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Niamh James
December 16, 2021

The Climate Crisis and Gender

Written by Pooran Desai OBE (Founder) and Niamh James (Researcher) Women will be critical to fighting climate change… as well as to building OnePlanet. The effects of the climate crisis will be felt differently across the globe in varying severity due to geographical location but also social factors such as race, class and gender. People...

Niamh James
December 2, 2021

Why keep 1.5 degree Celsius alive, when 96% of climate scientists think it’s unlikely?

Written by Pooran Desai OBE (Founder) and Niamh James (Researcher) ‘We have kept 1.5oC alive’ Alok Sharma, Head of UK Leadership,COP26 World Leaders Summit. We need to stay under 1.5oC of global average temperature increase to avoid catastrophic changes to the climate and ecological systems on which our societies depend. Many governments and companies are...

Niamh James
November 24, 2021

Good COP, bad COP? Some wins but not nearly enough

Written by Pooran Desai (Founder of OnePlanet) and Niamh James (Researcher) This year’s COP26 climate summit was billed as the last chance for world leaders to put plans into action to limit the effects of climate change. There were some wins, but the momentous turn of events we were hoping for did not materialise. Our...

Ben Gill
November 22, 2021

Connected Places Catapult ‘Nations Pledge, Cities Deliver’

Connected Places Catapult (CPC) describes itself as the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport and places. An organisation which receives a core grant from the UK government but is independent, CPC sees climate change as one of the biggest innovation drivers of our time – and is supporting new approaches to progress here across a...

Niamh James
November 19, 2021

#AdaptRegenerate: COP26 did not deliver enough to help low-income countries adapt which has serious implications for us all

Written by Pooran Desai (Founder of OnePlanet) and Niamh James (Researcher) With climate changes ‘baked in’, adapting to climate change is going to be vital. A key aspect during COP26 was the extent to which richer countries might support adaptation in low-income frontline countries such as Tuvalu and the Gambia. Due to climate change, these...

Ben Gill
November 12, 2021

Commonplace Rethink Glasgow Heatmap Event at #ATPatCOP

On Wednesday 10th November, Mike Saunders CEO of Commonplace and Abi L.Glen from OnePlanet (and Lateral North & ATP) came together to host an event at After The Pandemic, to showcase the collaborative project we have been working on together. “We aim to be the (Common)place that people congregate to collaborate with their community and...