🏡 Ireland has achieved a huge rise in ‘deep retrofits’ – home upgrades that bring a major energy-efficiency boost.

The number of homes benefitting recently rose by 108% in a single year.

Discover the importance of 'one-stop shops' by SEAI 👇
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We led a #pollinator planting @ Albert PL, Finchley- a joyful event with community volunteers. Thank you Barnet Council Town Team for co-organising; Groundwork London #OurSpaceAward funding; @EnergGardenLDN gardeners Ashden☀️🌎💡 Think & Do Camden EcoShowandTell Finchley Sharing Space

“Finchley’s Nature” Sharing Space: GROW plant sale; The RHS #rhsgrowwothit Big Seed Sow; local nature art: Alison Sharpe; Paul Gilbert and Miki Shaw; Miel De Lucie honey; nature talks: Energy Garden Friends of Cherry Tree Wood Coppets Wood GoodGym Barnet & Finchley Pollinator Project planting

30 climate charities are coming together – as part of the Let's Go Zero | the zero carbon schools campaign campaign, which supports schools to be zero carbon by 2030 – to create a month of climate action events. We smell right-wing tears already...

Read more below HT Ashden☀️🌎💡:
thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/0…

Ashden☀️🌎💡 visit to Hope group in kyempango, one of the groups in Clean Energy and environmental protection project in rwamwanja making briquittes and energy saving stoves,implemented by NOPEI .Together, we're making strides towards a greener, cleaner future for our community.

💡Meet the people who are powering up refugee camps at the 2024 #AshdenAwards

⏰ Thursday 27 June 2024
📍 IET

🏆 Ashden are proud to be presenting the award for Powering Refugees and Displaced People.

Get your tickets: bit.ly/3JsQxxr

#ClimateAction #LCAW2024

So wonderful to meet with HODARI FOUNDATION and founder Janvier Hafasha to see the great work that the team are doing in Kyaka II refugee settlement on #RegenerativeAgriculture , #ClimateResilience and #FoodSecurity , supporting orphans and unaccompanied minors in the community 👇

How can devolution deliver on environmental ambition? Devolution is gathering pace.

Several new deals were announced in the 2023 Autumn Statement & in this year's Spring Budget.

🤔 What does this mean for climate action? Find out in this webinar:bit.ly/3wttmQC

The clock’s ticking, take climate action! ⏰ 🌍 #LetsGoZero

Empower your class to make a difference with The #ClimateActionCountdown (7 June - 5 July).

Download the free resource pack with songs, worksheets, presentations and more! 👇
bit.ly/4bMqBtp

📢 New Report Alert: 'Powering Progress: Market Creation Strategies for Solar E-cooking Technologies in Off-grid and Displaced Communities'

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UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre IRENA IKEA Foundation Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) Climate & Clean Air Coalition Modern Energy Cooking Services Sustainable Energy for All | #SDG7BeBold World Food Programme

#HumanitarianEnergy

🚀 Big news! #Ecozen has secured $30M in #funding to expand our climate-smart tech to Africa & S.E. Asia & other sectors, thanks to partners like Nuveen, a TIAA company, InCred Capital, & DFCgov! 🌍✨ From revolutionizing Indian agri to powering new sectors, we're scaling up for a 🌱future!

NEW 🚨 British households are losing out on more than £12 MILLION in INTEREST every month due to energy suppliers hoarding billions of pounds in customer credit balances.

Britain's energy system continues to fail consumers at every turn.

🌱 2023 Ashden Award Winner @realfarmed is cultivating a greener future for the UK's agricultural sector! 🚜💚

Meet this year’s experts protecting nature at the 2024 #AshdenAwards ceremony! ⬇️

📆 Thursday 27 June 2024
📍 IET

Don't miss out: bit.ly/3JsQxxr

We’ve enjoyed the #vegan community cooking & baking session at JVS as part of the Finchley Sharing Space. Thank you to local residents: Anastasia, Lida and Paloma for teaching us so many practical skills. The #beans dishes and citrus cakes were to die for! Ecoshowandtell.org/events

Five sustainability projects working with UK schools will each receive £100,000 to boost green measures, and reduce carbon emissions, as part of a national campaign coordinated by climate action charity, Ashden☀️🌎💡.

buildindigital.com/school-project…

#construction #retrofit #NetZero

How can we adapt homes to our changing climate?

Retrofitting homes to cut carbon & energy costs has been a focus of my work for >25 years. But with hotter summers & more intense rainfall, we also need to think about adapting homes to reduce overheating and flood risk.

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Why are hedgerows important? 🍃

Hedgerows are the UK’s most widespread semi-natural landscape, providing a home for more than 2,000 species 🦔🐁 and providing benefits to wildlife, soil, climate change and more!

#NationalHedgerowWeek

In Brent, 82% of residents follow a faith, so working with faith-inspired communities is essential to delivering an inclusive #climate action plan!

🍃 Brent Council set up Brent Faith Climate Action Group to improve the representation of faith voices:
bit.ly/3qWRbxh