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SECA members Connect for Change at Brighton gathering
More than 80 of us representing around 50 member organisations met in Brighton on 3 February for SECA’S Annual Gathering. We’ve certainly come a long way from our first, much smaller get-together in 2019, but as Tony Whitbread pointed out in his opening remarks,...
Where does your food come from?
SECA held a knowledge sharing session on regenerative farming on 4 December. Five speakers brought different but complementary perspectives to the discussion. This blog by Thalia Griffiths outlines some of the points raised. With the season of festive feasting fast...
Farnborough noise campaign battles airport expansion
Farnborough private jet airport has submitted a planning application to increase annual flights by 40%. This would mean more noise and pollution for local residents, but more broadly, private jets produce up to 40 times more CO2 than commercial flights per passenger...
How is Local County-Based Climate Governance Working?
Much climate governance work has been undertaken at large-city scale but there is a world of local governance and policymaking beyond major urban centres. This blog by Erica Russell and Ian Christie introduces their new report for the Place-based Climate Action...
Council Climate Action Scorecards Go Live: How did the South East do?
Climate Emergency UK have just completed a mammoth exercise where they have scored every council in the country on the actions they have taken to address the climate crisis. It provides the first ever independent assessment of how much progress councils are making....
What’s the change we need to take action for the planet?
An event organised by the Surrey Climate Commission on 28 September brought together three of the UK’s leading climate thinkers – Lord Deben (John Gummer), Natalie Bennett and Ed Straw -- to ask “What’s Stopping Us Stopping Climate Change?”. This blog by Thalia...