Rosie Hammonds, LUC Landscape Architect, is shortlisted for the Landscape Institute’s Student Dissertation Award.

Rosie’s dissertation, ‘Climate change policy at the local level, does it go far enough?’, made the final cut, being narrowed down from 224 entries. She authored the study in 2019 during her Masters in Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield.

The paper explores the perceived implementation gap between climate change policy creation and the delivery of goals within local authorities.

The study undertook an in-depth exploration of North Somerset Council and Bristol City Council’s climate change policy, before using the findings to try and uncover some of the factors behind this misalignment. This included political drivers, such as the abolition of regional spatial planning, and physical drivers, such as the prevalence of extreme weather events.

We wish Rosie the best of luck for the Awards ceremony later this year.

See the full list of finalists here.

You can also read a LUC white paper, written by Rosie, here: Green Infrastructure: a tool for Local Authorities in tackling the Climate Emergency