🎙️ "𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺-𝗱𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 "𝗼𝗵, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘀?"" @channel4news.bsky.social asked our project lead, @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social if the UK should extract more oil and gas. (1/5)
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The Climate Citizens Research Group works with a wide group of stakeholders, including government, businesses and environmental groups, to promote greater citizen engagement in climate issues, and climate policymaking.
🔊 ‘OUR ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE’ - why Britain’s heatwaves are going to get worse This week @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social joined @channel4news.bsky.social's Fourcast to discuss why the UK is unprepared for extreme heat, how we should adapt, and the politicisation of net zero. ⏯️ tinyurl.com/2w6zb5zf
‘OUR ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE’- why Britain’s heatwaves are going to get worse
Britain is getting hotter. But is the country ready?
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🎙️ PODCAST: ‘OUR ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE’- why Britain’s heatwaves are going to get worse. This makes for a good listen with @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social discussing how the UK public are more receptive to change and meaningful climate action than politicians may think. www.channel4.com/news/our-eco...
‘OUR ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE’- why Britain’s heatwaves are going to get worse
Britain is getting hotter. But is the country ready?
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*NEW REPORT* The UK public are clear about what they want from climate-related policy. "What climate policies do the public want? A review of recommendations from UK citizens' assemblies and Juries"
The public want action on adverts for high-carbon products and services. And so so many members of the public want this, and MORE. Fantastic work and stats analysis from @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social and the Climate Citizens research group. 👏 👏 👏
Climate Citizens@climatecitizens.bsky.social · 2y ago📣NEW RESEARCH SUMMARY “What the public think about advertising high-carbon products and services: Citizens’ jury and public polling evidence from the UK.” climatecitizens.org.uk/wp-content/u...
📣NEW RESEARCH SUMMARY “What the public think about advertising high-carbon products and services: Citizens’ jury and public polling evidence from the UK.” climatecitizens.org.uk/wp-content/u...
We won't meet our climate targets without public support. To gain this support, policies need to be designed that benefit all people. If you want to know how to do that, this short report from @climatecitizens.bsky.social is essential reading: climatecitizens.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Gto see the Energy Demand Research Centre on Bluesky. Our @climatecitizens.bsky.social team is part of the @edrc-uk.bsky.social follow for interesting stuff on energy demand from some amazing researchers
Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)@edrc-uk.bsky.social · 2y agoWe’re delighted to join you all here! At EDRC, we’re tackling energy demand reduction in industry, businesses, transport, and homes. Through our research, we aim to: ✅ Reduce emissions ✅ Secure prosperity ✅ Reduce inequality ✅ Improve quality of life 👉Learn more: www.edrc.ac.uk
Late to posting this, but check out our 'Priorities for public engagement in climate policy' report, with @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social and rest of team. Time for govt to step up to the mark. climatecitizens.org.uk/new-report-p...
New report: Priorities for public engagement in climate policy - Climate Citizens | Lancaster University | Assembly on climate change
Bringing climate policy to the people. Climate Citizens is a project run out of Lancaster University aiming to change how people engage with the creation of climate policy.
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At #COP29, the PM said he wasn't going to 'tell people how to live their lives'. @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social discusses how this wording was a misstep, and what he could have said instead for the blog. @climatecitizens.bsky.social https://buff.ly/3B2dBm3
At the COP29 climate summit, Keir Starmer said he wasn't going to tell people how to live their lives. That's not what people want to hear. I've written about what he could have said instead. climatecitizens.org.uk/climate-citi...
Climate Citizens Blog - Climate Citizens | Lancaster University | Assembly on climate change
Bringing climate policy to the people. Climate Citizens is a project run out of Lancaster University aiming to change how people engage with the creation of climate policy.
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New blog post from Rebecca Willis on why Keir Starmer said the wrong thing at COP 29: people want government to speak up, not shut up, on climate change. climatecitizens.org.uk/climate-citi...
Climate Citizens Blog - Climate Citizens | Lancaster University | Assembly on climate change
Bringing climate policy to the people. Climate Citizens is a project run out of Lancaster University aiming to change how people engage with the creation of climate policy.
climatecitizens.org.uk
🚨 NEW REPORT: We summarise our recent research on how the public currently feel about climate change – what action they want and what they find frustrating – and offer three priorities for policy makers that will help achieve better climate action. climatecitizens.org.uk/new-report-p... 1/5
🚨 NEW PAPER We explore how people’s attitudes towards climate action change when they learn about the scale of societal change needed to reach net zero by 2050. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/6
Distrust and reflexive impotence in the net zero transition: findings from a longitudinal deliberative mini-public - Climatic Change
Responding to climate change requires that people engage in different forms of climate citizenship. These span from individual consumption choices, to taking part in forms of collective action to stee...
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