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Net Zero Task Force

Learn about the work of the first ACCESS Task Force on net zero.

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Net Zero Survey & Reports

Read the Net Zero Task Force’s reports and citizens’s survey.

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Adaptation & Resilience Task Force

Learn about the third task force on Adaptation and Resilience.

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Net Zero Governance

Unlocking the Power of Youth to Develop Equity in Net-Zero Governance

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Climate News & Blogs

News ACCESS contributes to new DESNZ public participation plan

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ACCESS contributes to new DESNZ public participation plan

Members of the ACCESS Leadership Team played a significant role in shaping development of the...

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News ACCESS’s Patrick Devine-Wright and Anika Haque invited to work with IPCC

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ACCESS’s Patrick Devine-Wright and Anika Haque invited to work with IPCC

ACCESS Director Professor Patrick Devine-Wright (University of Exeter) and ACCESS Leadership College Fellow and member...

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News ACCESS and Regen submit joint response to DESNZ consultation on bill discounts for transmission network infrastructure

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ACCESS and Regen submit joint response to DESNZ consultation on bill discounts for transmission network infrastructure

ACCESS Director Professor Patrick Devine-Wright (University of Exeter) and Dr Rebecca Windemer, Planning Lead at...

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News NEW ACCESS Adaptation and Resilience Task Force 

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NEW ACCESS Adaptation and Resilience Task Force 

We are delighted to announce the new ACCESS Adaptation and Resilience Task Force.

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News ACCESS academics appointed to the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report

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ACCESS academics appointed to the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report

Congratulations to two members of the ACCESS Leadership Team, Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE and Professor...

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News Welsh public opinion on Net Zero and Climate Policy – ACCESS Net Zero Taskforce webinar

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Welsh public opinion on Net Zero and Climate Policy – ACCESS Net Zero Taskforce webinar

ACCESS’s Patrick Devine-Wright, Alice Moseley and Jenny Hatchard recently delivered a webinar, hosted by Environment...

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News Interdisciplinary Environmental Social Scientists appointed to new DESNZ Science and Technology Advisory Council

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Interdisciplinary Environmental Social Scientists appointed to new DESNZ Science and Technology Advisory Council

Three interdisciplinary Environmental Social Scientists have been appointed to the Department of Energy Security &...

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News Public Engagement on Grid Infrastructure: Roundtable Summary Note published this week

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Public Engagement on Grid Infrastructure: Roundtable Summary Note published this week

The summary note from December’s Public Engagement on Grid Infrastructure roundtable was published this week...

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Blog Professor Karen Bickerstaff: A new look at Net Zero

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Professor Karen Bickerstaff: A new look at Net Zero

In this piece, originally published on the Academy of Social Sciences website, Karen Bickerstaff, Lead...

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News Mapping Public Engagement With Energy, Climate Change and Net Zero

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Mapping Public Engagement With Energy, Climate Change and Net Zero

In this recent webinar, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) Public Engagement Observatory team presented...

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News Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) Digital Comic now out

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Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) Digital Comic now out

UPDATE – The Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) Digital Comic has been sent out to...

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News ACCESS has established a social and behavioural change task force to help inform the UK’s Net Zero policymaking.

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ACCESS has established a social and behavioural change task force to help inform the UK’s Net Zero policymaking.

A group of ten social scientists, leading experts in environmental and climate change from geography,...

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News Meet the academic building public trust around new energy infrastructure

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Meet the academic building public trust around new energy infrastructure

ACCESS Director Patrick Devine-Wright is interviewed by Connected Places Catapult and 3Ci (Cities Commission for Climate Investment)....

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News Answering a call for evidence. Blog by Patrick Devine-Wright

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Answering a call for evidence. Blog by Patrick Devine-Wright

Patrick Devine-Wright, ACCESS Director, University of Exeter

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News Net Zero Society: scenarios and pathways report

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Net Zero Society: scenarios and pathways report

The UK is committed to reaching net zero by 2050. Future societal norms and behaviours...

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News UKRI Land use for net zero – Hub

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UKRI Land use for net zero – Hub

Apply for funding to establish a coordination and translation hub for the transforming land use...

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News New research finds climate change beliefs increasingly predict public opposition to gas

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New research finds climate change beliefs increasingly predict public opposition to gas

A team of academics including ACCESS’s Lorraine Whitmarsh and Patrick Devine-Wright have presented new survey...

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News Top of the list. Placing people at the heart of climate action

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Top of the list. Placing people at the heart of climate action

Great to see the ACCESS 2022 journal paper ‘Placing people at the heart of climate...

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News ACCESS members are appointed to new Climate & Environmental Action Group

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ACCESS members are appointed to new Climate & Environmental Action Group

Three psychologists associated with the ACCESS network have been appointed to the newly formed British...

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