Billy Aiken, Author at Centre for Alternative Technology

Well done COP26 Coalition!

Paul Allen made sure to attend some of the many civil society events happening in Glasgow outside the official COP26 arena. In particular, the People’s Summit, organised by the COP26…

Week one at COP26

As we enter the second week of COP26 negotiations, Paul Allen looks back on the first week of pledges, announcements and civil society responses, and looks ahead at what needs…

Join the climate justice movement at COP26

As world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26, civil society is coming together to demand that climate justice is at the heart of decision-making, and that we work together on…

Education for Environmental Sustainability – new manifesto launched

A series of nine online workshops across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have shaped a new ‘Manifesto for Education for Environmental Sustainability’, released this week. CAT’s Amanda Smith ran…

CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain course joins global training day as COP26 begins

As the long-awaited COP26 climate negotiations began in Glasgow, CAT was part of the largest ever climate action training day, aimed at building knowledge across all sectors to help everyone…

CAT at COP: Activities and events

As our team from CAT arrive in Glasgow for the start of COP26, here are some of the activities and events we’re involved with over the next two weeks.

COP26 – time to act

With the COP26 UN climate summit just hours away, Paul Allen explores the history and background of international climate negotiations and looks at what needs to happen now.

Architects in training

How we design, build and refurbish the built environment is core to tackling the climate emergency, and the next generation of architects has a vital role to play. John Carter…

Carbon-cutting Cascades

A new selection of train-the-trainer courses from CAT combines our solutions-focused approach with Carbon Literacy accreditation to help embed evidence-based action planning across a range of sectors. Amanda Smith reports.

Shropshire’s countdown to zero

CAT works with a number of county-level community groups to help build action on the climate and biodiversity emergency, including the Shropshire Climate Action Partnership. Kevin Oubridge gives us an…

Author: Billy Aiken