In a blog about our new insight paper, Sam Herbert stresses the many positives of giving nature a voice in decision making:

'Our choices now are not just about saving the trees and birds, they are also about saving ourselves.'

Read in full here: yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/can-yorkshire-…

Place-based climate action in the UK is continuing to grow, with new governance models emerging, but political leadership at the national level continues to ignore the contribution of local communities, a report by PCAN has found.

pcancities.org.uk/news/place-bas…

This was absolutely brilliant - I roared the whole way through. I don’t know how those three keep up with themselves and if it can’t be explained then you’d best go and see Le Navet Bete’s King Arthur for yourself!

Do you know what’s going on with our oceans? Take a deep breath. And watch this.

What do we need to do in Yorkshire & Humber to achieve our climate targets and make this a climate-safe and resilient region?
Read our Climate Talking Points - and use them to press political candidates on their commitments!

A phenomenal 10 mins with Carol Vorderman on 🔥

It begins with an intro, then from 1:23 onwards,

'We've had a Conservative government which is in my opinion corrupt.. During covid we have the VIP PPE lane.. Then we had partygate..'

'I started digging and I just started to…

The truth about our right to peacefully protest and those who have abused it . . . brilliant , as ever , by Led By Donkeys

The heroes in hi-vis have been on post flood clear up today, helping to get Rowntree Park ready for reopening on Monday 11th of March. If you can volunteer a morning over coming weeks and help the park bounce back, register here rowntreepark.org.uk/volunteer
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'People who think we can keep warming to 1.5 Celsius and continue to open new gas and oil fields might as well claim the earth is flat and believe in Bigfoot.' Dr Friederike Otto absolutely nails it here. forbes.com/sites/davidrve…

We’re at the Student Sustainability Research Conference #SSRC24 at University of Leeds today, talking to lots of people about the work of our Commission. Here’s our Policy & Comms Manager Kate Lock on our stall - come and say hello! University of Leeds Sustainability

With local #elections fast approaching, plus a #GeneralElection likely in 2024, we've identified four key policy changes needed to enable progress in our region.

Join our online event to find out what we should be asking of our #politicians .

Register now eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-talk…

The difference in the amount and tenor of the coverage of the Opposition halving its putative green investment plans and the actual government being in court over the actual effectiveness of its actual green policies is quite the thing. businessgreen.com/news/4176737/d…

Let's stop pretending this isn't an issue.
Wood-burning stoves cancel out fall in particulate pollution from roads in UK.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

If we told you to think of a material that supports much of life on land, moderates our atmosphere & controls water systems, what would you come up with?

Soil, right??

Head over to our new survey to find out why it’s so fundamental to our daily lives yorkshirecap.commonplace.is/proposals/land…
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We are seeking to appoint a talented, motivated and experienced Communications and Engagement Officer to work on Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission and Leeds Climate Commission. 
This is a part-time (60%FTE) post, with hybrid working.
Apply by 26 Feb

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

This weeks #ClimateCrisis news:

#Chile 🇨🇱 declares a state of #Emergency as devastating #wildfires currently sweep the center of the country.

Here's a short🧵 putting this in context & asking what comes next...

One millions EVs sold in the UK. That's a lot of fossil fuel demand destroyed. Always worth remembering at points like this that lots of serious people argued this technology was fundamentally useless and posed no threat to the internal combustion engine. businessgreen.com/news/4170263/u…

Can't quite believe what I'm hearing from Minister for Net Zero who says 24 new North Sea oil & gas licences *strengthen* our ability to get to net zero & *support* UK's climate leadership

He seems to be on different planet to Climate Change Committee, COP26 president & climate scientists

Climate change has killed at least four million people. I wrote this because I felt like I was the only one who had noticed. If you ever read and share anything I've written, I hope it'll be this short piece, out today in Nature Medicine
nature.com/articles/s4159…

Come and work with me and my fantastic colleagues!
I can promise an always interesting and always busy and varied job where you’ll play a vital role not just as part of our comms team but also as a valued member of the wider YHCC secretariat.