Why heating your home this winter may be even harder than last year

Time is running out to ensure that people in fuel poverty can afford to keep warm this winter.

Neil Simcock, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 • ~8 min

Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada and Australia to the UK

A cross-party consensus is breaking apart.

Jared J. Finnegan, Lecturer in Public Policy, UCL • conversation
Oct. 4, 2023 • ~6 min

Rosebank shows the UK's offshore oil regulator no longer serves the public good

The regulator’s guiding principle is still to ‘maximise economic recovery’.

Gavin Bridge, Professor of Geography and Fellow of the Durham Energy Institute, Durham University • conversation
Oct. 2, 2023 • ~7 min

Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport

Amid bus route cuts and rail strikes, can the answer to our future public transport needs be found in the hi-tech prototypes being trialled around the UK?

Miguel Valdez, Lecturer in Technology and Innovation Management, The Open University • conversation
Sept. 29, 2023 • ~28 min

Rishi Sunak has ripped up decades of cross-party consensus on climate change

The prime minister’s decision to delay or scrap green measures will make it harder for the UK to keep its climate commitments.

Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey • conversation
Sept. 26, 2023 • ~7 min

The UK re-joining the Horizon research funding scheme benefits Europe too – the data backs it up

Science works better when barriers to collaboration are removed, say experts.

Francesco Billari, Professor of Demography, Bocconi University • conversation
Sept. 20, 2023 • ~7 min

Why your perception of climate change threats might depend on where you live – new research

People living in rural areas perceive the threat of climate change to be lower than people in cities.

Thora Tenbrink, Professor of Linguistics, Bangor University • conversation
Sept. 11, 2023 • ~6 min

The UK has joined the EU's Horizon science funding scheme – but if we want the UK to lead, the hard work has just begun

The deal will bring relief to UK scientists after Brexit led to uncertainty over funding and collaborative projects.

Lucy Shackleton, Head of Public Policy & Partnerships, UCL European Institute, UCL • conversation
Sept. 8, 2023 • ~8 min

The Conservatives have seized on cars as a political wedge – it's a bet on public turning against climate action

Today, as in the past, pro-car sentiment is a backlash against nascent environmental protest.

Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester • conversation
Sept. 5, 2023 • ~6 min

Don’t look there: how politicians divert our attention from climate protesters' claims

By focusing on the disruption caused by Just Stop Oil, politicians avoid having to talk about the substance of their argument.

Daniel Garcia-Jaramillo, PhD researcher, Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University • conversation
Aug. 29, 2023 • ~5 min

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