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Congratulations to CESET PI Professor Vanesa Castán Broto on the recent publication for The British Academy – “Just Climate Adaptation In Cities: Reflections For An Interdisciplinary Research Agenda".

The briefing focuses on three critical points for understanding what just adaptation means for cities:

Starting from Sunday 31 October 2021, the UK hosts the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.  World leaders and climate experts gather to discuss how to lower global temperatures and prevent irreversible climate disaster.

The four main goals of COP26 are:

Our Malawi colleagues have recently produced a stakeholder analysis report that identifies the different stakeholders involved in implementing community energy systems in rural areas in the Malawi energy sector.

Identifying and engaging stakeholders early in the process builds support to help the project succeed. Benefits include: 

Our CESET partners Joshua Kirshner (York) and Enora Robin (Sheffield) and their colleagues have investigating South-South cooperation in tackling climate change mitigation, energy transitions and infrastructure development. 

Our CESET Principle Investigator Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, recently participated in an interview for Economía  on development of community energy systems to deliver renewable energy in Spain.

Dr. Fatima Arthur delivered a presentation to the CESET team on the two new pieces of legislation that are currently being discussed in Mozambique. As previous professional at Electricidade de Moçambique, Mozambiques power utility, Fatima drew upon her expert knowledge to provide an overview of historical developments in energy policy in Mozambique. 

On Monday the CESET team met for their first meeting following the UK summer holidays. The focus of the meeting was on energy learning East Africa. To support the development of CESET’s Regional Energy Learning Alliance, we were delighted to welcome guest presenter Guy Cunliffe from Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership. TEA-LP launched in 2019.

Vanesa Castán Broto and her colleague Linda Westman have recently published a briefing as part of The British Academy's COP26 Briefings Series aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our disciplines in understanding the comp

Last month members of the CESET team met with representatives from the Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership (TEA-LP) to discuss a possible collaboration with the CESET project and the Regional Energy Learning Alliance.