Climate Evidence to Action

The transition to a net zero economy will bring with it a vast array of impacts and opportunities that will reach across society.  But how do we ensure that negative impacts are minimised and opportunities are capitalised upon?  In this episode we find out:   The ways in which a shift to a low carbon society could boost the UK economy  What co-benefits mean and what implementing them could bring ...

Our climate is changing around us and as we try to limit its impacts, we also need to adapt to the changes that will inevitably happen.  But there is also a lot of other change going on across the world simultaneously.  In this episode we look at the effects of those simultaneous changes and how that affects the public’s perceptions on the climate crisis.   We look at  How the public’s perceptions...

The Labour government has been in office for almost exactly a year.   There was a lot of promise before the election about the climate crisis, but are their manifesto promises coming to fruition?   In this episode we look at:  Shifts in funding, and how that affects their promises on meeting net zero  Why economic growth outweighs climate action in some areas  The drift in policy from climate to o...

We hear a lot about emissions targets when it comes to climate change – but are more of them needed and what effect do they actually have?  In this episode we discover:  What research shows us about how well emissions targets are working  If 'net zero' is a useful term for us still to be using How we involve the public more in climate decisions  Professor John Barrett is joined by Climate Evidence...