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Dr Josh Lait

@joshualait.bsky.social

EDRC Research Fellow at SPRU, University of Sussex | Co-benefits of climate action & political economy of UK energy demand policy | Previous Exeter Geography & POST energy fellow

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Dr Josh Lait@joshualait.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social can we have something positive like this in England a bit sooner? It's over £40 pounds travelling an hour on an overcrowded train from Brighton or Hove to London on a peak train...

Gordon Macdonald SNP@gmacdonaldsnp.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Scotrail, your SNP Government nationalised rail service, is slashing rail fares helping you to make ends meet. From 1 September 2025, you’ll pay the same train fare no matter the time of day or the day of the week you travel.

Dr Josh Lait@joshualait.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Local authorities are developing new governance tools that take a broader view of the benefits and risks of climate action. Check out our recent case study on Cornwall Council's Decision Wheels!

Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)@edrc-uk.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Cornwall Council’s “Decision Wheels” assess environmental, social & economic effects side-by-side boosting prosperity, wellbeing & biodiversity. See how this EDRC case study by @joshualait.bsky.social and Professor Timothy Foxon shows a more joined-up way to plan climate action: tinyurl.com/yvdvnczu

Dr Josh Lait@joshualait.bsky.social · last yr.

Seeing school travel, especially for SEND students, as just a cost makes children seem like a burden to local authorities. Our research shows that national education policy reforms have made school commutes longer, undermining health and environmental goals (1/4) www.bera.ac.uk/blog/escalat...

Escalating school travel costs: Recognising the role of national policy

A BBC news article from March 2024 highlights that local authority spending on school travel for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has increased from £728m in 2018 to...

bera.ac.uk

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last yr.

15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

Iconic cartoon with people looking at a long list of public benefits connected with climate action, asking “What if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”
Energy Geography Research Group@energygeography.bsky.social · last yr.

Announcing our third webinar - 19/03, 9-10AM GMT. @yolandestreng.bsky.social will give a talk on "Digital Energy Futures: anticipating new worlds with design ethnography and scenario planning". Please register here 👇 www.energygeographies.org/event-detail...

Energy X Digital: Professor Yolande Strengers | EnGRG

Digital Energy Futures: anticipating new worlds with design ethnography and scenario planning

energygeographies.org

Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · last yr.

“The climate crisis poses a bigger existential threat to this country than Putin does or ever will, so if money can be found for the military there’s no reason why it couldn’t also be found to accelerate self-sufficiency in clean energy.That might really do something for national security”. Spot on👇

Labour needs an urgent history lesson. Its plans couldn’t fund a war and won’t boost growth | Larry Elliott

We are seeing a pale version of military Keynesianism, and for what? That money would be better spent fighting the climate crisis, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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Dr Josh Lait@joshualait.bsky.social · last yr.

Refreshing to see someone at the House of Lords question the cult of economic growth! Growth at all costs without considering public good is absurd. This outdated mentality is how we end up with projects like expanding Heathrow during a climate emergency 🙃 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’

Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth, says former archbishop of Canterbury Ro...

theguardian.com

Energy Geography Research Group@energygeography.bsky.social · last yr.

Our webinar series begins next week! Dr Ralitsa Hiteva presents "Digital and energy landscapes in independent living: the case of digital technologies for health and wellbeing in England" 2-3PM GMT 26/02. Register here👇 www.energygeographies.org/event-detail...

Energy X Digital: Dr Ralitsa Hiteva | EnGRG

Digital and energy landscapes in independent living: the case of digital technologies for health and wellbeing in England

energygeographies.org

Energy Geography Research Group@energygeography.bsky.social · last yr.

Important paper that offers an evaluation and critique regarding the current state of energy geographies before outlining a few pathways that the authors think can help "move the needle" and advance the subdiscipline. How do you think we can move the subdiscipline forward? doi.org/10.1177/2043...

Repositioning energy geographies in a time of crisis: Arguments from a subdiscipline on the margins of geography - Thomas Ptak, Ryan Stock, Siddharth Sareen, Ankit Kumar, 2025

While a range of rapidly proliferating crises shaped by anthropogenic climate change is profound and generating a raft of spatially-centred energy research, ene...

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