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Smog Day fell as pollution rose & one of Europe’s worst air quality countries holds climate talksThe possibility of rapid transition comes from accepting how much we are a part of nature and its cycles argue Nick Robins and Andrew Simms, and marking...
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Real climate leadership means ending finance for fossil fuelsIf the UK is going to be a good host for COP26 and pave the way for rapid transition, its climate policies need to be more coherent – and it could start...
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Rapid Transmission: a low carbon economy needs better transmission and distributionWhen it comes to the needed rapid energy transition, headlines are often dominated by wind turbines, battery storage, and solar panels. Indeed, the rollout...
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Rapid transition to beat the heat: Community ResilienceExtreme weather events like the brutal heatwave engulfing much of Europe in July 2022, highlight the urgent need to foster community resilience. Much like...
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Rapid transition to beat the heat – InfrastructureAll the wonders of human civilisation were conceived of, and created in, a climate that no longer exists. Nowhere is this clearer than in the infrastructure...
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Rapid transition to beat the heat – HousingUK homes are not built to handle the heat. Most of them were designed and constructed for a much cooler climate where extreme heat events were rarer and...
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Rapid transition to beat the heatCan we respond to extreme heat to protect human health and shore up infrastructure in such a way that actually accelerates a rapid, low carbon transition to...
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Rapid transition is possible, if we put local authorities at the heart of our net zero strategyThe IPCC report published on 9 August made for gloomy reading on the true scale of the climate crisis now facing humanity. But the report made clear that...
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Rapid Transition #2 – An online exhibitionThe Rapid Transition Alliance invited British artist and former winner of the Jerwood National Sculpture Prize, Judith Dean to curate a online exhibition...