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The government’s pro-climate rhetoric has met reality – and it doesn’t look good.
Members of the public devised a raft of measures to make homes greener.
A new report suggests the government has less to fear from promoting sustainable lifestyles than it expects.
Strengthen commitments to reduce emissions by 2030, redouble efforts to raise climate finance and junk fossil fuel subsidies.
The UK’s official climate advisor recommends up to 50,000 hectares of new woodland each year by 2050.
Planning for the growing risks of flooding that threatens the UK’s cities, towns and villages is underway, but progress is too slow.
The Committee on Climate Change criticises slow progress, but has little to say about how to reconfigure government to make climate action a priority.
Contrary to the advice of the UK’s climate advisers, aiming for net zero before 2050 is credible – but the country must reassess how much its future is worth.
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Chair of Energy and Climate Governance, University of Manchester
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, University of Staffordshire
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Senior Research Fellow in Psychology, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Manchester
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Reader in Geology & Geotechnical Engineering, Vice Dean (Education), Brunel University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Engineering, Flood and Coastal Engineering Programme Lead, Brunel University of London
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Research Associate on Low-Carbon Energy Systems, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Reader in Environmental Psychology, University of Bath
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Associate in Environmental Governance, Lancaster University
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
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Associate Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew