A clear and transferable set of design principles for these complex and uncertain times from the excellent Dame Jo Da Silva of Arup bit.ly/3PDCqJA #humancentreddesign #designthinking #ClimateAction

“We need leaders to take seriously that we are in a crisis. And when you're in a crisis, you have to be in crisis mode to deal with it.

The Elders strongly support phasing out fossil fuels.”

Mary Robinson as the 'March to #EndFossilFuels ' begins in #NYC .

#FastFairForever

“What could the next five years look like for councils?” by noelito
noelito.medium.com/what-could-the…

This is the best simple description that I've seen of how Large Language Models and Generative AI works - well worth a scroll through the visual examples ig.ft.com/generative-ai/

MAJOR UPDATE: All planetary boundaries are assessed, and six are crossed.

For the first time ever, scientists have quantified all nine planetary boundaries. Six of them are already transgressed and we are increasing pressure on the others.

Read more: buff.ly/45Ps1QG

Reflections on the need for longer term funding models for #LocalGov this morning: cityam.com/local-authorit… #LocalDigital #Data4Good

This footage will seem so utterly bizarre - and angering - to our children's children.

Colleagues in #Leeds , we're hosting drinks and awesome #LocalDigital lightning talks on 20 Sept from 5-8 as part of the Leeds Digital. Would love to catch up with you there. Register and suggest talks @ pages.tpximpact.com/en-gb/local-di…. Talks on Digital planning, Future Councils, +++

Join Gavin Beckett and Neil Lawrence (@[email protected]) with Lisa Trickey and Mike Connell next week for a special online event!

Details below:
Event: Inside the Low Code Digital Waste Service
Date: 11th Sept
Time: 10AM-11.30AM
Register below 🔽🔽🔽🔽 eventbrite.co.uk/e/700780833337…

Ministers don't apologise for lying and Charities do apologise for telling the truth. Welcome to the upside down world of Tory Britain. bbc.com/news/uk-politi…

'Current policies are taking the world to a 2.8 degree temperature rise...that spells catastrophy yet the collective response remains pitiful.' – António Guterres

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

Heard of #FutureCouncils ? It's only the most exciting programme @ interface of central & #localgov ! This is teaser from programme lead Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Local Digital UK Gov. Early findings landing soon. Really hope this is beginning of much-needed national action: ukauthority.com/articles/setti… TPXimpact

Reading Gaia Vince's book makes our struggle to meet 300,000 homes a year look quaint. We need to start planning for the 1.5 billion climate migrants likely to be displaced by 2050 now!

I asked the video wizard Colby Richardson to make a book trailer for Doppelganger. He went and made a beautiful and trippy work of art.

I’m so grateful.

Welcome to The Mirror World…🪞

We should all be furious that as a summer of climate fueled event wreaks havok on our planet more isn't being done to stem the tide.

Record heatwaves, record floods, record droughts, record wildfires. How many more records before we #ActOnClimate ?

#climate #renewables

Are you a Data Analyst, IG Practitioner, lead for a vulnerability project or working with data? If so, we would like to invite you to join the SAVVI Data Enablers Group & attend the next meeting on Wednesday 20th September, 10:00am-12:00pm. Register👉eventbrite.co.uk/e/savvi-data-e… #data

Exec summary makes for pretty stark reading and a saddening call to action for UK regulators who have just announced their unwillingness to take the necessary leadership. eucommission European Innovation Council how are market correction talks progressing?!

This Spanish city centre has been car-free for 20 years. 12k people have moved into the centre since the ban. The Mayor says vehicles don’t have more right to public space than people — & he’s been re-elected 4 times since banning cars. Pontevedra via @WEF