challenge

Considering engineering interventions to mitigate the public health risks posed by wastewater pollution of rivers, in-land and coastal waters across the UK.