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How are citizens shaping the UK's climate strategy?
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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How is community-centred climate adaptation being nurtured and delivered?
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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What happens when multiple climate change hazards collide?
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Dispatches from the grid frontline: How is the UK’s grid expansion impacting communities?
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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What Do the UK Elections Tell Us About Net Zero?
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Coming soon: new episodes of Local Zero
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May 21, 2026 |
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Bye for now: a message from team Local Zero
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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The UK Co-Benefits Atlas: mapping the positive side-effects of reaching net zero
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Van dwelling versus #vanlife: the reality of life on the road
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Climate change and infrastructures of care
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Adapting our homes and communities to a changing climate
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Water scarcity: a growing problem
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May 30, 2025 |
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Community benefit funds: how can we enhance their impact?
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May 15, 2025 |
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Climate change adaptation: a primer
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May 01, 2025 |
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Local authorities, community energy and a just transition
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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The Local Power Plan and community energy - with Energy Minister Michael Shanks: FULL EVENT RECORDING
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The Local Power Plan and community energy - with Energy Minister Michael Shanks MP
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG): Arup's Tom Butterworth
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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A new year for climate action: looking back at 2024 and ahead to 2025
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Shared ownership of clean energy projects: what, how and why?
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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What to expect from COP29, following Trump’s victory?
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Episode 100 - four years of Local Zero
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Waste not, want not: top tips to tackle household food waste
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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A new dawn for net zero? A forward look at Labour’s plan for government
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Election Special with Sir John Curtice and Daisy Powell-Chandler
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Food and farming in a net-zero Scotland
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Launch of the Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities
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May 30, 2024 |
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Waste not, want not: leasing, fixing and borrowing to reduce consumption
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May 16, 2024 |
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Community Benefit Funds - what does success look like?
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May 02, 2024 |
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Harnessing the Power of Open Data
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Greener Better Living: Finance for the Future
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The Fuel Poverty Research Network: Understanding Fuel Poverty
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Citizens assemble: participatory approaches for climate action
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Every Tree Tells a Story
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Origami Activism - Paperboats, The Arts, and Local Climate Action
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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2023 Wrapped: Local Zero's Festive Review of the Year
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Is your local council a climate leader?
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Countdown to the UK General Election - full panel discussion
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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The Ashden Awards: celebrating local and sustainable energy
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Countdown to the UK General Election: next steps for net-zero
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Swaffham Prior: Lessons from the UK's first rural heat network
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Making our homes smarter and fairer
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Low-carbon islands
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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All Aboard the Glasgow Bike Bus
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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2023 so far - a stock take on the UK’s climate ambitions
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Hugo Tagholm: Water, water... everywhere?
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Rights Community Action
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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How can our gardens protect the environment?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Carbon Offsetting for Communities 4: Empowerment, Enrichment & Impact
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Carbon Offsetting for Communities 3: Ownership, Governance and Finance
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Decarbonising the UK music industry
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Putting the "us" in energy justice
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Whole person, whole place - social relations and energy retrofit
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May 25, 2023 |
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Carbon Offsetting for Communities 2: Framing, evaluating and facilitating community benefit from nature-based carbon offsets
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May 23, 2023 |
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Carbon Offsetting for Communities 1: Rekindling Community with Alastair McIntosh
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May 18, 2023 |
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Focus on Edinburgh
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May 11, 2023 |
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Energy networks and smart local systems
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Live: Energy-smart places and a just transition
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Introducing... Dr Fraser Stewart (pending a viva)
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Prospering From the Energy Revolution 4: Impact and Engagement
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Prospering from the Energy Revolution 3: Skills and Supply Chain
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Prospering From the Energy Revolution 2: Finance
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Prospering From the Energy Revolution 1: Policy and Regulation
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Rate my council: Climate Emergency UK's Climate Action Scorecards
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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2022 wrapped: Local Zero's festive review of the year
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Corporates and communities: how renewable energy funds community assets
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Scottish Power's role as a decarbonising leader
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Our World in Data with Dr Hannah Ritchie
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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COP26 and Glasgow: one year on
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Professor Jim Skea on Net Zero and the just transition
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Crisis averted? Government response to fuel poverty and soaring bills
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Can a smart-meter change your life?
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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The future of smarter, more local energy systems - Local Zero live from EnergyREV's 2022 summit
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Disability and the energy crisis
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Power for People: Lobbying and Local Electricity
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Community benefit from offshore wind
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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The carbon cost of holiday flights
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Shifting and flexing home energy demand
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Energy Demand and Net Zero
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May 26, 2022 |
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The rise of Scotland's 'Green Lairds' - with Magnus Davidson
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May 13, 2022 |
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Green Lairds and the great carbon offset: Edinburgh University/BIEE panel event
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May 13, 2022 |
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Micro grid energy and community cohousing
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May 05, 2022 |
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Energy advocacy services in a time of crisis
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Co-benefits of local climate action
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Decarbonising infrastructure
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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The cost of Net Zero
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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How to kick-start community energy?
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Focus on Aberdeen: the UK oil capital's just transition
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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2022: the year of local climate action?
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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2021 Wrapped
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Was COP26 a success or failure? With Prof David Reay
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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COP26 team debrief
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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COP26: Becky and Matt's long overdue catch up
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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COP26: Matt in the Blue Zone
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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COP26: Sustainability in Glasgow with Gavin Slater
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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COP26: Becky’s Bicycle Diaries
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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COP26: Is 'net zero' an accounting trick?
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Live at COP26: Delivering a just transition
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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COP26: "This is our fight" - Fraser shares a stage with Greta Thunberg
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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COP26: Snapshots from Friday's youth march
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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COP26 Energy Day: How bad are bananas?
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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COP26 Finance Day: First impressions and PlanetPod's Amanda Carpenter
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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COP26: what we're doing when
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Leo Hickman: COP26 hopes and fears
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Energy Crisis and Beyond
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Jobs, skills and training for zero-carbon homes
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Back to the Future: industrial history and community in the just transition
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Dr Alice Bell director of climate charity Possible
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Bonus ep: IPCC report 'code red for humanity' - Local Zero responds
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Rob Saunders from Prospering From the Energy Revolution (PFER)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Local heroes: spotlighting Glasgow's local climate activists
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Gridlocked: energy networks, DSOs and net zero
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Permission to land 2: land use and net zero
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Permission to land 1: ownership and net zero
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Get smart: data in local net zero
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Greg Barker, coalition government climate change minister
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May 20, 2021 |
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A green COVID recovery?
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May 05, 2021 |
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Community energy: power to the people
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Movin’ on up: Transport for a net zero future
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Zero-carbon homes: building a supply chain and workforce
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Too Hot to Handle? Decarbonising heat in homes and industry
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Show me the money: funding the net zero transition
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Power To The People: Net Zero and Citizen Engagement
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Chris Stark of the UK Climate Change Committee
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Fuel poverty and net zero: Leave no-one behind
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Glasgow's challenge: a net zero city by 2030
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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COVID's Lessons for the Road to Net Zero
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Countdown to COP26 in Glasgow
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Coming soon: climate action on your doorstep
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Oct 16, 2020 |