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Our Vision People at the heart of transformations A focus on values and co-benefits

Our Vision

The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) will be a global hub for understanding the systemic and society-wide transformations that are required to address climate change. At its core, is a fundamental question of enormous social significance: how can we as a society live differently - and better - in ways that meet the urgent need for rapid and far-reaching emission reductions?

People at the heart of transformations

We want to understand how people can participate in transformation in their multiple roles as citizens, consumers, parents, employees, business leaders, policy-makers. This means recognising that people can act both directly to reduce emissions – like driving less – but equally have the ability to shape wider structural change – like changing organisational practices and shaping policies.

A focus on values and co-benefits

We set out to align the positive outcomes of action on climate change with those in other domains like health and wellbeing. CAST will seek to identify low-carbon futures and actions that also provide other co-benefits - like cleaner air, lower bills, more resilient or fairer communities.

"We want to work closely with people and organisations to achieve positive low-carbon futures — transforming the way we live our lives, and reconfiguring organisations and cities."

Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh, CAST director

Explore our four areas of focus

Explore our four areas of focus
Find out why we are focusing on four key areas: Diet, Mobility, Material Consumption and Thermal Comfort.
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Browse our resources

Browse our resources
Our including policy briefings, working papers, academic articles and other resources explore the science of climate action.
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People at the heart of change

People at the heart of change
We believe effective change requires working with people to understand their values and needs.
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News from CAST

New scientific insights on tackling climate change from the IPCC’s sixth assessment report

In recent years, more and more countries, cities, companies, and citizens have been trying and testing ways to reduce emissions. Accumulating scientific evidence shines a clearer light than ever before on what works. First, we need to change how we use energy and other resources in ways which also improve…

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April 26, 2022 April 26, 2022Blog, News

Positively influencing the travel choices of live music audiences

Photo of a music festival crowd jumping around facing the stage

After two years of cancellations, postponements and last minute Covid-19 no-shows, a full programme of live music and festivals is now finally underway again in 2022. Rewind to just before the pandemic, and some long overdue conversations were gradually getting louder, around how music could respond to the climate crisis….

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April 19, 2022 April 19, 2022Blog, News

The IPCC’s message is clear: social transformation, not a technofix, is needed to tackle climate change

Monday’s IPCC report makes clear that we are not on track to tackle climate change, and that profound societal change will be required to meet our climate as well as other sustainability goals. Indeed, for the first time, IPCC Working Group III (which deals with mitigation) has had a dedicated…

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April 7, 2022 April 7, 2022Blog, News

Why is public engagement and participation with net zero so important?

CAST’s deputy director Christina Demski has been on a part-time secondment to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as Net Zero Public Engagement Advisor since 2020. As part of her role supporting research and policy teams to effectively engage the public on net zero, she has written…

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March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022Blog, News
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  • ABOUT

    The core partners of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST)  include Cardiff University, University of East Anglia, University of Manchester, University of York, University of Bath, and Climate Outreach.

     

         

       

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    CAST is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

     

     

     

     

     

    Contact: CAST, Cardiff University, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF103AT, UK

    Email: info@cast.ac.uk

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    To evaluate the work, we need people living in Pen Llŷn, Ffestiniog, Nantlle, Ogwen and Peris to fill in this survey please: bit.ly/CASTandGwyrdd…

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    💥 We need urgent climate action. 💥

    That means engaging everyone, right across society. Here's why. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/uhlq…

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    “Much more still needs to be done when it comes to introduce issues such as climate change into creative output”

    – @AJCorner, one of our founding directors, spoke to @NewStatesman on whether culture can help rejuvenate activism in the wake of the government’s protest crackdown. twitter.com/india_bo…

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    This new report shares findings from a @CAST_Centre & @TyndallCentre workshop that sought to identify ways of retaining low levels of flying seen during COVID-19 and ensure that HE becomes more inclusive: man.ac.uk/Yg6Hlq

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    Universities must take “urgent deliberate action” such as setting carbon budgets if they want to maintain gains on cutting flying made during the pandemic, says @TyndallCentre @CAST_Centre report
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