Congratulations Angela Minas of TyndallManchester for winning a grant with The British Academy for the project 'Ahon: Stories and imaginaries of resilience and progress in a changing climate'

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The energy crisis in Lebanon shows that decentralised and community-directed energy systems only work if they go together with political action to dismantle rent-seeking political systems in the global South and the neo-colonial regimes that sustain them. tni.org/en/article/neg…

And that's because grassroots climate action can benefit from different forms of institutional support - e.g., funding, supportive policies

Sarah Mander and I are writing about this for CAST - we'll post when paper is ready 🕰️

Local authority colleagues - we have co-produced a carbon and co-benefits decision support tool with Greater Manchester Combined Authority - if you'd like to see how it works and receive a free copy and guide - please join us on 19th Sept at 11am. Policy@Manchester CAST

On September 19th at 11am, join us for a live walk-through of our free Decision Support Tool designed to help local authorities reach their climate change targets, developed by CAST, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research & TyndallManchester with GM Green City.

Sign up for free: eventbrite.com/e/carbon-and-c…

One of our CAST Research Associates Angela Minas recently wrote a very insightful blog post for Policy@Manchester, assessing the CE bill and outlining how local authorities should embed sustainability into their operational and strategic plans.

Read it here: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2023/06/…

🚨 How can the Climate & Ecology Bill help slow temperature increases towards the 1.5C limit?

🌱 Angela Minas assesses the CE Bill and outlines how local authorities should embed sustainability into their operational & strategic plans:

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

Good morning Development Studies Association DSA! We are at Room 1.02, join us here for a panel on 'Grounding what it means to overcome poverty in a time of climate emergency'

or enter our virtual room :)

Mark Tebboth Rachel Carmenta Hilman S. Fathoni

🚨 How can the Climate & Ecology Bill help slow temperature increases towards the 1.5C limit?

🌱 Angela Minas assesses the CE Bill and outlines how local authorities should embed sustainability into their operational & strategic plans:

blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2023/06/…

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

“If the UK Government is truly committed to meeting #netzero and its obligations under the Paris Agreement, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and @defragovuk should review the #CEBill ’s contents thoroughly, and urgently adopt it as policy.”—Dr Angela Mae Miñas blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2023/06/… #LCAW2023

🚨 How can the Climate & Ecology Bill help slow temperature increases towards the 1.5C limit?

🌱 Angela Minas assesses the CE Bill and outlines how local authorities should embed sustainability into their operational & strategic plans:

blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2023/06/…

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

We are at PCAN (Place-based Climate Action Network) Local Climate Action Conference at the Royal Society today presenting CAST's work on engagement with climate action across scales – national, city-level, and grassroots.

Follow the session online at youtube.com/watch?v=HjQzkh…

If you're around, say hi!

Our CAST Director Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE and researchers carly mclachlan Sarah Mander Angela Minas are presenting today at PCAN (Place-based Climate Action Network) conference 'Local climate action: moving out of silos' discussing examples of public engagement with climate change.

Tune in here: youtube.com/watch?v=HjQzkh…

The audio collage is fascinating to listen to - thanks Cameron Naylor and Regen!

Go to soundingconnections.com to listen to clips of messages related to climate action and energy democracy.

Other TyndallManchester voices in here are TimBraunholtzSpeight JaiseClimate Alejandro Gallego Schmid

Sounding connections is out now. An exploration of community energy and energy democratisation through sound art, created as part of a 10-week residency with Regen

Available online at soundingconnections.com - link in bio!

Are you a social scientist or humanities scholar working on issues like biodiversity loss? We would love to have you join us at Andina (Feb 2024, PN Conguillio, Chile ⛰) to walk and discuss our role as researchers in conservation. apply here! ➡️ andinachile2024.org

The Climate and Ecology Bill has been reintroduced into the House of Commons and our Ambassadors were there to see it happen. 🤩

The Climate and Ecology Bill is a plan to:
🌡️ Ensure the UK cuts emissions fairly and fully to stand the best chance of keeping global heating down to 1.5°C
🌲 Make sure the UK reverses the destruction of nature by 2030
🤝 Involve citizens in deciding the fairest way forward

On the day that the bill was reintroduced our Ambassadors, Rosalind Skillen, Angela Minas, Maria Alejandra Tellez Correa, and Armando Leal, watched Labour MP Olivia Blake MP reintroduce the bill, and had the opportunity to meet politicians and exchange ideas on the future of our…

Confirmed speakers include Chris Skidmore, Shirley Rodrigues John Deben John Barry is part of UCU Rising, Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE Nick Robins Catherine Cameron Rebecca Willis Rosa Foster karlharder Ciara Shannon carly mclachlan Angela Minas Andrew Wood Andrew P Kythreotis Jamie Brogan and more!