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Rapid transition to beat the heat – Infrastructure

All 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 – Housing

UK 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 heat

Can 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 strategy

The 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 exhibition

The Rapid Transition Alliance invited British artist and former winner of the Jerwood National Sculpture Prize, Judith Dean to curate a online exhibition...

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Picture the Future: The Shift

This is the third of a series of blogs for Rapid Transition focusing on evidence-based hope from volunteer-led groups who are taking action to restore...

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Picture the Future: Imagining Wellington’s Green Corridor

This is the second blog of a series for Rapid Transition focusing on evidence-based hope from volunteer-led groups who are taking action to restore nature...

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Picture the future: call of nature

This is the first of a series of blogs for Rapid Transition focusing on evidence-based hope from volunteer-led groups who are taking action to restore...

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Olympic athletes raise hands to make a climate stand

If during this year’s Tokyo Olympics you see athletes making a circular symbol with their hands, it will mean more than just that they are feeling okay....