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Research Associate/Fellow Position on the JUST-Systems Project
Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) welcomes applications to join the UKRI funded Integrated Systems Approaches for Accelerating a Just Transition (JUST-Systems) project.
Closing date: 31 August
"It appears to be mostly women on the frontlines of climate and pollution battles – is it because we and the people we care for are more vulnerable to its impacts?... Or is it simply another element of the unpaid and under-valued labour that women have to do?"
Blog by @mandibissett.bsky.social
What are youth perspectives on pathways to desirable nature futures? 📷🌍🧪
A new paper explores the ideas of 22 young people with diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the @ipbes.net Youth Workshop in 2022.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Where are all of the black and brown people in environmental work?"
In this blogpost, Jaya Gajparia writes about listening, learning and acting on feedback to improve racial and ethnic representation at the ACCESS Annual Assembly.
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
🥾🥾 In the second of our 'Walking and Working in Nature' series, ACCESS Leadership College Fellow Dr Susann Power talks about beach litter, caring for our coastline, and the evolution of beach cleaning into 'Enviro-Leisure Activism'.
accessnetwork.uk/susann-power...
How does air pollution affect mental health?
- Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Fairness is not just a nice-to-have in climate policy and engagement – it’s a public priority", writes CAST Deputy Director @christinademski.bsky.social in our latest blog post, sharing five insights on fairness for climate policymakers and practitioners. 📣
Read more: cast.ac.uk/blog/listeni...
From the archive: in this guest feature Prof Karen Bickerstaff, Lead on the @accessnetwork.bsky.social report Making a Net Zero Society – Follow the Social Science, highlights how social science insights are essential to securing rapid societal change for a net zero UK. acss.org.uk/a-new-look-a...
New CAST Briefing: "When do policymakers accept and reject policy recommendations? Lessons from the UK #ClimateChangeCommittee" 📣
Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Key messages thread 🧵
Research Associate/Fellow (735133),
The Researcher will work with community organisations, businesses, local authorities and Governments across the UK to understand how systems approaches can unlock s...
This paper examines the pathways to desirable nature futures as envisioned by 22 young people from all United Nations regions and diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the second edition of...
As climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all.
Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna.
Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time.
Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️
Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
