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Hana Morel

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Head of Climate Change, Historic England Climate Action, Policy, Communities and Heritage. UK based. Views are my own.

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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The Role of Heritage in Delivering Climate Change Action | Historic England
Hana Morel, our Head of Climate Change explains how heritage is part of delivering solutions to climate change.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#climateaction over the decades
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We need #ZanesLaw to protect the public. And the Labour government to stop following Tory rhetoric about "cutting red tape" www.channel4.com/news/environ...
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Environment Agency must ‘rethink inspection regime’ says watchdog
The Environment Agency is already under fire over its failure to prosecute polluting water firms and reduce illegal waste dumps.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🔊Thinking #HorizonEurope #Horizon!
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Countries meet in first global effort to phase out fossil fuels
Some 60 countries are meeting in Colombia as frustration grows with lack of progress in tackling climate change
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 13/04/2026
After a review of coverage by nine legacy UK newspapers, J. Painter, S. Cocks, and S. Hayes find that media framing is playing a significant role in shaping political debate around Net Zero, often without balanced evidence. See their new paper below. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Very happy to see this chapter come out, in which I capture lessons learnt and reflections from my own experiences of working in climate heritage and policy across academia, the private sector, IGOs and charities - written prior to my current role, mind you. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Navigating Climate Challenges through Repositioning Culture and Herita
This chapter delves into the intersections of culture, heritage and climate change through underscoring the critical role of inclusive governance and
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excited to see this out & to have a (very) minor bit in it. Excellent vol on cultural heritage & #climatejustice (eds Megarry & Dinler) with @hanamorel.bsky.social @denizikiz.bsky.social @salmasabour.bsky.social, Vera Kuklina, & many more. 20% discount at @routledgebooks.bsky.social using 26AFLY1.
Black book cover illustrated with a circle of people on grass. Title is The Routledge Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Climate Justice - edited by   Mesut Dinler and William Megarry.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We often ignore water is a closed system, and that our existing fresh water supply is tiny. www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/c...
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The world has entered a new era of ‘water bankruptcy’ with irreversible consequences | CNN
Over-allocation of water, chronic groundwater depletion, pollution and climate change have pushed the world into a drastic situation, a new United Nations report finds.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Pleased to share work commissioned by Historic England, focussing on how heritage is considered within renewable energy development across England. #heritage #renewables #planning historicengland.org.uk/research/res...
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The Heritage Dimension of Commercial Renewable Energy Development (2025)| Historic England
The Heritage Dimension of Commercial Renewable Energy Development (2025)
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Happy to have published this w/ fantastic peers, as part of work towards the #ARCHE project. This publication focuses on the methodology itself; the report, on the findings. #heritage #foresight #globalchallenges www.emerald.com/jchmsd/artic...
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Foresight in heritage: fostering future consciousness to proactively face change
Purpose. This paper introduces Foresight as a structured approach that is increasingly employed across industries and disciplines for anticipating future change and proposes its utility for the herita...
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency with “largest” disaster from cyclone. #climatechange aje.io/0y8xc4
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‘We have nothing left’: Severe floods across Asia kill nearly 1,000
Floods across Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka have killed nearly 1,000 people in less than a week.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 30/11/2025
100 years of average January-October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Great article in the @weforum.org on the importance of #climateheritage or #culture in responding to #climatechange, w/ fantastic signposting to work/research (including the Global Research on Culture & Climate Change Agenda!) www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
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Can culture and heritage be catalysts for climate resilience?
Cultural heritage and local knowledge can be powerful levers for climate resilience and should be embedded into policies, planning and finance.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
“The oldest painted sites have this low, strange resonance, where if you sing, suddenly the cave sings back to you,” says Rupert Till at the University of Huddersfield, UK. www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
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We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
“Now, evidence is growing that, faced with a climate crisis, the civilization did not disappear but adapted and moved.” #climateheritage ways that #archaeology provides the long view for thinking about #climatechange www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe
Experts find artefacts left behind in Caral showing how population survived drought without resorting to violence
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
New report out by Survival International, UNCONTACTED PEOPLES: AT THE EDGE OF SURVIVAL, warns that half of uncontacted indigenous groups worldwide face extinction within a decade without stronger protection of their rights and territories. survivalinternational.org
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Home - Survival International
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Philip Nelson from the UK’s @greenparty.org.uk outlining very welcome understandings of #heritage. Also positive for #climateheritage contributions to sustainability as well. www.linkedin.com/pulse/greene...
