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Climate change, energy and sustainability

If the way we eat now is bad for our health, bad for animal welfare and bad for the planet, is veganism the answer? Catherine Oliver and George Miller discuss in our latest podcast.…Read more

by Ryan MacNeil  |  6th June 2024

On World Oceans Day, Ryan MacNeil discusses the crucial role that the public sector can play in ocean-saving technology. Such innovations must not be left purely to the private sector. …Read more

by Esther Barinaga  |  15th May 2024

Esther Barinaga asks how we can redesign money to build a more sustainable, just and equal future when so many of us don’t know how money is created. …Read more

by Steven Griggs and David Howarth  |  26th March 2024

Steven Griggs and David Howarth call for a radical rethinking of our attitudes to aviation.…Read more

Richard Joy seeks lessons from the COVID-19 Inquiry for climate change policy making. Let’s not let anyone say in 20 years’ time that they should have twigged much earlier. …Read more

by Bristol University Press  |  20th December 2023

Transforming Society's most read articles from 2023, brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press.…Read more

by Olivier Sykes and John Sturzaker  |  20th November 2023

Olivier Sykes and John Sturzaker, editors of 'Planning in a Failing State', discuss the increased attention politicians are giving to planning. Welcome though this is, it’s not planning that needs fixing, but the whole system in which it functions.…Read more

by Thea Cook  |  16th November 2023

In the latest in our #UPWeek blog tour, Thea Cook outlines how we promote equity, whether that be by breaking academic silos, changing age-old publishing formats or working with partners to widen access to our content. …Read more

by Arve Hansen Ulrikke Wethal Sophia Efstathiou and Johannes Volden  |  8th November 2023

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Rebecca Megson-Smith speaks to Arve Hansen, Ulrikke Wethal, Sophia Efstathiou and Johannes Volden about the pressing need for us to reconsider our relationship with meat, particularly in light of its significant impact on climate change.…Read more

by Timothy J. Dixon and Mark Tewdwr-Jones  |  10th October 2023

Timothy J. Dixon and Mark Tewdwr-Jones, authors of 'Urban Futures' offer examples of deliberative democracy in action, giving people a real choice in how they want the future of their city to be shaped.…Read more