👇 Pleased to share the impact our friends and partners at Energy Saving Trust have made over the last year, including: 💬 Helping 161,100 people through energy advice services 🫰 Distributing £152 million in loans and grants to homes and businesses 💰 Granting £34 million

Nicky Gavron was London's first Deputy Mayor and a true champion for climate action. Her loss is felt across the entire climate action community. In times like these, we're reminded of the importance of carrying forward the legacy of those who blazed the trail before us.

We are at the INNSiDE by Meliá & back in Manchester, all ready to go tomorrow for our first weekend of this year's UK100 Climate Leadership Academy 2024. So excited to be supporting our new cross-party cohort of grassroots climate leaders from twenty councils across the country.

And we are go with the 2024 Climate Leadership Academy First Weekend in Manchester. A big welcome from our CEO Christopher Hammond to all 20 of our local climate leaders as they start this year's programme. Today, we'll hear from experts in local delivery, energy & misinformation.

⏲️A timely reminder today of our fantastic animation 📽️ explaining how the energy system in the UK 🇬🇧 is changing, and how it will need to change over the next five years if the Government is to be successful in delivering on its⚡️Clean Energy Superpower by 2030 🌍.

Wonderful to be joined by Bev Craig to give us a proper welcome to Manchester & hear from her about UK100 member: Manchester City Council's climate science based plan, which started in 2009 & seen a 65% reduction in the council's emissions by 2023; as well as importance of action on

We're now hearing from another North West climate leader, Abdul Jabbar MBE Deputy Ldr of Oldham Council & Cabinet Member for Value for Money & Sustainability, who also took part in the CLA programme in 2023. He talked about why climate change matters to him, the global context,

And that's a wrap for day one of the 2024 Climate Leadership Academy in Manchester, we finished on energy, with a look at the changing system and role of local authorities within it. Lots of big ideas and great to have our partners Energy UK, National Grid ESO & returning CLA