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A Greener Future for Heritage and Tourism
Putting People, Nature and Place at the Heart of the Conversation The Green Party this weekend adopted a comprehensive new Heritage and Tourism Policy at its Autumn Conference — setting out a bold vis...
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
#ClimateHeritage 🏺
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
👉Apply as an Expert Reviewer for the First Order Draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities! How to get involved: 1️⃣ Register via the form here: www.tinyurl.com/srcities 2️⃣ Access the review portal 3️⃣ Submit comments Deadline to apply is 30 Nov #ipcc #climatechange #climateheritage
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Sewage surging twice as fast into what should be the protected rivers of our National Parks compared with areas outside the parks. 🧵 1/5 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them
Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas of England and Wales should be cleanest
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A reminder of precisions of cycles and patterns in nature.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
“Pacific upwelling on the Isthmus has been a predictable & fundamentally imp’t seasonal event across multiple timescales, w/ marine communities, pre-Columbian societies, & modern fisheries becoming reliant upon this reliable phenomenon.” #climatechange #climateheritage www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Unprecedented suppression of Panama’s Pacific upwelling in 2025 | PNAS
The Gulf of Panama’s (GOP) seasonal upwelling system has consistently delivered cool, nutrient-rich waters via northerly trade winds every January–...
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Abstracts due by November 5th.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Addressing inclusion and diversity in the IPCC. “🌍 Climate science needs frontline perspectives integrated as equal partners” #climatechange #climateheritage eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
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Adverse Climate: Addressing Inclusion and Diversity Issues in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment and beyond
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Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims @kaitsims.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
🚨new pub alert!🚨 Absolutely thrilled that my new paper with Julia Sbroglio and Holly Gibbs is published at the Review of Economics of the Household. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Hot tempers: Differential effects of heat and drought on domestic violence - Review of Economics of the Household
Domestic violence (DV)–patterns of physical, sexual, economic, or psychological abuse by intimate partners and family members–persists as a serious national issue in Brazil despite public efforts to e...
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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"0.3 per cent of the world’s land area – yes, just the land – would be needed to meet the current energy demand from solar alone, which is LESS THAN THE CURRENT LAND FOOTPRINT OF FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE."
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Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run
Not only is solar more than capable of supplying all the world’s energy, in the long term it is the only power source that won’t fry the planet
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Consultancy opportunity for those involved with #climateheritage - grasp of US fiscal and governance regulations required. #climatechange
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 03/09/2025
This was the hottest summer on record. If it happens again next year, Britain’s ecosystems won’t cope | Lucy Jones #Climate
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This was the hottest summer on record. If it happens again next year, Britain’s ecosystems won’t cope | Lucy Jones
A future of extreme heatwaves, drought and collapsing habitats awaits if we continue to ignore the danger signs, says author Lucy Jones
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Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
By zapping seawater with electricity, scientists make a solid carbon-negative building material. In a double whammy, the method sucks up carbon dioxide and upcycles it into a material that can be used to make concrete, cement, plaster, and paint. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/03/by-z...
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By zapping seawater with electricity, scientists make a solid carbon-negative building material
In a double whammy, the method sucks up carbon dioxide and upcycles it into a material that can be used to make concrete, cement, plaster, and paint.
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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
New review: Recent evidence on the effectiveness of European protected areas for species conservation in the face of climate change 🧪🌍 Read on for summary highlights and find the full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Recent evidence on the effectiveness of European protected areas for species conservation in the face of climate change - Biodiversity and Conservation
A dominant conservation strategy to safeguard the natural environment and biodiversity is the creation of protected areas (PAs) at international, regional, and national scales. To date, such PAs have ...
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I have gotten our @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talks for September & October posted! Always on Mondays at 16:00 (4pm) Central European time. For details see: newnatures.org/greenhouse/
7 book covers
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Debating Disaster Risk brings together leading global experts to explore the controversies that emerge—and the tough decisions that must be made—when cities, people, and the environment are at risk. #climatechange cup.columbia.edu/book/debatin...
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Debating Disaster Risk | Columbia University Press
Dealing with the risks of climate change and disaster is a political process. It produces winners and losers, mobility and permanence, radical change and con... | CUP
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
In the midst of a sweltering summer, our research published last year shows people are highly concerned about climate change and support policies that address both climate and health. ✅ The UK public are highly supportive of the government target to reach NetZero by 2050 🧵
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
People are being “cooked alive”, yet #climatechange remains the politically charged hot potato. Time to invest heavily in long-term resilience. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Hot, dry summers bring new 'firewave' risk to UK cities
Rising temperatures are increasing the chances of multiple wildfires at the same time, researchers say.
