POLICY | Our response to Energising Britain, the UK Government’s new public participation plan for climate and nature transition. Authors sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and Emily Morrison theyoungfdn.bsky.social welcome the ambition but highlight three crucial gaps requiring further attention. 1/9 🧵

💡ICYMI: Catch up on yesterday's webinar where we unveiled our net zero readiness tool! Built on trusted datasets, the tool maps how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition, from home energy retrofit to supermarket deliveries 🛒 bit.ly/3N5RYXs

Video of this webinar now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxz...

⏰ Today at 11am GMT: Don’t miss JUST's webinar where we'll introduce our innovative web-based mapping tool! Be among the first to explore this innovative resource and help shape a tool to support communities in achieving fair and effective climate transitions 🌍 Sign up at the link below ⬇️

📣 WEBINAR | Where should we put our energy (transition)? A new place-specific approach to reaching net zero. Explore our new web-based mapping tool to assess the readiness of places and communities across the UK to undergo climate adaptation and/or just transition. 🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/3MpOy1u

📢 PhD Opportunity researching the contribution of social and solidarity economies to just sustainability transformations in the North of England 📍 University of Liverpool 🎓Working with Prof Peter North, Dr Helen Holmes, and Dr Alexander Nurse. 👉 Apply here: lnkd.in/eDPwudvu

🚨Join us for the International Launch of the JUST Centre, with keynote remarks from Prof. Julian Agyeman and a discussion with Centre Director Prof. Sherilyn MacGregor, Co-Investigators Prof. Lucie Middlemiss, Prof. Stefan Bouzarovski and Prof. Rebecca Willis. Register here: tinyurl.com/5bxfdb2z

The @justcentre.bsky.social (Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations) is tackling our transition to a more equitable & sustainable future Join their launch to hear what works, when, where & for whom - and what could work 📅 12 March, 5-7pm 📍 People's History Museum, M3 3ER 🔗 bit.ly/JUSTlaunch

Join us for the launch of the ESRC-funded JUST Centre at the @phm.org.uk, Manchester, 12th March, 5pm-7pm. Hear from Community Initiatives, Centre Director @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social, discussions about pursuing just responses to climate change. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/just-centr...

JUST is a new ESRC funded research centre focused on the pursuit of sustainability transformations that are joined up, people-centred and socially just. To find out more about the centre and its aims read the news article and follow for updates. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/e...