Save the Date! 12/12/23 It is vital that our climate action be joined-up and trans-disciplinary. On the 12th of December, we’re hosting an intergenerational event to reflect on the COP process and explore how systems mapping for joined-up climate action at the local government level can make a movement for change across the board. Our team of Young Leaders have been systems mapping...
read moreBy Ben Gill In this second part of our ‘connecting the dots’ blog series, we explore why water shortages are something we should be preparing for. After one of the warmest European winters on record, coming on the back of the driest summer for 300 years, the switch to the El Nino weather system is...
read moreThe vast majority of Local Governments have declared a climate emergency and developed, or are in the process of developing, a Climate Strategy. While every strategy will need to respond to the local context and the specifics of the Local Government itself (Unitary, Two Tier etc), there will nonetheless be a huge amount of commonality...
read moreIt’s become increasingly clear that local governments occupy a unique position in responding to and addressing climate change. From a climate adaptation perspective it is local governments who will need to respond to the impacts of climate change, the heatwaves, floods and storms – as well as supporting the local communities to build resilience. Yet when...
read moreThis week, we are really excited to launch our Local Government Sandbox for all local government practitioners wanting to test the platform in a demo environment. The Sandbox has been tailored specifically to councils and includes sample action plans that are associated with departments such as Climate Action, Transport and Health & Wellbeing. If you...
read moreBy Ben Gill, Head of Customer Success Majority of local governments have declared a climate emergency and created climate strategies. We now reach the critical phase of the process – implementation. And as if this wasn’t challenging enough – how can it be achieved in a world of constrained budgets and over-stretched council staff? The...
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