Climate Outreach

✨ It’s here! #BritainTalksClimate 2024 has landed! ✨ The Britain Talks Climate toolkit helps us tell climate stories that resonate with people of different values and backgrounds. Our 2024 research with More in Common explores what the British public thinks and feels about #ClimateChange and #ClimatePolicy, and is designed to help anyone engaging the British public with climate. Here are some key takeaways: 🏛 Appetite for leadership on climate and nature is strong and enduring. 🏃♀️ There is broad agreement that it is not too late to act. 👥 A majority want to press ahead with net zero. ⌚ Most believe climate change should sit above short-term politics. 😊 A majority think that reaching net zero will be good for our country. 💰 Significant government spending on climate change is popular. Check out the toolkit for more research insights and recommendations for engaging the British public on climate: https://lnkd.in/esMQwuy 📅 Don’t forget to join the launch webinar tomorrow: https://lnkd.in/dy7xgbnR Check out the full Britain Talks Climate webinar series: https://lnkd.in/eJfwNfP8 Take a look at this piece in BusinessGreen: https://lnkd.in/e7xqws4N With thanks to the European Climate Foundation, who funded this research. And to our partners in Scotland (Stop Climate Chaos Scotland & Keep Scotland Beautiful) and Wales (Centre for Alternative Technology & DTA Wales) for their participation in survey design discussions!

If an institution or organisation set ambitious carbon reduction targets to address climate change, yet struggle to meet these goals within their original timelines, they face a significant communications challenge. The challenge lies in communicating these setbacks sincerely, reaffirming the progress that has already been achieved while outlining a credible and fair path forward. How can institutions maintain trust and inspire others to act on climate change, while being candid about their own challenges in meeting carbon reduction targets? Join Climate Outreach and our partners at The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) to explore. We'll hear from: - David Powell, Climate Outreach - Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE, CAST - Third speaker to be announced soon! 📅 9 December, 12:00-13:00 GMT Register: https://lnkd.in/eEGCf-rJ

The impact of severe flooding - including in our own home county of Oxfordshire - is affecting homes, businesses, schools and travel. Climate change is making storms more frequent and more severe. The Climate Change Committee says the current adaptation plan isn't working. And it doesn't meet international targets, despite the UK's involvement in setting those. We need the government to take adaptation more seriously, to invest more in effective measures, and to inform and involve people in these decisions.

Many institutions have set ambitious carbon reduction targets to address climate change. However, as they struggle to meet these goals within their original timelines, they face a significant communications challenge. These organisations must balance transparency about delays with the risk of undermining public trust. The challenge lies in communicating these setbacks sincerely, reaffirming the progress that has already been achieved while outlining a credible and fair path forward. Moreover, they must not only inspire but actively enable individuals, communities, and organisations in taking meaningful climate action. How can institutions maintain trust and inspire others to act on climate change, while being candid about their own challenges in meeting carbon reduction targets? Join Climate Outreach and our partners at The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) to explore these questions. 📅 9 December 12:00-13:00 📍 Online Register now: https://lnkd.in/eEGCf-rJ

Some takeaways from today's #COP29 event - ‘Holistic Climate Action: Integrating Community Capacity Building & Engagement for Sustainable Futures’ co-hosted with the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC) and Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition Youth Action Group (CSET Youth): ➡️ Importance of gender in climate conversations: We need to involve women who are already on the move and impacted by climate change to help develop and deliver curriculums on climate change to local communities. Give them the power to be the people who run and develop important resources as those with lived experience and community connections. ➡️ We need to be telling the stories of those impacted by climate change and giving them the platform to tell their stories. Storytelling is a powerful tool for framing a conversation on climate change, it brings people in.  ➡️ Not just inviting young people to share their vulnerability, but also showing their innovation and ingenuity, there are community solutions that others haven’t even thought of. ➡️ Overcoming barriers for young people: creating a space for young people to absorb knowledge, support them by not putting pressure on them to understand everything. Instead, give them a chance to uncover what interests them and gives them energy within the climate space. Forcing them into one route is not effective capacity building, it only leads to disinterest and burn out. ➡️ A question for us - are we building the young person’s capacity and compassion to re-imagine and rebuild the world?

How can the green transition become a truly collective journey? 🌍💚 As #COP29 wraps up, David Powell (Climate Outreach, Ordinary Hope) explores the power of a climate narrative that resonates with people's daily lives, fostering trust and shared commitment. #Sustainability #GreenTransition #ClimateNarratives

📢 Join us for GCA closing event: Champions for Change: Celebrating Progress and Potential in Global Climate Action. #COP29 Baku

📣 New guide! 📣 Heat pumps are an important part of the clean energy picture in the UK. But only about 1% of UK homes have a heat pump today. The Climate Change Committee says this needs to be nearly 10% of all homes by 2030 – just five years from now. UK ministers have also confirmed they will go ahead with the previous Conservative government’s “clean heat market mechanism” AND that current noise restrictions on heat pumps will be scrapped to help with take-up - see POLITICO today: https://lnkd.in/ed6Rd8bK. Our new short guide shares insight on what people think about heat pumps, and explores how we can encourage more people to get one. 👀 Read now: https://lnkd.in/eJURJ-zq 📅 Join us at 11:00 today for a webinar to delve deeper into this topic - there's still time to register!: https://lnkd.in/eDn7yG-p

Attending a COP climate conference can be a bewildering experience, even for seasoned climate activists. Last year we were joined at COP28 by two students from the Maldives, who were supported by UNICEF Maldives to attend as youth delegates with the Maldives government delegation. As tens of thousands of delegates arrive in Azerbaijan for #COP29, one of our students –  Fathimath Raaia Shareef – reflects on her experiences in Dubai, and how her first COP has shaped her. https://lnkd.in/ePcrVPKC

If you’re at #COP29 join us tomorrow for ‘Holistic Climate Action: Integrating Community Capacity Building & Engagement for Sustainable Futures’ co-hosted with the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC) and Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition Youth Action Group (CSET Youth) 📅 21 Nov, 13:15 – 14:45 AZT (9:15 – 10:45 GMT) 📍 Blue Zone, Room: Side Event 3 and Streaming Online for registered digital participants (link available soon). Speakers: ➡️ Emily Robinson, CHEC ➡️ Noora Firaq 🇬🇧 🇲🇻, Climate Outreach ➡️ Angelos Pastras, CSET Youth ➡️ Tafadzwa Kurotwi, SHE Changes Climate ➡️ Pooja Tilvawala, Youth Climate Collaborative