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Young adult protesters with medical masks for COVID holding placrads with message such as 'Save the planet, 'Evidence not ignorance' and ' There is no Planet B'.

UBDC and COP26 – using our data and expertise to tackle the climate crisis

Centre for Sustainable Solutions, Cities, regions and built environment, COP26, News & Blog, SustainabilityBy David CanningOctober 28, 2021

How the Urban Big Data Centre is working to discover climate action solutions and helping others to access the data and skills they need to do the same.

Amplifying Children’s Voices

Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, Cities, regions and built environment, Nature, News, School of Education, Glasgow University, Youth and public empowermentBy Apolloniya VlasovaOctober 27, 2021

In the build-up to COP26, Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland (CNS) at the University of Glasgow is using the capabilities approach to facilitate workshops between schools in West Dunbartonshire and in Luis Cruz Martinez, Chile.

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Future of market regulation after COVID-19 – workshop

City economies, Competition and Markets Authority, Economy, Event report/resources, Professor Graeme RoyBy adminOctober 25, 2021

A workshop examining the future of regulation post-COVID, part of an initiative to deepen links between policy regulators and the academic community across Scotland

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An Interview with Samantha Suter: Combining Citizen Science and Remote Sensing Approaches for Habitat Monitoring

Nature, News & Blog, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Youth and public empowermentBy Calum HodgsonOctober 22, 2021

We interview Samantha Suter on the importance of understanding how climate change affects biodiversity.

Media focus on the Children’s Voices climate project

Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, Chile, Neighbourhoods, Network for Social and Educational Equity, News, Scotland, Youth and public empowermentBy adminOctober 21, 2021

A Scotland-Chile to amplify children’s voices in the climate change discussion is getting attention

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International Relations event week ‘Confronting climate change: toward COP26’

Adaptation and resilience, COP26, Coronavirus / COVID-19, Energy transitions, Event report/resources, Finance, Science and innovation, Youth and public empowermentBy adminOctober 12, 2021

Hosted by Politics & International Relations, this series of recorded events offered fascinating insights into current challenges in global climate policy.  

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Three ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

Adaptation and resilience, Commentary, Finance, News & Blog, Science and innovationBy adminOctober 12, 2021

By facilitating a novel decentralized climate organization, blockchain technology holds promise to foster global cooperation to tackle climate change.

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microplastics publishes first report

Dr Natalie Welden, Research project - outputs, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, SustainabilityBy adminSeptember 22, 2021

About Glasgow University research input to first report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microplastics, focused on the control of microplastic fibres.

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Additional powers: Better understanding? Better scrutiny? A new report on Scotland’s new budget powers

Adam Smith Business School, Devolution, Economics, Professor Graeme Roy, Scotland, SPICe, Strathclyde University, Tax, Think pieceBy adminSeptember 22, 2021

A joint working paper with the Scottish Parliament’s Information Centre and the University of Strathclyde looking at levels of understanding of Scotland’s new budget powers.

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The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: September 2021

City economies, Commentary, Coronavirus / COVID-19, Dr Sarah Weakley, Glasgow, Laura Comincini, Poverty, Welfare & social security, Working paperBy adminSeptember 9, 2021

The fourth and final working paper in the series on Universal Credit in Glasgow and Scotland this paper reports on trends over the COVID period and considers the implications for policy and practice.

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