Find out more:
🔴 Wen: www.wen.org.uk
🌱 She Is Sustainable: sheissustainable.org
📑 Sherilyn MacGregor: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/s...
#IWD2026 3/3.
🌍 To celebrate #IWD2026 we're recognising three exemplars of feminist climate leadership within, and in partnership with, the JUST Centre: She Is Sustainable, Wen (Women's Environmental Network) and Professor @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social
👇 Read more about each below. 2/3
With misogyny and racism on the rise in an increasingly polarised world, feminist approaches to climate action remind us that for the transition to be truly just, it must be rooted in equity, care and community power. 1/3
@matpaterson.bsky.social @luciemidd.bsky.social @theyoungfdn.bsky.social
🗺️ RESEARCH | JUST's first major report explores who, where, why and how a fair, low‑carbon future is being built in the North of England and beyond.
📑 Read the full report: bit.ly/4cwMRKW
🎥 Watch the webinar replay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTg8...
Some thoughts on what the Gorton and Denton byelection means for pursuing climate action in the contemporary UK political landscape. www.just.ac.uk/news/2026/03...
🗳️ As the dust settles after Gorton and Denton's hard-fought byelection, JUST Deputy Director @matpaterson.bsky.social provides a striking expert analysis of how the UK political landscape is evolving - and what this means for climate policy.
Read the full analysis: bit.ly/40cSczE
Date: 25 March 2026
Time: 7.00pm-8.00pm
Location: Online via Zoom
See you there!
We’re excited to support @futureproofcumbria.bsky.social's 'Tell Your Green Story', a hands-on virtual workshop to help community groups build confidence in sharing the powerful work they’re doing during Great Big Green Week.
👉 Info and registration: futureproofcumbria.org.uk/events/?civi...
@alexnurse.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social
JUST’s Merseyside team had a fantastic day at the University of Liverpool’s Sustainability Fair 2026.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by, we’re excited to build on these conversations and the new connections made 🌱
Read the news story: www.just.ac.uk/news/2026/02...
Senior Research Manager Samanthi Theminimulle is speaking at Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations: Mapping the current landscape, hosted with @justcentre.bsky.social, alongside Lucie Middlemiss and Matthew Paterson, sharing research on 140+ actors driving a just, joined-up climate transition.
🎈 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
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
@theyoungfdn.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @luciemidd.bsky.social
🗺️ 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
'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
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.
@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @manchestersci.bsky.social
@justcentre.bsky.social
👏 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
