Kat Armstrong

What if we talked about addressing the climate emergency as if it was an amazing opportunity instead of a sacrifice? What if it is? Clean air, green streets, warm homes, stuff that lasts, renewable energy, no need to pay for a car...

Happy #YorkshireDay! Yorkshire & the Humber can reach #NetZero in 15 years, generating billions in co-benefits for people, nature, and the economy – and we already have what we need to do it. Find out how in #OurCarbonStory, released today! yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/news/yorkshire… 🧵

Oops...UK slips in EY ranking of best countries for green investment US, Germany, France ahead Due to “diminishing of green policies” that leave "investors with reduced confidence in UK renewables”👀 No shock US leads race with Inflation Reduction Act thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-sli…

If you do a lot of silo crossing in your work, and do it intuitively but sometimes struggle to convey to partners & funders why patience and trust building are so critical I hope our new article in SSIR might give you theory & practical examples to help make the case.

We've just published our first Insight Paper on Sustainable Food Systems. It's the first in a series exploring topics from our Climate Action Plan in more depth, suggesting how we can move forward as a region. Take a look and please help spread the word! yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/sustainable-fo…

At a conference on the future grid today, OFGEM confirmed that the current queue on just U.K. grid connections is 500GW UK current generation capacity is 54GW the intention is to add 100GW of renewable capacity by 2050 so 5x over subscribed 25 years early! There’s going to be a few disappointed developers

How often do you think about how Denmark is building a railway tunnel to Germany that will reduce travel time for people by two hours and massively decrease freight distances? Under construction now and due to be finished in 2029. More or less than the Roman Empire?

Love these new side road zebras ready for the start of term at @uniofwarwick. Really pleased the campus is trialling new side road zebras on their private land, as well as a new cycle lane. With some minor changes from Gov, we could roll these 🦓 out cheaply across the country.

The Council has released the results of the Bethnal Green Liveable Streets consultations! Let's get into them... 🧵 democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s223…

Grace Anthony, Planner at GOOD, spoke last week as part of the @YHClimateCom Net Zero Panel. Read more here: goodagency.co.uk/the-role-of-ad… Grace was part of the Delivering Impact Session, on Consumption & Behaviours and spoke about the role of advertising in influencing behaviour.

Periodic meminder that you can work for climate startups. Make your descendants proud! 😜

What does a council stop doing when it goes bust - and how closely does it correlate to the public surveys about what people value locally: public playgrounds, activities, toilets..

As we make the sprint to clean energy, there is huge potential to unleash co-operative and community energy. This would give people a real stake in the energy we all rely on! Here’s my take on how this could be done 👇🏾

In today's FT: biggest barrier to Leeds' growth is transport, apparently. Try being its near neighbour #Bradford, with two stations (that you have to turn trains backwards out of) and a population of 500k+ it's still one of the poorest connected cities in the whole country. 1/3

When a 26-year-old Deputy Mayor proposed a 1977 plan that made the centre of Groningen virtually impenetrable by car, his party was the subject of outrage, protests and death threats. Decades later, no one regrets the change or remembers the controversy. dailyhive.com/vancouver/how-…

Remember: whatever small part of the planet you inhabit, it is not representative of the whole globe. 🟥 = warmer than 1981-2010 average 🟦 = cooler than 1981-2010 average Data: ERA5

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🎉 New open access book, Nature-based Solutions for Cities, is now available from @ElgarPublishing, edited by @timonmcphearson @NadjaKabisch @NFrantzeskaki. Explore the state of the art in advancing NBS for cities across the world 👉 elgaronline.com/edcollbook-oa/…

@Ellsworth_Krebs Not just Yorkshire & Humber - if you want to respond or share please do, as a professional within this field your views would be really valuable!

@kat___armstrong Amazing Kat!! Definitely we need to be talking about climate financing and funding local infrastructure to tackle the climate crisis. I'm guessing your survey is just for folks in Yorkshire & Humber?

Here's me talking about our latest Climate Action report on Finance & Investment. I really enjoyed learning about this and I think we identified some really tangible actions that could make a huge difference in the region. Take a look at the report & let us know your thoughts!

@Ellsworth_Krebs There are some really innovative things we can do with finance! I'm particularly interested in the role crowdfunding could have in local authorities & there's also a really interesting example of how whole street retrofit could help unlock finance that house by house couldn't.

Thanks @NVJRobins1 @TauniLanier @karlharder for your incredible expertise!