Data Bites | Council Climate Action Scorecards

Isaac Beevor, Partnerships Director at Climate Emergency UK, and Alex Parsons, Democracy Programme Lead and Senior Researcher at mySociety, talked about their work on measuring UK local authority climate action through their bi-annual Council Climate Action Scorecards. The next iteration is due out in the next few months, and you can also explore:

Isaac Beevor showing a chart on screen detailing the methodology of the scorecards

Tom Parry delivering his presentation at data bites

Digital sustainability in UK government

Tom Parry gave us an overview of efforts within the department and UK government more widely around digital sustainability.

Liz Lutgendorff showing a screen with various waste management scenarios

Data and waste management

Liz Lutgendorff, Senior Digital Transformation Manager at the North London Waste Authority, speaks about why tracking waste is hard.

Matt in a big screen addresses an audience in the room alongside host Gavin Freeguard

Data sharing in hydrological research

Matt, Environmental Informatics Manager at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, spoke about sharing data in hydrological research and beyond.

A big screen shows Ishmael joining a call in a room full of people

Digital sustainability

Ishmael Burdeau, Lead Sustainability Business Architect at the Department for Work and Pensions, gave an introduction to digital sustainability, touching on some government initiatives to do something about it.