Words by Dr Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett, Senior Research Associate After Labour’s landslide victory, there was an audible sigh of relief from many environmental advocates. E3G, for example, deemed it a ‘super strong mandate for ambitious climate action and green investment’, with…
4 ways social science can help us reach Net Zero, according to the CCC’s 2024 Progress Report
Words by Bella Zanin (Knowledge Exchange Associate) The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has just published its 2024 Progress Report to Parliament, which takes stock of the Government’s efforts to tackle climate change. In summary: we need to significantly increase…
Why better insights on ethnicity are important for climate communication
Photo Credit: The Active Well-Being Society (formerly Big Birmingham Bikes) / Ashden (Words by Climate Barometer team, originally posted on the Climate Barometer blog) It’s well established that the UK climate sector is very unrepresentative in terms of ethnic diversity…
CAST responds to the Prime Minister’s new approach to Net Zero: How will this impact the UK meeting its climate targets?
Words by Dr Dan Thorman, Professor Wouter Poortinga and Dr Katharine Steentjes CAST researchers respond to the Prime Minister’s ‘new approach’ to Net Zero and discuss how this announcement will impact the UK meeting its climate targets. The Government’s U-turn…
CAST supports the Climate Change Committee’s call for increased pace of change
Words by Dr Steve Westlake, CAST affiliate (prev. Knowledge Exchange Associate) The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has delivered another blunt assessment of the UK government’s climate track record, and it’s a very mixed picture. The CCC’s latest Progress Report states…
‘The Big One’: CAST Deputy Director Stuart Capstick On His Experience at London Climate and Nature Protests
© Photography by Crispin Hughes Words by Dr Stuart Capstick CAST Deputy Director and Theme 3 lead Dr Stuart Capstick discusses his experience at ‘The Big One’ climate and nature protests as part of Scientists for XR which took place…
New scientific insights on tackling climate change from the IPCC’s sixth assessment report
By Charlie Wilson & Christina Demski 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,…
Positively influencing the travel choices of live music audiences
By Dr Adam Corner 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…
The IPCC’s message is clear: social transformation, not a technofix, is needed to tackle climate change
By Lorraine Whitmarsh, Stuart Capstick, Hilary Graham, Claire Hoolohan, Briony Latter, Angela Minas, Caroline Verfuerth, Dan Thorman, Charlie Wilson Monday’s IPCC report makes clear that we are not on track to tackle climate change, and that profound societal change will…
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…