Climate Assembly UK

Public engagement: The missing link to a net zero world?

Net Zero Festival: Author Kim Stanley Robinson and experts from BritainThinks, Hubbub and Lancaster University debate the challenge and opportunity of securing public support for climate action

01 October 2021 • 5 min read

Keeping 1.5C alive: What to expect from a critical autumn for the net zero mission?

Former climate diplomat Pete Betts, WWF's Tanya Steele, CBI's Tania Kumar, and the CCC's Chris Stark offered their views on a crucial period for global climate action at last week's launch of the Net Zero Festival

13 September 2021 • 10 min read

Work

'People's dividend': Cross-party commission sets out vision for delivering a fair and popular net zero transition

IPPR's Environmental Justice Commission publishes 100 recommendations drawn up with citizens juries that aim to place fairness at the heart of net zero transition

14 July 2021 • 6 min read

Politics

MPs slam government's 'inadequate' public engagement efforts on net zero

The government must ensure fairness underpins the transition to net zero, MPs on the BEIS Committee warn

08 July 2021 • 4 min read

Climate change

Why the BBC's Climate Assembly documentary is a must-watch for business leaders and policymakers of all stripes

The BBC's The People vs Climate Change documentary offers a compelling case for giving the public a voice in tackling the greatest challenge of our times

16 May 2021 • 8 min read

Policy

People want a carrot (not stick) approach to low carbon food

Most people want a persuasive 'carrot rather than stick' policy approach to encourage greener diets, explains Climate Assembly UK expert lead Dr Lorraine Whitmarsh from the University of Bath

12 April 2021 • 6 min read

Policy

Net Zero Festival: The inside story of the Climate Assembly and what it can teach us

VIDEO: Professor Rebecca Willis and Involve's Sarah Allan discuss the main takeaways from the UK's first exercise in direct, democratic policymaking

26 October 2020 • 1 min read

Policy

Government commits to publish Net Zero Strategy ahead of COP26

Plans for 'comprehensive' policy document that sets out pathway to net zero emission economy confirmed in government's formal response to CCC's latest progress report

16 October 2020 • 4 min read

Policy

Where next for the UK Climate Assembly?

Climate Assembly UK revealed public appetite for raising ambition to reach net zero, but much can also be learnt from the process itself for future climate policy making, argues Sophie Dicker from the Grantham Research Institute at LSE

30 September 2020 • 8 min read