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Category: Blog

The psychology of disruptive events: finding a ‘new normal’

This is a guest post from Dr Emily Cox, Research Associate in Cardiff University’s Understanding Risk Group. The research supporting this blog was funded by the UK Energy Research Centre, as part of a UKERC Phase 4 project on societal resilience to energy disruptions. Emily is a member of the…

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April 8, 2020 May 22, 2020Blog, News, Opinion

Seedcorn Fund supporting decarbonisation interventions to launch in summer 2020

In summer 2020 CAST will be launching a competitive open Seedcorn Fund, which will make small pots of money available for practitioners, communities, or organisations who want to work closely with CAST researchers to co-develop and deliver low-carbon transformative initiatives. The fund will be open to non-academic organisations wishing to…

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March 18, 2020 April 27, 2020Blog, News

Pupils debate the role of individual and collective action

A few days before finishing school for their Christmas break, 120 key stage four pupils took part in Cardiff Museum’s annual debate day, organised in partnership with First Campus. This year the theme was ‘Making Personal Choices about Climate Change’ and CAST researchers were invited to get involved.  Very often,…

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March 9, 2020 March 26, 2020Blog, Event, News, Uncategorized

Work with CAST: Job vacancy for a Senior Research Associate at UEA

CAST graphic: work with CAST

UEA has some of the most innovative and highly regarded centres for research in the UK. Applications are invited for the post of Senior Research Associate to undertake research in collaboration with Professor Olga Tregaskis and other team members as part of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change and Social…

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January 29, 2020 March 26, 2020Blog, News

Season for Change 2020: showcasing cultural leadership on climate action

Led by Artsadmin and Julie’s Bicycle, Season for Change 2020 will be a major cultural festival and campaign celebrating the environment and inspiring urgent action on the future of our planet, in the lead up to the UN’s COP26 international climate negotiations in Glasgow, November 2020.  Season for Change 2020…

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January 22, 2020 March 26, 2020Blog, News

Student innovators pitch ideas to tackle the CAST areas of focus

This article was originally published on the University of Cardiff website. Sustainable student ideas win cash prizes A ‘smart fridge,’ an app that cuts supermarket food waste, and a system that uses small change to plants trees are among the winners of a new sustainability challenge for Cardiff University students…

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January 8, 2020 March 26, 2020Blog, News

CAST supports Cardiff University’s Climate Emergency Declaration

Cardiff University has declared a climate emergency and announced its aim to become carbon neutral by 2030. Cardiff University is our host institution and we’re pleased to have been able to support the University Executive Board in their discussions around the climate emergency. Universities around the world are responding to…

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November 29, 2019 March 26, 2020Blog, News, Uncategorized

CAST Director to take lead role in citizens assembly on climate change

Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, our centre director, is one of four lead experts who will support the design and delivery of the Climate Assembly UK. Citizens’ assemblies bring together people from all walks of life to discuss important issues. They have been used all around the world, including in the UK,…

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November 26, 2019 March 26, 2020Blog, News

Humans of Cast #1: Harriet Dudley, PhD candidate at UEA

Here at CAST we’re lucky to have an amazing team of researchers from varied backgrounds, bringing a wide range of skills and interests to their work. Each month we’ll introduce a different member of our team to share their work with you. This month we’d like to introduce PhD candidate…

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November 8, 2019 March 26, 2020Blog, Meet the team

CAST launches with new findings on public opinion on climate change

We are pleased to officially launch the CAST Centre today with a special event held at Cardiff University. In this short video Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh describes why CAST is needed and what we aim to achieve. To coincide with the launch, new findings have been released from research carried out…

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September 18, 2019 March 9, 2020Blog, News
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    Next week @GwyrddNi will host their first assembly!

    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”

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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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