🎈 We're celebrating one year of the JUST Centre: A year of collaboration, community energy and new thinking on climate justice across the North of England and beyond.
👇 Take a look at our researchers’ reflections on the journey so far
🎈 We're celebrating one year of the JUST Centre: A year of collaboration, community energy and new thinking on climate justice across the North of England and beyond.
👇 Take a look at our researchers’ reflections on the journey so far
🎂 The JUST Centre turns one this week! A year of launches, learning and building the foundations for a fair, place‑based transition.
Our Director @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social writes, it’s been “a remarkable period of growth and learning.”
👇 Read Sherilyn’s blog: www.just.ac.uk/news/2026/02...
💧 BLOG: ‘Muddied Waters’ from @clairehoolohan.bsky.social explores why the UK’s 20% demand‑reduction target won’t be met without rethinking how evidence is gathered and used. A timely read for those working in water, climate or public policy.
👉 Read here: www.just.ac.uk/news/2026/02...
🗺️ WEBINAR | Be the first to see our new evidence review on JUST climate action
Join us 4 March 1-2pm as the authors unpack insights from mapping 140+ actors and initiatives across the North of England.
Attendees will get an early look at the review before wider release.
Register: bit.ly/4r9D81w
Through ventures like Salt & Earth, Startup Discovery School and Sahara Impact Ventures, Mandy supports underserved founders driving climate solutions in the UK and Africa.
Read Mandy's reflections on how racial justice and climate justice should be joined up and addressed together ⬇️
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This is why leadership from visionaries like Mandy Nyarko MBE, Chair of JUST's Advisory Board, is essential to bring about the bold change our sector needs. Her work spans climate tech innovation, inclusive entrepreneurship and sustainable investment across continents. 2/3
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Published last week, the RACE Report 2025 shows just how far the environmental sector still has to go on diversity.
Increasing the representation of people of colour matters, and so too does tackling structural inequalities and changing dominant systems in the UK and globally. 1/3
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🗺️ WEBINAR | Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations: Mapping the current landscape
Join us on 4th March 1-2pm to explore the findings of our forthcoming evidence review of 140 actors and initiatives driving JUST climate action across the North of England and beyond.
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4r9D81w
WEBINAR 🌍 | Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations: Mapping the current landscape
Join us, alongside the @justcentre.bsky.social to explore the findings of a forthcoming evidence review, looking at over 140 actors and initiatives driving JUST climate action👇
bit.ly/4rxQswb
Take a look at the seven recommendations in this thread and find the full report here ⬇️
documents.manchester.ac.uk/DocuInfo.asp... 4/4
The report argues that tokenistic inclusion - from relying on gatekeepers’ perspectives to giving menial roles to volunteers - not only increases the likelihood that voices will be missed, but also results in the design of climate policies that can be actively exclusive. 3/4
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'Beyond the tick-box: meaningful inclusion of racialised communities in UK net zero policy' from Zarina Ahmad, Nafhesa Ali, Saima Ansari, Tally Katz-Gerro, Paul Tobin and JUST Director @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social explores this issue in depth. 2/4
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This #RaceEqualityWeek we're reflecting on the urgent need to join up racial justice and climate justice 🌍
We must ensure that climate action doesn't exclude the very communities who will feel the impacts of climate change most harshly, and whose participation could play a transformational role 1/4
A leading academic and thought leader in environment, climate, energy policy and politics, Rebecca will also bring a team of highly regarded researchers and academics to join her at the University.
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👏 Congratulations to JUST’s Professor Rebecca Willis (@bankfieldbecky.bsky.social) on her move from @lancasteruni.bsky.social to @manchester.ac.uk as Chair of Energy and Climate Governance.
We wish Rebecca every success in her new role and a warm welcome to Manchester!
We see the same patterns in our research: a 'silent majority' supports a fair, affordable transition but is rarely heard.
Our response to the UK Government's ‘Energising Britain’ plan argues that public participation must be built in from the start: bit.ly/4qcvkuU 2/2
📣 New research in @theguardian.com shows MPs massively underestimate public support for climate policies.
This perception gap matters. When leaders only hear the loudest voices climate action slows, even when most people back a fair, ambitious transition. 1/2
Happy New Year from JUST!
To kick off 2026, we’re bringing our latest policy briefing on Energising Britain back into focus.
JUST's response highlights three critical gaps in the plan that must be addressed to ensure the transition to a low‑carbon society works for everyone.
Catch up below ⬇️
📄 Want to know more about our recommendations for an inclusive, people-centred transition?
Read and download the full briefing paper: bit.ly/4qcvkuU 9/9
The plan’s next steps are a huge opportunity to build a fair, inclusive and democratic transition.
The JUST Centre is ready to support the government in co‑designing participation pathways that work for all communities. 8/9
⚖️ A transformative participation strategy must involve citizens from the start of policymaking, not just ask them to ‘have their say’ on pre‑defined missions. 7/9
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Third gap: Citizenship.
The plan talks about ‘people’ and ‘households’ but rarely ‘citizens’. Yet citizens’ assemblies show that when people are treated as democratic actors - not just consumers - they engage more deeply and deliver stronger recommendations. 6/9
🤝 A just transition needs government‑driven change in housing, transport, energy and food systems. We recommend co‑producing collaborative commitments with public representatives and devolved authorities. 5/9
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Second gap: System change.
The plan focuses heavily on informing individuals, not transforming the systems that lock people into high‑carbon living. People already support climate action – now they want government leadership. 4/9
🚧 Our research shows that different groups face different risks and barriers, so one‑size‑fits‑all approach won’t work. Participation must recognise diverse needs, capacities and lived realities. 3/9
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First gap: Inequality.
The plan doesn’t address how poverty, social exclusion and unequal capacities shape people’s ability to participate. Without this, participation won’t be fair or effective. 2/9
POLICY | Our response to Energising Britain, the UK Government’s new public participation plan for climate and nature transition. Authors sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and Emily Morrison theyoungfdn.bsky.social welcome the ambition but highlight three crucial gaps requiring further attention. 1/9 🧵
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💡ICYMI: Catch up on yesterday's webinar where we unveiled our net zero readiness tool!
Built on trusted datasets, the tool maps how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition, from home energy retrofit to supermarket deliveries 🛒
bit.ly/3N5RYXs
Video of this webinar now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxz...
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