Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission

Reset Connect North is underway. Come visit our stall and say hello!👋 @leedsclimatecom.bsky.social @climateactionleeds.bsky.social @resetconnect.bsky.social

📢 Come visit us at Reset Connect North tomorrow! @resetconnect.bsky.social

📅 3–4 March 2026
📍 Royal Armouries, Leeds
🔗 www.reset-connect.com/north

📢Our first newsletter of 2026 is out! In this edition we cover our recent visit to Todmorden, our new sport and active lifestyles project, our new workshop series for community groups, and progress on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.
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" #ClimateChange is too often politicised, framed as an abstract or ideological battle rather than what it really is: a set of practical issues that affect the things we all care about – our homes, our health, our jobs, and our children’s futures," he concludes.

How Todmorden is turning the climate challenge into an opportunity - Asif Husain-Naviatti I was struck recently by how powerfully Todmorden, in the Calder Valley, was able to demonstrate that communities can turn climate and social challenges into opportunities for resilience, innovation, ...

YHCC Chair Asif Husain-Naviatti writes about a recent Commission visit to #Calderdale in West Yorkshire, and the benefits and opportunities that are coming out of the community response🏘️ www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion... @calderdale.bsky.social @cvclt1.bsky.social @connecthousing.bsky.social

@calderdale.bsky.social @cvclt1.bsky.social @connecthousing.bsky.social

Commission meeting learns how Calderdale is tackling climate impacts | Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission The Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission unites diverse stakeholders to advise, support, and monitor an ambitious regional climate action plan.

Kicking off 2026 in #Calderdale, where our first meeting on 28 January took us to #Todmorden to recognise the outstanding #community work across the borough from tackling #flooding to making buildings resilient and fit for the future🏘️ Read more: yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/news/news/co...

Today Peers continue to debate the English Devolution Bill with environmental issues being raised in several areas including expanding the health inequality duty, so it includes issues like access to cheap and clean energy, and exposure to water pollution, flooding & heatwaves
@yhclimate.bsky.social

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Project and Impact Officer Project and Impact Officer (Sport and Active Lifestyles)Salary: Grade 6 (£33,951 – £39,906 p.a. depending on experience) Contract Duration: 6 months (fixed term)This role will be based on the universi...

Want to lead our pilot project supporting sport & active lifestyles?

Here's your chance to help people get active, improve access to sport, & mobilise positive societal change across Yorkshire & the Humber!

👉 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

@activehumber.bsky.social @sport-england-se.bsky.social

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A smiling man in a blue shirt and brown trousers stands in front of an upright banner for the Yorkshire Post Climate Change Summit 2025. He is holding a blue and white policy brief in front of him, with the title Unlocking Local Power

📣Yorkshire's economy can benefit by leading the way on #climateaction!

Find out how, and why place-based momentum is building across the region in our November newsletter.

There's also an opportunity to collaborate with us through a PhD on green spaces and young people.

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We've had a busy time! Catch up on our activities in our October newsletter, including our Climate Commissions Gathering in Bradford and links to videos from the day.

If you'd like to receive our monthly updates, head over to our website to sign up.

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Yorkshire's economy can benefit from region leading way on climate action: Asif Husain-Naviatti The Yorkshire Post Climate Summit 2025 took place last week, now in its fifth year. I had the immense privilege of hosting it. For those in the room, it offered a rare breadth of perspectives – on tec...

Yorkshire’s economy can benefit, and so can our health: our Chair Asif Husain-Naviatti on why the region has the potential to lead the way on #climateaction - and how businesses and communities are already getting stuck in and collaborating to make it happen.
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Green Space, Young People, and Climate Justice: Enhancing Access, Adaptation and Wellbeing through Nature-Based Solutions - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network This PhD project explores how urban green infrastructure—like tree planting and green corridors—can support the development of inclusive biodiverse, and climate-resilient urban environments, through p...

Looking for a PhD project exploring nature's role in wellbeing, climate justice & climate adaptation, esp for young people?

Alongside @leedsclimatecom.bsky.social & others, you'd be collaborating with us & building on our work in this space.

Intrigued? Here's more: yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/gre...

We’re here! Our Director @rosafosterclimate.bsky.social will be speaking today, drawing on our work on enabling local energy plans: www.solace-summit.com/speakers/202...

Also Commissioner @obee72.bsky.social on collaborations: www.solace-summit.com/speakers/202...

Come & find us if you’re around!

