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Lunchtime Talk: The new national Just Transition framework for Scotland

Dr David Drabble (Tavistock Institute) and Dr Kirsten Jenkins (University of Edinburgh). This talk considered the new Just Transition framework and how it will aid the redesign of socio-economic systems in the face of climate change

Lunchtime Talks
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Measuring and Evaluating Success in the Scottish Just Transition

This world-first framework for measuring Just Transitions is already gaining traction in Scotland and beyond.
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Mental health, wellbeing and climate change

How climate change affects mental health and wellbeing in Scotland and what can be done to protect against harm
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Just Transition Commission
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ClimateXChange
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Omved Gardens
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The Scottish Government
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New framework to help measure the Just Transition in Scotland

A blueprint for the achievement of equitable outcomes during the low-carbon transition
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The Self-Imposed Atrocity of Climate Change: The Human Factor

Partners in Confronting Collective Atrocities invites you to participate in this 2024 Experiential Conference. 

2 — 6 September 2024, online
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Dr Rebecca Nestor
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The ticking clock: climate trauma in organisations

Join us for this hybrid Lunchtime Talk with Dr. Rebecca Nestor

Lunchtime Talks
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Community resilience

How can communities build on existing assets to face future threats with more confidence?
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Evaluating a values-based business ecosystem

Addressing sustainability challenges in the European textiles and clothing sector
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Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and the Environment

A talk by our staff exploring how we apply Tavistock social science to our environmental work.

Lunchtime Talks
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Evaluating a values-based business ecosystem

The case of the Textiles and Clothing Business Labs

Lunchtime Talks
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Pollution reduction in the European fashion industry 

In this programme, we worked with fashion industry actors to enable experimentation with new ways of designing, making and producing.


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Heating the fossil fuel free future

Enabling the ripple effect of heat networks through influencing planners and colleges fostering skills and knowledge to work with green energy.


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Reducing waste, costs and risk

How we achieved ISO14001 – the international environment standard.
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Using lifeworld analysis to understand people’s experience of disasters

Embracing innovative methodologies in a series of case studies for European project that aims to increase communities’ resilience to natural disasters.
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Resilient Europe and Societies by Innovating Local Communities

Understanding the part that the community has to play in increasing resilience to recover and adapt following natural disasters.
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Enlightening human talents

The project aims to contribute to the development of efficient pre-training and vocational training services for low-skilled people in the 2 Seas region
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Smart Metering Early Learning Project
Synthesis report published.
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Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
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Delivery of Local Road Safety - Road Safety Research Report
The Department for Transport commissioned AECOM, in association with the Tavistock Institute, to design and deliver a three-year independent evaluation of the delivery of local road user safety.
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Department of Transport
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IDeA
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Local Road User Safety Evaluation and Action Learning
The Tavistock Institute working in close partnership with AECOM has been commissioned to deliver a cutting edge study identifying best practice to increase safety on local roads.
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Evaluation of Investment in Cycling

Continuing a partnership with Faber Maunsell this evaluation sees the application of the framework to the cycling cities and towns (CCTs).
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Development of an Evaluation Framework for Making Better Use Schemes
The purpose of this study, led by Faber Maunsell, was to develop an evaluation framework for Better Use (BU) schemes.
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Consultancy

Our consultants are there both to hold the space open for profound discussions and ensure that actions are taken, and accountability lines identified.
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