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📣 Calling climate adaptation finance experts 📣 ClimateXChange and the Scottish Government are hosting a small workshop to discuss “Opportunities for financing a climate resilient Scotland” on Tuesday 18th March in central Edinburgh. The workshop will help shape a longer-term program of work including the establishment of an expert advisory group to the Scottish Government on adaptation finance (see link below).   Please let us know if you have expertise in finance and investment to bring to this discussion on financial solutions to tackle climate adaptation challenges by entering your details on our online form: https://lnkd.in/ejZDXPGH Scottish National Adaptation Plan 2024-2029 Outcome Four: Economy, Business, and Industry (B): https://lnkd.in/e5H9SkcD #adaptationfinance #climatechange Anne Marte Bergseng Kay White Colin Seditas Emma Dore Nicola Dunn Lee Callaghan Inês Crespo Stuart Galloway Kate Donovan

SPRINGBOARD: Assembly for creative climate action takes place on 5 and 6 March. We're delighted to be joined by many incredible speakers during the two-day event on transformational change. On day 2 (6 March) one of the many sessions attendees will be able to sign up for is 'Scotland's just transition and the arts'. How is just transition planning progressing and what role should the arts have in developing a just transition? The session will be chaired by Anne Marte Bergseng, Programme Manager at ClimateXChange, and panellists will include Professor Dave Reay, co-chair of the Just Transition Commission, Aberdeen-based filmmaker Sara Stroud, and James Marriott from campaigning organisation Platform. They will discuss what a just transition should look like in Scotland, whether we are on track to get there and what role the arts can have in developing a just transition, with time for audience questions. Book your ticket for SPRINGBOARD: Assembly for #CreativeClimateAction via bit.ly/bookSB25 #SPRINGBOARD2025 #CultureForClimateScotland #CreativeCarbonScotland #TransformationalChange #ArtsAndSustainability #ClimateNeedsCulture

Our February LinkedIn newsletter is out now! Highlights include: - Energy market reform – event report and podcast episode - Reports on reducing methane emissions from livestock, energy performance certificates, and training provision for onshore wind and solar industries - New Bluesky social media account   Kate Donovan Anne Marte Bergseng Sarah Govan Nicola Dunn Inês Crespo Emma Dore Lee Callaghan Kay White Colin Seditas Stuart Galloway   #letsdonetzero

Scotland requires an efficient transmission and distribution system to bring electricity from the locations where it's generated, like wind farms, to electricity users. Electricity markets need to change in order to progress this. We recently co-hosted the first Scottish forum on future electricity markets with the Royal Society of Edinburgh and The University of Edinburgh to discuss this topic. The event was an opportunity to connect researchers and other stakeholders with policymakers. Speakers at the event provided different points of view on how to reform electricity markets and potential impacts in Scotland. There were arguments for a more local pricing structure such as zonal or nodal pricing. Find out more about it in our: - podcast and blog featuring Dr Nicola Dunn and Melfort Campbell OBE DL FRSE - event report by Ronan Bolton, Chris Dent and Lars Schewe from the University of Edinburgh https://lnkd.in/ehchaJjJ #ElectricityMarkets #REMA #podcast

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Our programme for SPRINGBOARD 2025 is now online! With less than three weeks to go, we are super excited to share details of our speakers, sessions and timings for 5 and 6 March. We have a terrific line-up for you with 46 confirmed speakers (and more to come), four day 1 sessions and 17 day 2 sessions including workshops, plus two slots for chatting and networking. Day 1 sessions are open to everyone with no pre-booking required. Day 2 sessions are now open for booking using the programme link below. Please note that some sessions have limited places (noted in their title) and are available on a first come, first served basis. Have a look at the programme to choose your preferred sessionsand have a plan B in case they fill quickly. We encourage you to consider topics you don’t know much about. They’re sure to be interesting and you’ll meet new people and gain new insights. Topics across the two days range from ‘Transformative #mitigation & #adaptation’ with Andy Kerr and Kit England to ‘#Degrowth, community and culture’ with the Creative Degrowth Network, and from ‘Introduction to culture and climate action’, which is ideal for organisations newly successful in applying for Creative Scotland's Multi-Year Funding to ‘Arts addressing health impacts of climate change’ with Jameel Arts & Health Lab. Take a look at the programme here: https://lnkd.in/eu2ayune. Once you’re on the landing page, scroll down a little and you’ll see the ‘Sessions’ and ‘Speakers’ tabs with images you can click for more information on each. To see availability for day 2 sessions, scroll past the day 1 programme in the 'Sessions' tab. #ICYMI, SPRINGBOARD: Assembly for creative climate action is a two-day online event focused on transformational change. We’ll explore how all of society will need to reimagine itself in the face of the climate change we are experiencing, and how the arts and cultural sector, as well as working on its own transformation, can contribute to the transformation of wider society. #SPRINGBOARD2025 #CreativeClimateAction #TransformationalChange #ClimateChange #GreenArts #ArtsAndSustainability #ClimateAction #ArtsAndHealth International Futures Forum (IFF) V&A Dundee Climate-KIC Paul Watkiss Associates National Library of Scotland Improvement Service Imaginate CILIPS Creative Dundee SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) The City of Edinburgh Council Local Energy Scotland King's College London Jameel Arts & Health Lab Gonzaga University Evaluation Support Scotland Ansons Consulting Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust ClimateXChange Edinburgh Climate Change Institute Scottish Climate Intelligence Service The Crichton Carbon Centre Climate Change Committee Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment

How can energy performance certificates (EPC) be better used? We recently published two reports on this topic. They concluded: - Metered energy consumption data could be used on Scottish EPCs to provide information to occupants or potential occupants by providing more accurate information on building fabric performance and giving a rating of how energy is used in a building. However, these could not currently be implemented as 57% of homes in Scotland do not yet have smart meters. Project page: https://lnkd.in/g9N-hfFn By Agnes Berner, Freya Gannon Burns, Hannah Dunne from Changeworks - There are opportunities for Scotland to learn from best practice examples from other countries on operational governance of EPCs. Project page: https://lnkd.in/gXHDeWNm By Beth Sloan, Isobel Urquhart, Orla Doherty, Fraser Macleod from Technopolis Group Project managed by Nicola Dunn

Our report 'Using future climate scenarios to support today’s decision making' forms the basis for this guidance by the Government Actuary's Department to help public sector organisations in Scotland use more consistent climate scenarios when planning climate adaptation.

One potential way to reduce emissions from the livestock sector is to select breeding traits in livestock that lead to lower methane emissions. By 2045, breeding could reduce methane emissions from the digestive process in livestock by up to 9.5% (382.2 kt CO2 equivalent), according to our new report. The report identifies policy levers and behaviour changes required to achieve these emissions reductions. For further details please visit the project page: https://lnkd.in/efvEPSrM By Becky Jenkins, Lea Herold, Manuela de Mendonça, Hugh Loughnan, Jessie Willcocks, Tayla David, Bradley Ginns, Liam Rock, Jeremy Wiltshire, Keesje Avis, Ricardo plc Project managed by Sarah Govan

Achieving Scotland’s net zero goals by 2045 will require significant expansion of the renewable energy workforce, particularly in the onshore wind and solar energy sectors. Current training provision has the potential to deliver the skilled workforce required in these sectors, if it is strategically supported through policy certainty, targeted funding and changes in modes of training delivery, according to our new report. For further details please visit the project page: https://lnkd.in/ewzEWJ_N By Jolanta Beinaroviča, PhD, Deborah Creamer, Mark Morrison, Optimat Ltd Jim Brown, Dougie Knox, Energy Skills Partnership Project managed by Emma Dore