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Our vision is of <em>open, accountable and responsive governance</em> that can shape the deep reforms needed for rapid decarbonisation and preserve <em>political support for climate transformation</em>.</td> </tr> <tr style="--color: rgba(241, 161, 64, 0.2);"> <th>Our mission</th> <td>Our climate programme deploys mySociety’s 20-year track record in revolutionary civic digital services to contribute to a fairer, faster and more effective climate response – by <em>enhancing public participation</em> in decision-making, <em>transparency</em> of decision-making and <em>government accountability</em>.</td> </tr> <tr style="--color: rgba(98, 179, 86, 0.2);"> <th rowspan="3">Our goals</th> <td>Giving individuals and communities the <em>right information at the right time</em> to participate in democratic processes and come together to take action on climate.</td> </tr> <tr style="--color: rgba(98, 179, 86, 0.2);"> <td>Creating the open data necessary for different actors (citizens, civil society, researchers, policymakers) to <em>collaborate, coordinate and learn more quickly</em>.</td> </tr> <tr style="--color: rgba(98, 179, 86, 0.2);"> <td>Pushing climate decision-making and policy to be <em>more transparent and accountable</em> at every layer of government.</td> </tr> </table> <hr style="margin-top: 3rem; margin-bottom: 3rem;" /> <h2 style="margin-top: 1.5em;">Our current focuses</h2> <h3 style="margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 1.33rem;">Monitoring local authority progress with the Council Climate Scorecards</h3> <div class="grid-row grid-layout--equal-halves"> <div class="grid-column"> Since 2020, mySociety has worked in partnership with Climate Emergency UK to deliver their <a href="https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/">Council Climate Scorecards</a>.</p> <p>The Scorecards are used by local authority officers, councillors, climate campaigners, and local citizens to identify and share best practice across the UK, and monitor councils’ progress towards their net zero goals. Over 1 in 5 councils actively use the Scorecards as part of their climate work.</p> <p style="margin-left: 1.5em"><i>“They’ve helped me to identify potential opportunities for further projects which we could implement in support of our ambition to be net zero by as close to 2030 as possible.”</i> — Climate Change Officer, Bracknell Forest Council</p> <p>You can <a href="https://www.mysociety.org/category/climate/">read more about the impact of the Scorecards here</a> – or find out more about how Climate Emergency UK’s volunteers have used <a href="https://www.mysociety.org/2023/10/26/providing-tech-for-effective-crowdsourcing/">mySociety’s GRACE crowdsourcing tool</a>, and our <a href="https://www.mysociety.org/2023/01/09/scoring-councils-climate-action-how-foi-is-helping/">WhatDoTheyKnow Pro batch requests feature</a>, to draw together the UK’s clearest picture of local climate action. </div> <div class="grid-column"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/councilclimatescorecards-nov-2024.png" alt="" width="1000" height="895" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-55066" srcset="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/councilclimatescorecards-nov-2024.png 1000w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/councilclimatescorecards-nov-2024-300x269.png 300w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/councilclimatescorecards-nov-2024-768x687.png 768w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/councilclimatescorecards-nov-2024-116x104.png 116w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></div> </div> <h3 style="margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 1.33rem;">Encouraging home energy action with Neighbourhood Warmth</h3> <div class="grid-row grid-layout--equal-halves"> <div class="grid-column"><a href="/climate/neighbourhood-warmth"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/neighbourhoodwarmth-nov-2024.png" alt="" width="1000" height="895" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-55064" style="display: block;" srcset="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/neighbourhoodwarmth-nov-2024.png 1000w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/neighbourhoodwarmth-nov-2024-300x269.png 300w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/neighbourhoodwarmth-nov-2024-768x687.png 768w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/neighbourhoodwarmth-nov-2024-116x104.png 116w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a></div> <div class="grid-column"> Domestic energy use accounts for about a fifth of UK carbon emissions. UKGBC estimates we need to ‘refrofit’ (improve the energy efficiency of) two homes every minute in order to reach the UK’s 2050 Net Zero goal.</p> <p>Yet, uptake of home energy action has been frustratingly low. <a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/prototyping-home-energy">Our research</a> suggested that the current individualised nature of home energy advice is a major blocker to action. </p> <p><a href="/climate/neighbourhood-warmth">Our ‘Neighbourhood Warmth’ platform</a> is prototyping and testing a community-led approach, that gives local authorities and community energy organisations the data they need to target their engagement work, and gives neighbours and community networks the tried-and-tested support they need to make their homes warmer, healthier, and greener – together. </div> </div> <h3 style="margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 1.33rem;">Tooling-up the climate and nature movement with the Local Intelligence Hub</h3> <div class="grid-row grid-layout--equal-halves"> <div class="grid-column"> The <a href="https://www.localintelligencehub.com/">Local Intelligence Hub</a> is the data-sharing platform we built to support The Climate Coalition and their 200 member organisations (including big names like Friends of the Earth, WWF, and The Wildlife Trusts) to plan data-driven community engagement strategies, and feed informed conversations between constituents and their MPs.