Niamh James

Co-benefits are key to supporting climate action

The majority of local governments within the UK have declared a climate emergency. However, getting climate action prioritised can be a challenge amongst other competing objectives such as health, job creation and transport. Co-benefits could be key to delivering climate action. Co-benefits of climate action The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes co-benefits...

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Niamh James
regenerative design

Regenerative Design is Rooted in Local Action and Collaboration

Daniel Christian Wahl is a pioneer of regenerative design who believes that widespread social and ecological change emerges from local action which transcends into the rest of society through collaboration.  ‘A regenerative human culture will be locally adapted and globally connected.’ Daniel Christian Wahl 2021 Regenerative design goes further than sustainability. Sustainability translates as development...

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Niamh James

Systems Thinking: Complex Doesn’t Always Equal Complicated

Written by Pooran Desai OBE (Founder) and Niamh James (Researcher) What may appear complicated, might be simple when viewed in terms of its connections. Eric Berlow is an American Ecologist who embraces systems thinking to identify simple solutions to what appear otherwise extremely complicated problems, as he explains in his TED Talk. From studying ecosystems,...

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Niamh James

We Want More Women in Tech

Written by Niamh James Within the tech industry, women make up only a quarter of employees and just 11% of its executives. Over the years, technology has become increasingly intertwined with human life. Women, making up half of the world population, have a lot to contribute both as users and creators of technology. At OnePlanet we...

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Niamh James

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...

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Niamh James

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...

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