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April 30, 2025 Jim McClelland

Decarbonising cold chain in the delivery decade

Guest Blog by Michael Lowe: How the journey to climate transition for cold chain transport can start small with a series of smart steps.
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April 22, 2025 Jim McClelland

Construction: Is de-globalisation good or bad?

Opinion: With tariffs and trade wars, Jim McClelland asks: Will de-globalisation be good or bad for construction and can sustainability help?
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April 9, 2025 Jim McClelland

Beyond the Label: Transparency not just taglines

Guest Blog by Laura Way: Why in a fashion world full of greenwash we need to mainstream transparency, not just ‘eco’ taglines.
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March 20, 2025 Jim McClelland

Data at heart of collaboration on climate change

Guest Blog by Pranuthi Chander: How community and data-based collaboration can drive transition in agriculture, forestry and other land use.
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March 19, 2025 Jim McClelland

Will the Loss and Damage Fund be fit for purpose?

Guest Blog by Kelly Hunte: With the Loss and Damage Fund, do unlearned lessons on payment mean the same mistakes are about to be made again?
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May 14, 2025 Jim McClelland

Winning team scores first for circularity in football

News: World’s greenest football club and most sustainable sportswear brand score win with first fibre-to-fibre mechanically recyclable shirt.

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Mock-up of timber CityAlko store with solar roof in Pale Green to match colour palette of weathered copper on historic buildings.

Adding colour to design aesthetics of in-roof solar

Energy storage power station at sunrise, with dozens of storage units in foreground, pylons and station infrastructure behind amongst green fields.

Planning for grid-scale energy storage in Scotland

Illustration shows large lake development with mountains behind, tree islands in centre, canoes on water, pedestrians on walkways and bridges.

Urban regeneration designed for climate resilience

Illuminated underwater shot of coral on seabed, with diver in centre.

Giant ancient coral colony discovered in Red Sea

Channel: Circular Economy

May 14, 2025 Jim McClelland

Winning team scores first for circularity in football

News: World’s greenest football club and most sustainable sportswear brand score win with first fibre-to-fibre mechanically recyclable shirt.

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Close-up at hanger level of clothes on a rail, in focus on right foreground, with background blurred.

Renting clothes model fits best in niche markets

Collection of miscellaneous seized knives in box, including choppers, machetes and swords.

Recycling turns street weapons into workouts

Channel: Built Environment

Mock-up of timber CityAlko store with solar roof in Pale Green to match colour palette of weathered copper on historic buildings.

May 14, 2025 Jim McClelland

Adding colour to design aesthetics of in-roof solar

News: Colour options in red, green and grey for integrated solar roofs help renewables meet mainstream demand for aesthetics and compliance.

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Illustration shows large lake development with mountains behind, tree islands in centre, canoes on water, pedestrians on walkways and bridges.

Urban regeneration designed for climate resilience

Square graphic via ChatGPT of bleak-looking derelict container port, shows cranes idle and rusting containers and weeds growing in foreground; with faded duplicate panels added L & R to make image landscape.

Construction: Is de-globalisation good or bad?

Channel: Transport & Mobility

Aerial view of truck with solar on roof driving on light brown road between two green fields of blue solar panels, upwards through middle of image.

Decarbonising cold chain in the delivery decade

Large international audience in business attire listens to panel of speakers seated with screen behind in formal committee meeting chamber room.

Net zero regulations agreed for shipping worldwide

Aoki Racing Team RaceBird boat in blue and pink colours speeding in elevated mode across water, with background blurred.

January 30, 2025

Electric RaceBirds go foil-to-foil on the water in E1

Channel: Climate & Energy

Energy storage power station at sunrise, with dozens of storage units in foreground, pylons and station infrastructure behind amongst green fields.

May 7, 2025 Jim McClelland

Planning for grid-scale energy storage in Scotland

News: Planning consents for new battery energy storage sites near Glasgow in Scotland show demand is strong in renewables and data centres.

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Four members of Project Pressure team in climbing and ski wear on snow-covered mountain slope with low cloud and exposed rock behind them, looking at handheld devices and writing in paper notepad.

Expedition maps tropical glacier loss in Uganda

Diverse group of protestors stand behind homemade banner in white that says 'LOSS AND DAMAGE' in black above 'FINANCE NOW!' in red.

Will the Loss and Damage Fund be fit for purpose?

Channel: Business & Finance

Pie chart for business desire on right, with summary quote on left: 97% of businesses globally believe their governments should transition away from fossil fuels to a renewable-based electricity system, with 44% advocating for this change within 5 years and an additional 34% within 10 years.

April 23, 2025 Jim McClelland

Tipping point for business attitudes to renewables

News: Poll shows 97% business leaders back shift from fossil fuels to renewables, warning majority will relocate if governments fail to act.

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Square graphic via ChatGPT of stock trader stood at L-shaped desk, surrounded by screens of falling bar charts, in room with red walls and furnishings; faded duplicate panels added L & R to make image landscape.

February 10, 2025

AI: Difference between promise, and profit

Out-of-focus female operative with hair covered in clear protective workwear holds small glass bottle clearly up to camera in gloved hand.

February 5, 2025

Carbon footprint guideline to make glass transparent

Channel: Biodiversity & Conservation

Illuminated underwater shot of coral on seabed, with diver in centre.

Giant ancient coral colony discovered in Red Sea

Illuminated close-up of Red Flour Beetle showing legs and face.

Food security and the wriggle of the red flour beetle

Young girl and woman planting saplings in dry river bank, shown with parched land in foreground and water in back.

Five deep changes needed for a safer world

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Guest Blogs

April 30, 2025 Jim McClelland

Decarbonising cold chain in the delivery decade

Guest Blog by Michael Lowe: How the journey to climate transition for cold chain transport can start small with a series of smart steps.

Continue reading

April 9, 2025 Jim McClelland

Beyond the Label: Transparency not just taglines

Guest Blog by Laura Way: Why in a fashion world full of greenwash we need to mainstream transparency, not just ‘eco’ taglines.

Continue reading

March 20, 2025 Jim McClelland

Data at heart of collaboration on climate change

Guest Blog by Pranuthi Chander: How community and data-based collaboration can drive transition in agriculture, forestry and other land use.

Continue reading

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