Our #YPclimatechange presence continues later today with Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission Associate @sheridanfew.bsky.social exploring local energy planning at 10.55am, & Cllr Scott Patient, one of our 4 regional vice chairs, delivering the final keynote.
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“Yorkshire has the size, population, landscape, and industry to be a mini-Britain - we can lead the way”. Our Chair Asif Husain-Naviatti opens #YPclimatechange at Leeds Conservatoire with a call to action for ambitious #climateaction across the region.

Was great for Climate Emergency UK to speak at this event about the Council Climate Action Scorecards! If you would like a member of our team to deliver a presentation on how to use the Scorecards, or a deep dive for your area, then email declare@climateemergency.uk or reach out on social media.

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A pedestrianised street with a row of sustainable houses on both sides with planters outside their doors. People are walking down the street away from the camera

Proud of @leedsclimatecom.bsky.social for being the convenor of Leeds’ Resilient: Sustainable City ambition! The Commission started its climate journey in 2017 and continues to play an important role in helping to shape Leeds’ net-zero nature-positive future.

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Bradford city centre

Today we are in #Bradford celebrating the multitude of individuals, communities & organisations who are driving positive change across Y&H.

At this year’s gathering, we're delighted to be joined by other climate groups & commissions – to connect with each other and build on our shared ambitions.

How do you introduce yourself to Stephen Fry? | Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission The Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission unites diverse stakeholders to advise, support, and monitor an ambitious regional climate action plan.

How do you introduce yourself to @stephenfry.bsky.social?
Andrew Wood travelled to #Westminster for a @peersfortheplanet.bsky.social event, but came over all tongue-tied. Did his strategy for deploying Dr Seuss to discuss climate policy work? Read on ...
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Looking forward to it very much, too!

Hand holding spanner graphic. Join us online for our next community event. Share, repair, save.

🛠️ Involved in a community #share or #repair project?
🚲 Ever used one?
⛔ Do they feel out of reach?

Whatever your experiences, share them with us on 26 June (2-4pm).

We want to know how we can help get more initiatives off the ground.

Register now: yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/share-repair...

Book now for @y-pern.bsky.social conference on 27 June - it's a must for policy partners in the region.

Two of our Commissioners, Dr. Jatinder Singh-Mehmi, and Peter O'Brien of @yorkshireunis.bsky.social, will be speaking about driving impact through collaboration - it's what we're all about.

People are seated in rows of chairs listening to a male speaker in a timber framed room with white walls. He is standing at the front giving a PowerPoint presentation on a large screen.

A view down the site at Citu in Leeds. A large red sign in middle distance reads Welcome to the Climate Innovation District. Beds of green vegetation and low stone walls are either side of a wide gravel path and lots of white clouds fill the skyline.

A miniature physical model of Citu’s Climate Innovation District is laid out on a table in a room. Through the large window behind it you can a swirly yellow and pink design on the building’s forecourt.

People strolling down the narrow pedestrianised street at Citu, walking away from the camera. You can see the walls of the energy-saving buildings on either side. Bright bunting made from material of different colours is draped across the street.

Lots of interest in our work and @leedsclimatecom.bsky.social at our #UKREiiF fringe event with Citu. Great to tour the site and hear from MD Jonathan Wilson, also Jonathan Moxon of Aire Resilience Company, Steph Hepworth of @naturenorth.bsky.social and Helen McNally of @thegreenestate.bsky.social

How are local people’s lived experiences and expertise informing decisions and solutions in… ‘YPIP’ is bringing together academia, policy makers and communities to support place-based initiatives through knowledge exchange and…

🗨️ How are local people shaping decisions in Yorkshire & Humber?

In our latest blog, the Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership's Lauren Cox shares how local voices are driving solutions through place-based collaboration.👇

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#Collaboration #Communities #KnowledgeExchange

Come meet our team at #UKREiiF this week!

Find us at the Citu offices in Leeds, just a stone's throw away from the UKREiiF venue at the Royal Armouries.

Our drop in sessions are Tuesday-Thursday this week from 9-12pm where our team is ready answer your questions and talk about our work.

Want to join us? We are recruiting three new Commissioners from the agriculture and food, heavy industry, and energy production sectors.

Head to our website for details about the role and how to apply.

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Making the net zero transition fair for workers Ministers must work with unions to make sure the journey to net zero is fair on workers, and guarantee good jobs for people moving from carbon intensive industries to a new green economy, according to...

You can also read about the Leeds University Business School report on a just transition for UK workers on @universityofleeds.bsky.social news.
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