Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett is a co-author on a new report “Navigating the Backlash: The future of British Climate Strategy”. In this report, based on a workshop of academic experts and key NGO participants, the key implications of recent changes are presented, notably a rising backlash against climate policy, and the shift in the government approach to it.
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Find out more about the project and read the report here.

​The British Academy has just published a new report - Governance for Net Zero - which cautions that the way the net zero transition is conducted, not just the technicalities, is critical to its success. Governance is an essential tool to manage the social and economic transformations at the pace required.

The report identifies two critical channels to enable and accelerate the transition to net zero: Clear and committed leadership and a people-centred approach.

​Andy Jordan served as an advisor to the BA and published an op-ed - "Why local governance is important on the path to net zero" -  summarizing its main findings.

In a new blog post at UK in a Changing Europe, we examine public opinion in Britain towards issuing licenses to permit new oil and gas extraction, a proposal currently being pursued by the present Conservative government. This is based on findings from a representative national survey of 2,002 adults we fielded in November/December 2023.

Overcoming the governance traps in climate politics requires action by diverse societal groups. This is acknowledged by the European Climate Pact which has established an ambassadors’ model for accelerating the transformation towards climate-neutrality. Climate Pact Ambassadors are volunteers who can be driven by different motivations.

​In our new study titled "For Young and Future Generations? Insights from the Web Profiles of European Climate Pact Ambassadors" and published in the European Journal of Risk Regulation, we analyse the analyses the publicly available web profiles of the European Climate Pact Ambassadors. We show that only very few Climate Pact Ambassadors refer to the interests of the current young and future generations as the motivation for their engagement, including Climate Pact Ambassadors who self-identify as members of the current young generation. However, young Climate Pact Ambassadors as well as those who indicate being active in the education sector identify the current young generation as the main targets of their activities.