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4 ways social science can help us reach Net Zero, according to the CCC’s 2024 Progress Report
Why better insights on ethnicity are important for climate communication
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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 – but climate opinion data is too often under-representative too….
5 key messages from five years of CAST research: Why and how to put people at the heart of climate action
Relaunch of CAST Data Portal: Public views on climate, reveals that public concern about climate change is still high
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New data from the re-launch of the CAST Data Portal: Public views on climate, drawn from four years of research on public climate perceptions from the UK, Brazil, China and Sweden, reveals that public concern about climate change is still high and people are supportive of urgent action. From 2020-2023,…
CAST Director Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE stars in ActNowFilm premiering at COP28 calling for young people to be at the frontline of global climate policymaking and negotiations
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CAST Director Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE stars in the ActNowFilm premiering at COP28 as one of 30 climate experts from across the world in conversation with youth climate leaders calling for young people to be at the frontline of global climate policymaking and negotiations. The ‘ActNowFilm: youth climate leaders in…
CAST report shows repair and reuse initiatives are effective at preventing waste and providing community benefits in Wales
CAST survey reveals that Cornwall residents are more concerned about climate change than the rest of the UK and strongly back climate action
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© Photography by Beryl Bikes A new CAST survey report, produced in collaboration with Cornwall Council as part of a year-long project, has revealed that Cornwall residents are more concerned about climate change than the rest of the UK and strongly back climate action. In our new survey report: ‘Cornwall…
CAST supports the Climate Change Committee’s call for increased pace of change
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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 that “a coherent public engagement strategy on climate action is…
IPCC report delivers a stark warning but also a message of hope.
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Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the final part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The AR6 Synthesis Report underscores the escalating severity of the climate crisis but also highlights the broad range of available policy measures that could bring about deep emissions cuts and enhance climate resilience…