</p> <p>The Hub pulls together public and private datasets on MP activity, public opinion on climate and nature issues, local environmental and demographic factors, and exclusive data on the climate and nature movement’s presence and supporter base across the UK.</p> <p>Over two-thirds of Local Intelligence Hub users say it’s told them something they didn’t know before about the climate and nature movement near them and 40% go on to contact their MP after using the Hub.</p> <p style="margin-left: 1.5em"><i>“I will ask my MP to drive change in parliament by using local examples and stats”</i> – feedback from Local Greenpeace Activist.</p> <p>We’re now exploring whether the platform behind the Hub could be extended to support other citizen-focussed coalitions in sectors like housing and health. If you’re interested, <a href="/contact">get in touch</a>! </div> <div class="grid-column"><a href="https://www.localintelligencehub.com"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/localintelligencehub-nov-2024.png" alt="" width="1000" height="895" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-55065" style="display: block;" srcset="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/localintelligencehub-nov-2024.png 1000w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/localintelligencehub-nov-2024-300x269.png 300w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/localintelligencehub-nov-2024-768x687.png 768w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/localintelligencehub-nov-2024-116x104.png 116w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a></div> </div> <h3 style="margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 1.33rem;">Advocating for solutions to the fragmented local climate data problem</h3> <div class="grid-row grid-layout--equal-halves"> <div class="grid-column"><a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/unlocking-fragmented-data"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/unlocking-fragmented-data.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="1414" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-55068" style="box-shadow: 0 1rem 2rem rgba(0,0,0,0.1); max-width: 66%; margin: 0.5em auto; display: block;" srcset="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/unlocking-fragmented-data.jpg 1000w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/unlocking-fragmented-data-212x300.jpg 212w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/unlocking-fragmented-data-768x1086.jpg 768w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/unlocking-fragmented-data-82x116.jpg 82w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a></div> <div class="grid-column"> Through all of our conversations about local climate action—with council climate officers, elected representatives, community activists, and citizens—one barrier comes up time and time again: the fragmented state of data on local climate action.</p> <p>At mySociety we believe in demonstrating by doing. That’s what’s led to our work on CAPE, the Council Climate Scorecards, and the Local Intelligence Hub. But we’re also using data and research to avocate for stronger government policy on <a href="https://www.mysociety.org/2023/02/21/unlocking-the-value-of-fragmented-public-data/">standardised monitoring and reporting on local climate metrics and actions</a>.</p> <p>We want to enable urgent climate risks to become known, action to be accelerated and public accountability to be paramount. A data focussed approach will mean both citizens and public bodies will be accurately informed to take action on these crucial issues facing future generations. </p></div> </div> <hr style="margin-top: 3rem; margin-bottom: 3rem;" /> <h2 style="margin-top: 1.5em;">Other climate projects</h2> <div class="grid-row grid-layout--equal-thirds"> <div class="grid-column"> <h3>Prototyping weeks</h3> <a href="/climate/climate-prototyping"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/prototyping-nov-2024.png" alt="" width="1000" height="531" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-55073" style="margin: 1em 0; border-radius: 0.25em; display: block; border: 1px solid #ccc;" srcset="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/prototyping-nov-2024.png 1000w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/prototyping-nov-2024-300x159.png 300w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/prototyping-nov-2024-768x408.png 768w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/prototyping-nov-2024-116x62.png 116w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a> <p>We engaged experts and stakeholders from six different parts of the climate sector, to identify the most impactful digital interventions our programme could make.</p> <p><a href="/climate/climate-prototyping">Find out more about the weeks and their outputs.</a></p> </div> <div class="grid-column"> <h3>Climate Assembly UK</h3> <a href="https://www.climateassembly.uk/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/climateassemblyuk-nov-2024.png" alt="" width="1000" height="531" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-55072" style="margin: 1em 0; border-radius: 0.25em; display: block; border: 1px solid #ccc;" srcset="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/climateassemblyuk-nov-2024.png 1000w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/climateassemblyuk-nov-2024-300x159.png 300w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/climateassemblyuk-nov-2024-768x408.png 768w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/climateassemblyuk-nov-2024-116x62.png 116w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a> <p>We created the digital platform to support Climate Assembly UK – the UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate, commissioned by six House of Commons Select Committees.</p> <p><a href="https://www.climateassembly.uk/">Explore the assembly resources and outputs.