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
There is growing evidence that climate change can have direct and indirect effects on mental health. This is especially true for extreme heat. 🌡️ The literature shows a clear relationship between increased temperatures and number of suicides and severe distress following extreme weather events🧵
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🌿 The National Plant Monitoring Scheme has turned 10! More than 1,000 volunteers have gathered 250k+ botanical records that feed into the UK Biodiversity Indicators. Marking the milestone, the 2024 report shares surveyor stories & a timeline of NPMS highlights. 🔗 🧪 www.npms.org.uk/article/npms...
Front cover of National Plant Monitoring Scheme Annual Report 2024Books and papers lying on daisy covered grassTwo people outside in a rural environment look at information on a clipboard
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Out today, this article provides an overview of advances in complex climate change risk assessment & management & how recent methodological improvements offer opportunities for effective near-term action in governing risk and adaptation strategies. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation - npj Climate Action
Recent advances in climate change risk assessment and management and their application across cities, coastal zones, and finance highlight promising opportunities for near-term action to better govern...
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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
New article! The missing link: democracy, education, and carbon emissions by Patricia Bromley, Jared Furuta & Evan Schofer. This article examines how democracy and education shape national carbon emissions across 155 countries between 1990 and 2019. doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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Democracy is thought to play a key role in protecting the environment: in theory, free elections and civil rights allow citizens to hold political leaders accountable, which should then lead to stronger environmental protections. Despite its conceptual appeal, empirical evidence that democratic contexts produce stronger pro-environmental outcomes has been inconclusive. We focus on an overlooked factor – the average level of education in a country – to help explain the heterogeneous effects of democracy on carbon emissions. Using multilevel panel regression models of 155 countries from 1990 to 2019, we find that democracy is associated with reduced carbon emissions at the national level when a country’s population has higher overall levels of education. Education, we contend, increases participation in formal and informal political channels, increases media literacy and scientific knowledge, and shapes pro-environmental preferences, which enable democracies to more effectively promote pro-environmental change.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Fascinating volume delving into a range of #climatechange related study across the world via exploitation of resources from rubber to radium to microbiota. Open access with links to each publication in comments.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Very useful comments under the original post with a list of relevant publications.
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Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
New paper resolves a half-century old debate about how to conserve biodiversity in natural areas. For biodiversity, it’s better to have one large contiguous forest than many smaller fragments www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/03/new-...
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New paper resolves a half-century old debate about how to conserve biodiversity in natural areas
For biodiversity, it’s better to have one large contiguous forest than many smaller fragments
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
“Empirical evidence…shows it is possible to provide good lives for 8.5bn people…to achieve such a future, we must fight to regain democratic control over the means of production and organise it around human well-being, including through planning and public services provision.”
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Recognition of the State to uphold human rights as well as environmental protections. www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Plastics are in our DNA - ok fine, just tissues and organs - but how do we quit it? Or is the question, how to quit stock investment & plastic profitability? theconversation.com/plastics-and...
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Plastics and human health: what’s at stake in the global treaty talks in Geneva
Lobbyists and petrostates want to avoid a strong focus on human health in the impending global treaty on plastic pollution.
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Keen to explore this #climateheritage & #policy grant with potential partners. Historic England on board too. Get in touch if interested! www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Cultural heritage and climate change networks to drive policy change
Apply for DCMS funding to maximise the international partnership brokering and networking opportunities of UK arts and humanities research, as a step towards the Horizon Europe Resilient Cultural Heri...
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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losses exceeding US$1.5 trillion annually." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics
Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losse...
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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The British Academy says embedding the needs of people and addressing inequalities between communities is key to sustaining public support. Collaborative leadership will also be needed to achieve net zero in every city, town and neighbourhood in the country.
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Government must work with communities to achieve net zero, says new report
A new British Academy report says the government must work harder to understand the needs of people across the UK to hit its Net Zero targets, while also navigating strained public finances, rising in...
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
💧 Water is a fundamental need to sustain life on Earth. However, human activities are degrading water quality and severely threatening water security. 48% of wastewater is released into the environment and polluted rivers have reduced economic growth by 1.4-2.5% in downstream regions worldwide🧵
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🧠Climate change affects all aspects of mental health, however it is absent in 58% of national climate adaptation policies. In a blog, @alemassazza.bsky.social & @jessnlv.bsky.social share new research by @climatecares.bsky.social & @unitedgmh.bsky.social on how to address this gap: buff.ly/Qlh5z8B
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