Postdoctoral Research Associate, project lead at the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations
Joined September 2009
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11 Dec 2023
This saddens me on so many levels! Major damage to the UK academic sector, NHS, another message of welcome foreigners and not to mention all the families affected by this...
4 Dec 2023
Salary threshold for skilled worker visas to rise to £38,700 under government plans to cut legal migration levels
Follow live bbc.in/3RamgGW
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18 Oct 2023
Turns out I will be working with DAERA in Northern Ireland on developing net zero strategies that consider people's attitudes and address behaviours- excited for this challenge 🤗 @CAST_Centre #NetZero
18 Oct 2023
Meet our successful 2023 policy fellows👏: ukri.org/news/44-policy-fell…
Fellows will work in government departments and What Works Centres to help tackle important national and global challenges.
@ESRC @ahrcpress @BBSRC
ALT “This programme represents a major increase of UKRI’s investment in connecting research and policy. It will put some of the UK’s brightest researchers at the heart of government, to help inform the way policy is made.” -Stian Westlake, Executive Chair of ESRC
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5 Oct 2023
In light of the Prime Minister's recent announcement on the Government's 'new approach' to #NetZero, we drafted our own response in a blog post and discussed how this will impact the UK meeting its climate targets 👇🎯
Read the blog post: cast.ac.uk/cast-responds-to-…
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3 Oct 2023
📢 open access article: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publ…
We argue: a people-centred approach is needed to meet net zero goals
w/ fantastic co-authors @DrCDemski @StuartBCapstick @lwhitmarsh @wouterpoortinga
Out now in the Journal of the @BritishAcademy_
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28 Sep 2023
In a new article in the Journal of the British Academy, Senior Policy Adviser Chizitera Pennington and Professor Tim O’Riordan FBA argue that governance is vital if the UK is to meet its legally binding carbon-based emissions targets. Now available:
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publ…
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4 Oct 2023
💥 BREAKING 💥
Chris Packham legal challenge to Prime Minister over Net Zero 🌍
“The Prime Minister is playing populist politics with the future of life on Earth. Immoral, unethical and, we believe, illegal.” @ChrisGPackham
He has 7 days to respond ⌛️
#Suenak #ClimateCrisis
4 Oct 2023
Today I can share I'm challenging the PM on the legality of abandoning key Net Zero commitments
I believe the timeline for the UK to meet Net Zero cannot be changed at will by the PM – I contend that he does not have the legal right
The ball is in your court , Prime Minister
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3 Oct 2023
The first global temperature data is in for the full month of September. This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist – absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. JRA-55 beat the prior monthly record by over 0.5C, and was around 1.8C warmer than preindutrial levels.
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4 Oct 2023
🙏@damiengayle & @NiranjanAjit for covering my story of conscientious objection to flying @guardianeco. I find it ironic that a spokesperson stated @kielinstitute "support its employees in travelling in a climate-friendly manner." theguardian.com/environment/… @fdabl @JKSteinberger
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19 Sep 2023
BBC reporting that the current UK govt is going to water down its net-zero policies by - falsely - claiming that it "has over-delivered on confronting climate change"
No one - the CCC, IPCC, UN, scientists - has ever claimed that. Quite the opposite
bbc.com/news/uk-politics-668…
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5 Sep 2023
Got any good ways to respond to tricky climate comments like these?
The @CAST_Centre will be publishing an online guide to creative and inspiring responses. We’d love to hear from you!
Contribute via our survey: t.ly/0g254
ALT People talking about climate change and questioning the value of taking action.
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Lots of attention for Isabella's poster on twitter discussions of new cycle infrastructure and LTNs at the #ICEP2023 @icep2023 conference @CAST_Centre
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@CaroVerfuerth presenting @CAST_Centre work that uses deliberative workshops for envisioning #NetZero futures
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Writing about the Climate Stripes on #ShowYourStripes day, for my book 'The Visual Life of Climate Change'. Topical! The story of an iconic #climatechange visual just got even more interesting!
20 Jun 2023
BREAKING: the White Cliffs of Dover have been illuminated with the UK 'warming stripes' for #ShowYourStripes day!
These stripes represent the UK average temperature from 1884 to 2022 with blue colours for colder years and red colours for hotter years.
ShowYourStripes.info
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Lots of @CAST_Centre presentations at the #ICEP2023 conference! Come along to our sessions and/or have a chat. We love to meet you!
@steviedubyu @icep2023
ALT CAST Centre at the ICEP2023 conference, list of presentations
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21 Jun 2023
5 privileged thrill-seeking men pay £200k to view a sunken boat; navy, air force, coast guard, state air guard rescue, front page news
500 desperate safety-seeking people pay everything they have to risk a sunken boat; 100 kids dead, no rescue, news silent
Humanity is wrecked.
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19 Jun 2023
#Eurostar did us proud, @liemelo found us an excellent cafe near Bruxelles-Midi for a late lunch. Next stop Cologne (on a very handsome ruby train🚂). @icep2023 at Aarhus beckons.
@wouterpoortinga @lkathe @StuartBCapstick @CAST_Centre
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19 Jun 2023
So it begins! @CAST_Centre heading to @icep2023 by train 🤞
@StuartBCapstick @liemelo @steviedubyu @wouterpoortinga
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22 Apr 2023
When we block a road to highlight the govt failure to act on the #ClimateCrisis
OUTRAGE from media
When 60,000 people peacefully & lawfully surround Parliament for #EarthDay for the same reason
SILENCE from @BBCNews @itn @SkyNews @TheSun @MailOnline @TalkTV @GBNEWS @thetimes
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This dispute isn’t just about pay or pensions. Casualisation ruins lives — it must end.
#ucuRISING
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28 Nov 2022
New #NetZeroLiving data from @IpsosUK & @CAST_Centre shows most #NetZero policies enjoy broad support among UK public, but how should policy makers continue building public support for #NetZero policies?
Read our latest findings here – bit.ly/3hUsvkh
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18 Nov 2022
🚨PhD headline findings🧵
If leaders adopt high-impact low-carbon behaviour:
- others tend to follow
- leader credibility and approval sky-rockets 🚀
If leaders don’t lead by example
- leader credibility drops 🤨
- others are less likely to act
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