United Kingdom Archives

Boy sitting in front of a small electric fan in a school classroom.

An Atmosphere for Learning? (CHILI seminar)

Past event / Watch the fourth CHILI seminar where Smriti Safaya presented findings on educational, behavioural, and communication interventions to improve school air.

05 October 2026 / About Cities and Pollution

A woman crouches on the floor in front of a wall covered in colourful sticky notes. She is talking to a woman sitting on a chair and a toddler, both of whom have their back to the camera.

An evaluation of a parent-led citizen science project

Journal article / Quantitative measures combined with free-text boxes in surveys can provide rich insights into the impact of citizen science activities on participants.

2 October 2026 / About Participation

A group of little duplo people figurines have been lined up on a shelf. Most of the line is in soft focus; in the centre one smiling figure has been positioned with their hand raised, and is facing another, who is also smiling. Other toy figures in soft focus can be seen smiling too.

“The way enthusiasm builds”: frame amplification and emotional reinforcement in participatory policymaking

Journal article / By observing participatory policymaking activities, researchers found that frames and emotions are mutually co-constitutive.

29 September 2026 / About Participation

A group of people review post-in notes stuck to a large glass window. Their emotions vary, from smiles, to concentration.

Uniting citizen science and plural valuation: potential for leveraging transformative change

Journal article / The authors set out four key leverage points for change, and show where citizen science can strengthen plural valuation at each stage.

29 September 2026 / About Participation

Scaling community energy in the UK: what national policy must address to enable local delivery

SEI brief / This SEI brief outlines how the UK can address regulatory and other barriers to achieve its ambition to expand community-owned, renewable energy sources.

21 September 2026 / About Public policy and Renewables

Forest landscape in the Tapajós National Forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.

Amazonian study identifies most effective ways of conserving biodiversity and carbon

Press release / As El Niño intensifies across the Amazon, new research in Science highlights the urgent need to better protect the region’s remaining forests from disturbances.

17 September 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance, Forests and Geopolitics

Modern timber-clad residential building with rows of balconies and a tree in the foreground

Unravelling the drivers of European urban and rural carbon footprints over time

Journal article / This article maps consumer carbon footprints by urban density in Europe, revealing what drives the changes.

4 September 2026 / About Cities and Sustainable lifestyles

Colourful mural on a wall under a blue sky: jagged, concentric oval rings move inwards: pink, purple, light blue, green, yellow and red in the middle. The effect almost looks like a flower.

The Ecological Citizen(s) Festival 2026

Past event / Ecological citizenship in action: starting, scaling and making it last.

15 July 2026

Glowing pendant light bulbs hanging in front of a softly blurred green background.

Home Upgrade Champions event in York

Past event / Find out how York and North Yorkshire residents can become Home Upgrade Champions and support local conversations about home energy upgrades.

14 July 2026 / About Household energy and Sustainable lifestyles