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  • Carbon-busting hemp could help transform Scottish agriculture to zero emissions, The Conversation (Nov 09, 2022)
  • No space for a heat pump? Here’s how your whole street could get off gas heating, The Conversation (Apr 11, 2022)

2021[edit | edit source]

Electric boilers: a green alternative to heat pumps that no one is talking about, Oct 28 [2]

Plantwatch: a climate solution is hidden in the hedgerows, Aug 18 [3]

The Environmental Justice Commission
Authors: Institute for Public Policy Research, Jul 14, 2021

Citizens juries fuel and drive the IPPR's major new report on a "people-powered" plan for the Green Transition, Jul 16 [4]

'Love our bogs': UK should harness all its landscapes in fight for climate – report, May 12 [5]

Blue Carbon – Ocean-based solutions to fight the climate crisis outlines the importance of the UK's seas in helping the UK to reach its goal of net zero by 2050. May 4 [6] The Marine Conservation Society and Rewilding Britain are calling on UK governments to adopt ocean-based solutions at pace and scale by 2030.

How can cities that rely on consumption recover from the pandemic, while reducing emissions? Here's some good ideas. Mar 24 [7] ...Manchester

'Reservoirs of life': how hedgerows can help the UK reach net zero in 2050, Feb 2 [8] ...Biodiversity UK news

2020[edit | edit source]

Missing in action: natural climate solutions in England's national parks.[9] Sep 29

The climate decade: The UK is full of 'oven-ready' solutions.[10] Feb 24

'Build local' innovation and citizen power key to zero-carbon goals.[11] Feb 7

Ofgem sets out nine-point plan to prioritise climate crisis.[12] Feb 3

The power of councils in the climate era by @FutureGov.[13] Jan 23

Make big polluters pay for mass tree planting, officials say.[14] Jan 23

Major shift in UK land use needed to deliver Net Zero emissions, Committee on Climate Change.[15] Jan 23

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New UK housing 'dominated by roads'.[16] "... too many highways engineers are still approving roads that do not fully account for pedestrians and cyclists." Prof Matthew Carmona, University College London. Government poll suggests 76% of people think that for the sake of the environment, everyone should reduce their driving. Jan 21 ...Towards a more democratic and climate friendly way of meeting housing need across England

2019[edit | edit source]

Self-authoring and self-transforming communities should be our goal. But new citizens need personal development, too.[17] Nov 20

Is #GE2019 really going to become the "climate election"? The polls suggest that parties could make it so.[18] Nov 13

Technology will not save us from climate change – but imagining new forms of society will.[19] Oct 28

The climate crisis issue that no one is talking about? Your gas boiler.[20] Oct 17

Cross-sector 'third spaces' incubate social, climate solutions.[21] Oct 9

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Riba Stirling Prize: Norwich council estate wins architecture award.[22] Oct 8 ...Norfolk

CAT - New hub and innovation lab to share zero carbon solutions.[23] Jul 29

Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis.[24] May 22 ...UK Climate news 2014 - 2019

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