Tagged: Public engagement

ACCESS’s Patrick Devine-Wright, Alice Moseley and Jenny Hatchard recently delivered a webinar, hosted by Environment Platform Wales, which looked at Welsh public opinion on net zero and climate policy. They shared insights from the ACCESS Net Zero Citizens’ Survey undertaken in Summer 2024, and looked at Welsh support for Net Zero targets and views about the likelihood […]

ACCESS Director Patrick Devine-Wright (University of Exeter) was one of five social science experts invited to attend a roundtable discussion on Public Engagement with Grid Transformation in December 2024. Also invited were Catherine Queen (University of Liverpool), Melanie Rohse (Angela Ruskin University), Matthew Cotton (Teeside University), and Jason Chilvers (University of East Anglia). The summary note from that roundtable was published […]

In its 2024 Progress Report to Parliament, the UK Climate Change Committee makes clear that the government “will have to act fast” to hit the country’s 2030 target of a reduction in carbon emissions to less than 32% of 1990 levels.  Given the scale and speed of change inherent in decarbonisation, social scientists might expect a […]

Her and the team of other researchers involved in the study, found that whilst participants identified the benefits of smart home technologies, participants’ data sharing intentions and practices were contingent upon the condition of trust in technology developers. The study outcomes could support practitioners and policymakers in making informed, citizen-led decisions about how to adapt […]

Update – Originally published on 17 October 2023 this blog has been updated with links to the project’s findings. All the project outputs (including 1 integrated framework, 3 contextualised action plans, and 1 policy brief) are now available on the IDRIC website. Also included is a recording of an online policy and practice workshop with […]

  Pamela is leading the review of evidence on the social impacts of marine sectors on coastal communities, on behalf of The Crown Estate. As manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Crown Estate plays a key role in the processes that regulate how the UK marine environment is used and […]

In this recent webinar, recorded on Monday September 11 2023, the UKERC Public Engagement Observatory team present the findings of a major new analysis of public engagement with energy, climate change and net zero in the UK and considered the implications for developing a more systemic approach to public participation and engagement. Chair: Prof Jason […]

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is currently seeking views on developing local partnerships for onshore wind with supportive communities in England (read more). After following several online and face to face meetings with DESNZ officials over the past month or so, I submitted an official consultation response. The call for […]