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Across the UK, local authorities are declaring a climate emergency, seeking to lead action at a local level to reduce carbon emissions, increase biodiversity, transition to net zero and ultimately improve the quality of life of their residents and the local environment. In this podcast series from UCL and the Local Government Association (LGA), researchers and policy professionals from councils across England share their reflections on working together on the Net Zero Innovation Programme - exploring opportunities and challenges faced in partnering with those from different worlds to help achieve net zero emissions commitments.

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Together Towards Net Zero podcast

Together Towards Net Zero: The LGA and UCL Partnership - Creating the Programme

2021/10/02

In this final episode for the series, we sit down with the organisers of the programme, UCL and the Local Government Association. We will be going behind the scenes to explore the highs and lows of the partnership and how they developed an idea into an innovative network of officers and academics. It will cover how the partnership came about, the challenges and opportunities, what they have learnt along the way and anything they might have done differently. Joining us are Katherine Welch, Deputy Director of Partnerships at UCL Public Policy and Grace Abel, Programme Manager at the Local Government Association. We are also joined by Dr Kris De Meyer and Dr Lucy Hubble-Rose who were the expert facilitators of the programme and are part of UCL’s Climate Action Unit.

Graduating the programme

2021/09/07

In this episode, we’ll be discussing how the partnerships are feeling about graduating the programme and the next steps for their projects. As discussed in the last episode, with COP26 being hosted this year our partnerships have had to start thinking about the future of their projects and how their good work will be continued.

Responding and overcoming challenges

2021/07/01

In this episode, UCL - LGA explore some of the challenges our teams have had to overcome as they take their projects from theory to practice

The Benefits of Working in a Cohort

2021/07/01

In this episode UCL - LGA explore how the partnerships have approached working in a cohort, and how the network has benefitted their projects. Two of our partnerships will be joining us today, The University of Worcester and Worcester City Council, and Essex University and Colchester Council.

The Action Learning Groups

2021/06/01

In this episode, UCL talks with one of our partnerships who reflect on their participation in the Action Learning Groups. We speak to partners from Barnsley Council and Leeds Beckett University who are delivering a project on low-energy housing.

The Sandpits

2021/04/22

In this episode, we catch up with one of our partnerships and reflect on our series of sandpits. We speak to partners from Lewes and Eastbourne Councils and University of Sussex who are undertaking a project looking at alternative financing mechanisms applied to sustainability projects. The sandpits were developed to create a space for teams to brainstorm and share insights across the cohort.

The Partnership Building Workshops

2021/02/23

In the first episode of our Together Towards Net Zero podcast series, we speak with one of our teams from Cambridgeshire County Council and UCL who are undertaking a project on a procurement carbon calculator and code of practice.