Day: 7 August 2025

UN Climate Change Launches New Report on Advancing a ‘Just Transition’ in Climate Policy

Stuart Mitchell

As the world accelerates action to address climate change, the question is no longer whether to pursue a just transition—but how to embed it meaningfully into national climate strategies. To help answer that question, the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures (KCI), with the support of the UN Climate Change Secretariat, released a technical paper today: Just Transitions in National Climate Frameworks and Climate Policies: Experiences in Alignment, Planning and Progress Tracking. The report tracks progress on just transitions and examines how countries are…

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Climate Group urges European Commission to maintain climate investment targets

Stuart Mitchell

Joint letter urges EU to safeguard 30% climate and 10% biodiversity spending in post-2027 budget to address escalating environmental and health threats. Climate Group joined 62 other businesses and civil society organisations in signing a letter calling for the European Commission to maintain at least 30% horizontal spending target for investments in climate and the environment in the post‑2027 Multiannual Financial Framework.  Dedicating at least 30% of the overall EU budget to the climate and 10% to biodiversity is a sustainable and urgent investment, which protects European communities from existential…

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ILO shares lessons from PROSPECTS to advance support for forcibly displaced persons and host communities

Stuart Mitchell

The new report and an upcoming digital learning portal highlight lessons from five years of implementation under the PROSPECTS programme, offering practical insights and tools to strengthen inclusive, sustainable support for refugees and host communities worldwide. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a landmark report “Responding to forced displacement: Lessons from the ILO’s engagement in the PROSPECTS programme“ to strengthen support for forcibly displaced persons and host communities.  The new report distills key learnings from five years of implementation of the Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and…

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Government responds to PRCA letter on funding for media and communications education

Stuart Mitchell

In June 2025, the PRCA Interim CEO, Sarah Waddington CBE, wrote to the Secretary of State for Education to raise concerns about cuts to funding for communications and media-related higher education courses. We have now received a formal response from the Rt Hon Baroness Jacqui Smith, Minister for Skills. While the government acknowledges the value of subjects like journalism and media studies, it has reiterated its decision to prioritise funding for science and technology disciplines under current fiscal pressures. We are sharing the Minister’s response in full below to support…

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James Hutton Limited to open lab capable of analysing anaerobic digestate

Stuart Mitchell

New plans to open a lab capable of analysing anaerobic digestate have been announced by James Hutton Limited, the commercial wing of The James Hutton Institute. Anaerobic digestate – the leftover material produced when organic waste is broken down by bacteria in a sealed anaerobic digester – is useful as a soil improver. However, before being put into action, digestates must be tested against the quality requirements laid out in Publicly Available Specification 110 (PAS 110). The Hutton, a world-leading scientific research institute at the forefront of transformative science for the…

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