On 25 March 2022 the South East Climate Alliance (SECA) hosted an online Knowledge Sharing event about methane. The focus on this Friday evening was on methane as a neglected factor in the climate and ecological emergency, and on regulatory challenges in the UK and...

SECA founder members Carrie Cort and Nicola Peel have found a fun and effective way of spreading climate awareness with a roadshow performed from a converted milkfloat. The Bright New Future Roadshow  is an idea that grew out of the Education break-out group at SECA’s...

Zero Carbon Guildford has opened a Community Climate Hub in the town centre, aiming to bring the community together to build a climate action plan. Ben McCallan describes how ZERO got to this point and outlines the project’s aims.  ZERO is a community-led initiative...

How are our local councils progressing with their climate action plans? How well are they keeping us in touch with their action? Sally Barnard and Alison Marshall have been investigating and report back on their findings. Nearly all councils in the SECA area have now...

As the South East region gears up for another round of local council elections in May, we talked to some of the councillors who signed SECA’s ABCD climate pledge last year. This blog from Thalia Griffiths reflects on the challenges they have found in keeping climate...

Climate Emergency UK has just published the first ever league tables comparing local authorities’ climate action plans. They show a wide variation in scores across the country, and will no doubt spark debate on which councils are leading from the front on climate and...