CAT Conference 2019
We had an exciting time at the CAT Conference this year, with lots of inspiring conversations, great speakers, a memorable ceilidh and highly engaged participants. The theme this year was…
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Category: Climate Change
A Green New Deal for Homes
As the campaign for a Green New Deal gathers pace in both Britain and the US, Jonathan Atkinson looks at how it could help transform UK housing.
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Time for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Half a century ago, faced with the threat of nuclear catastrophe, the world came together and agreed the nonproliferation treaty. Andrew Simms and Peter Newell argue that we now need…
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Climate jobs
As we transition away from an economy based on fossil fuels towards zero carbon there is the potential for the creation of hundreds of thousands of new green jobs. Anne…
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Climate Strike!
This September, people across the world will join a global week of climate action in support of the school strikers. Clean Slate Editor Catriona Toms urges you to get involved.
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Jeremy Corbyn visits CAT to talk zero carbon solutions
Jeremy Corbyn MP visited CAT last week, along with Christina Rees MP, Eluned Morgan AM and Joyce Watson AM, to discuss practical, proven solutions to the climate emergency. During the visit…
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Beyond efficiency: exploring how we think about energy
How much energy do we really need? Tina Fawcett explores how the concept of energy sufficiency could help us to live within our means.
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Old, cold and damp – how to improve traditional buildings
One in five UK buildings dates to before 1919, and they are often poorly insulated and difficult to keep warm and dry. We talked to conservation builder and CAT course…
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New hub and innovation lab to share zero carbon solutions
A new Zero Carbon Britain Hub and Innovation Lab is being launched at CAT later this year to help communities, local authorities and policymakers to create Zero Carbon Action Plans,…
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Paul Allen talks Zero Carbon Britain at the first ever ‘Climate Emergency People’s Assembly’
What radical action is needed to avert the climate crisis? Initiated by Extinction Rebellion, sponsored by Welsh Assembly Members Jenny Rathbone (Labour) and Llyr Gruffydd (Plaid Cymru), and held in…
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