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!

Watching climate negotiations closely can make us feel like it's one step forward two steps back. But it's been heartening to see Britain leading on its ambition to reduce emissions. This week's BBC Question Time from Basingstoke echoes much of what people have been telling us all over the country - that British people care deeply about climate and nature. Audience questions on climate include a desire for cross-party collaboration, a concern about potential pollution from EV batteries, and a crisis-management approach to phasing out fossil fuels. In response, Sec of State for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds MP says 'there is broadly across the UK a pretty decent cross-party agreement on climate issues'. And the panel shows that - the political and business voices are, for once, pulling in the same direction. Conservative MP Damian Hinds affirms that net zero is about going 'with the grain of people's lives' and finding 'ways to make people's lives better'. Green MP Ellie Chowns agrees reducing Britain's meat and dairy footprint is about 'encouragement and making it easier for people, like eating 5-a-day' and not about telling people what to do. And Octopus boss Greg Jackson points out - repeatedly - that clean energy is cheaper than fossil fuels, and a huge export opportunity for the UK (and that China is now leading the way in clean energy). Let's keep talking about how we get warmer homes, healthier lives, better commutes, and more secure jobs on the way to net zero. https://lnkd.in/eMgD2pmc https://lnkd.in/eKEpKHVN

Places are filling up fast for our popular Climate Communications 101 workshop on Wednesday 27 November! Sign up now to 🌍 understand why climate change can feel hard to communicate 🌎 tell a brilliant and engaging climate story to just about anyone 🌏 talk with and inspire different audiences to feel part of a climate story 🌐 apply the fundamentals of great climate comms to your own work https://lnkd.in/dJ92q8N5

How can we get people pumped about...heat pumps? Join us for this free webinar to find out! 📅 21 November, 11:00-12:00 Speakers: - David Powell, Climate Outreach - Katy King, Nesta - Richard Hauxwell-Baldwin, The MCS Foundation - Helen Ball, Broadacres Housing Association Chair: Nameerah Hameed, Climate Outreach Register now: https://lnkd.in/eDn7yG-p

🙏💛🙏 to all at Regional Climate Foundation Pavilion at #COP29 for hosting our event on Tuesday. So much incredible wisdom shared Diego Casaes Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas Noora Firaq 🇬🇧 🇲🇻 Climate Outreach The African Climate Foundation Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation Climate Emergency Collaboration Group and everyone else 🙏🙏

If you're communicating at the intersection of climate and migration, don't miss this event - held by our Climate and Migration Coalition programme. Find out more 👇

Each year the climate negotiations attempt to deal with the human cost of climate change – in particular climate-driven displacement. While recent talks have acknowledged the issue, concrete action remains elusive. So what are the limits of climate negotiations in this space? What could #COP29 achieve? And who are the other players in the game? Our colleague Alex Randall, who manages Climate and Migration Coalition, explores these questions in this new piece: https://lnkd.in/eYYxVNJj __ If you work at the intersection of climate and migration, join us for a webinar exploring how we can effectively communicate about climate-linked (im)mobilities. 📅 5 December, 11:00 - 12:00 🖋️ Register: https://lnkd.in/eqVpfz4w

Don't miss Rich Wilson and Noora Firaq today if you're at #COP29 for their session on 'The global struggle for better politics' Find out more below! 👇

👏 A fascinating conversation on how to unlock progress on climate through implement of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) from the earlier event at #COP29 that we co-hosted with WWF-Australia and Climate Action Network Australia The panelists showcased the experiences of communities, NGOs and government in 6 ACE elements, and how they can supercharge climate progress: 1. climate change education, 2. public awareness, 3. training, 4. public participation, 5. public access to information and 6. international cooperation. Top takeaways: 🎙️ To make sure meaningful public participation we need to bring in tools like storytelling. 📍 We need to give more leadership and ownership to community leaders when it comes to elements of ACE, especially public participation.  👥 There needs to be bottom up as much as top down approaches to the ACE elements. 🏙️ For education and access to information we need to build social infrastructure that enables us to do it from central hubs like cities to rural areas - social structure needs to be developed for the information to flow. 💰 There is a real need resourcing for training, mobilisation and education. 🌏 International co-operation is crucial and countries like Australia have a real opportunity to be an exemplary in this space as it is in a unique position to start this regionally and scale up. Thank you to the amazing speakers! Moderator: Noora Firaq Deputy CEO, Climate Outreach Panellists: Dr Arabella Douglas Chief Strategic Officer, Currie Country Social Change Aboriginal Corporation Mary Harm Brisbane Coordinator, 350.org Australia Dr Hendrick Kaniki Project Coordinator, Sirubai Voko Tribe Association 📺 Missed it? Watch back here: https://lnkd.in/e6wkt4dx

It’s a big deal that the UK is committing to reducing its carbon emissions by 81% by 2035 (from 1990 levels) - as recently recommended by the Climate Change Committee. The PM Sir Keir Starmer is keen to emphasise this is not about telling people how to live their lives. It’s about lower bills, energy independence and new jobs. So what does this mean for people watching events at COP from the UK? The new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) will directly impact the policy choices we make. Ambitious targets mean we need to keep up with our plans to roll out renewable energy at speed. This means attracting investment and creating jobs in the technologies of the future. Being ambitious also helps shape the tone of global climate negotiations. The world is crying out for bold climate leadership. We hear that from people in the UK. We hear it even more loudly from leaders whose nations are on the front line of climate impacts. The UK has been one of the highest historical emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG). We should rightly be taking the lead in our ambitions to decarbonise. Cutting back on GHGs will also help combat climate disasters closer to home, like flooding and heatwaves. Most importantly for the work we do here at Climate Outreach - meeting our NDC targets won’t be possible without people being involved and inspired about how they can play their part. Whether it’s insulating homes, building greener businesses, or supporting clean energy infrastructure locally, people are at the heart of the next decade’s climate action.  Just last week the UK’s new energy  network operator (NESO) said that getting clean power by 2030 is possible, but only with active public consent.  That’s why the government urgently  needs a public engagement plan as cutting-edge as all its other delivery plans. We are ready to help them shape and deliver this.