</a> </div> <div class="grid-column"> <h3>CAPE</h3> <a href="https://cape.mysociety.org"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/cape-nov-2024.png" alt="" width="1000" height="531" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-55071" style="margin: 1em 0; border-radius: 0.25em; display: block; border: 1px solid #ccc;" srcset="https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/cape-nov-2024.png 1000w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/cape-nov-2024-300x159.png 300w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/cape-nov-2024-768x408.png 768w, https://www.mysociety.org/files/2024/11/cape-nov-2024-116x62.png 116w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a> <p>When we started <a href="https://www.mysociety.org/2020/03/09/can-you-help-us-collect-councils-climate-action-plans/">collecting every UK council’s climate action plan</a> in 2020, we couldn’t predict how invaluable the database would be for researchers, campaigners, and council officers. <a href="https://cape.mysociety.org">CAPE</a> went on to power the first version of the Council Climate Scorecards. </div> </div> <hr style="margin-top: 3rem; margin-bottom: 3rem;" /> <div style="max-width: 40rem"> <h2>How we work on Climate</h2> <h3 style="margin-top: 2rem;">Partnerships</h3> <p>Partner organisations are a core feature of our climate programme – bringing expertise on the climate sector and lived experience with local climate issues, which we can then support and boost with data, research, and digital services. Some of our current and recent partner organisations include <a href="https://climateemergency.uk/">Climate Emergency UK</a>, <a href="https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/">The Climate Coalition</a>, <a href="https://carbon.coop/">Carbon Co-op</a>, and <a href="https://darkmatterlabs.org/">Dark Matter Labs</a>.</p> <p>But beyond this, we’re always looking to collaborate with and support the work of a diverse range of groups and networks active within local climate action. Some of the areas we’ll need help with are in testing early versions of services, reaching others who can benefit from our work, and feeding back on your needs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.mysociety.org/equity-diversity-and-inclusion-policy/">Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion</a> means we’ll prioritise partnerships and collaboration with, and support (including financial support) for, organisations who are working for equality and whose work is led by the needs of minoritised groups – by which we initially mean: People with Black, Asian or other minority ethnic heritage; Disabled people; People who identify as LGBTQI+; or people who are disadvantaged by their social and/or economic background or circumstances. We encourage anyone involved with those groups to <a href="/contact">get in touch directly</a> with suggestions for ways we could work together, or just to explore potential.</p> <h3 style="margin-top: 2rem;">Research and evidence</h3> <p>As an open source organisation, we routinely publish our research on the factors affecting local climate action, and the roles that technology could play in bringing about a fairer, more transparent, and more democratic transition in the UK.</p> <p><a href="https://research.mysociety.org/section/climate">Access our research papers.</a></p> <ul class="research-items"> <li class="research-item"> <div class="research-item__thumbnail"> <a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/unlocking-fragmented-data"> <img src="https://research.mysociety.org/media/thumbnails/unlocking-fragmented-data-thumbnail_Zh77edj.png" alt="Unlocking the value of fragmented public data" height="150" width="110"> </a> </div> <h2 class="research-item__title"><a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/unlocking-fragmented-data">Unlocking the value of fragmented public data</a></h2> <ul class="research-item__authors"><li class="research-item__author">Alex Parsons</li><li class="research-item__author">Anna Powell-Smith</li></ul> <p class="research-item__pubdate">February 2023</p> </li> <li class="research-item"> <div class="research-item__thumbnail"> <a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/prototyping-rental-energy"> <img src="https://research.mysociety.org/media/thumbnails/prototyping-rental-energy-thumbnail_GKl8aYw.png" alt="Improving energy efficiency in the private rented sector" height="150" width="110"> </a> </div> <h2 class="research-item__title"><a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/prototyping-rental-energy">Improving energy efficiency in the private rented sector</a></h2> <ul class="research-item__authors"><li class="research-item__author">Zarino Zappia</li></ul> <p class="research-item__pubdate">February 2023</p> </li> <li class="research-item"> <div class="research-item__thumbnail"> <a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/new-in-cape-five-different-ways-of-finding-similar"> <img src="https://research.mysociety.org/media/thumbnails/new-in-cape-five-different-ways-of-finding-similar-thumbnail.png" alt="New in CAPE: Five different ways of finding similar councils" height="150" width="110"> </a> </div> <h2 class="research-item__title"><a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/new-in-cape-five-different-ways-of-finding-similar">New in CAPE: Five different ways of finding similar councils</a></h2> <ul class="research-item__authors"><li class="research-item__author">Alex Parsons</li></ul> <p class="research-item__pubdate">November 2022</p> </li> <li class="research-item"> <div class="research-item__thumbnail"> <a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/prototyping-data"> <img src="https://research.mysociety.org/media/thumbnails/prototyping-data-sharing-thumbnail_d9o19VJ.png" alt="Data sharing for climate campaign organisations and communities" height="150" width="110"> </a> </div> <h2 class="research-item__title"><a href="https://research.mysociety.org/publications/prototyping-data">Data sharing for climate campaign organisations and communities</a></h2> <ul class="research-item__authors"><li class="research-item__author">Zarino Zappia</li></ul> <p class="research-item__pubdate">September 2022</p> </li></ul></div> </div> </main> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="mysoc-footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="mysoc-footer__site-name">mySociety</h2> <div class="grid-row"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <div class="mysoc-footer__site-description"> <p>mySociety is a not-for-profit social enterprise, based in the UK but working with partners internationally. 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