Silent Spring Consultants offers research and consultancy services within our fields of expertise to local, regional and national governments and their agencies working in areas such as the environment, nature-based solutions, decarbonisation, transitions to Net Zero, climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable development, risk and resilience (e.g. to extreme heat and cold), biodiversity, urban planning, governance, housing, communities, rural affairs, renewable energy, agriculture, food security, international development, public health, forestry, trade and industry, education, children and youth, science and technology, digitalisation, transport and infrastructure.
We can tailor our support to suit your requirements, for example, this may include:
- Support writing strategies, plans and guidelines e.g. Green Strategies or Climate Action Plans etc.
- Conducting high quality original research on emerging issues and challenges e.g., rapid reviews of literature, surveys, scoping studies, longer focused projects.
- Support with analysing the rapid moving field of international policies and legislation and interpreting them at the national and local level.
- Producing policy and research briefings.
- Expert advice and training within our fields of expertise.
- Support to facilitate working across silos on cross-cutting themes.
CONDUCTING SERVICES AS AN EXTERNAL FACILITATOR
As an external facilitator we can guide a process (e.g., workshops, focus groups, future scenarios) that assists local, regional and national government departments and their agencies in discussing, planning and taking action on key issues and challenges.