Are Olympic Villages sustainable? The controversy over Paris's Olympic village – and others bbc.com/culture/articl… via BBC Culture

Surrounding cities with trees may bring down urban heat theguardian.com/news/article/2…

‘Building something better’: the UK residents retrofitting their homes amid the climate crisis theguardian.com/business/artic…

Conservatives left UK wide open to far-right violence, says former adviser theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Enjoyed #Settle #NorthYorks very much...

We've confirmed the dates for our 2024-25 GCHU Public Seminar series. Join us at Kellogg College, University of Oxford on Wednesday evenings at 5:30pm throughout the year as we continue to explore and discuss #Healthcare and #Urbanisation topics. Stay tuned for details of our first event in October.

Lovely to be in #Kernow in September

Brownfield Passports: building on old foundations? https://irwinmitchell.com/news-and-insig… via Irwin Mitchell

Huge amount of rain in #wheatley #oxfordshire and local flooding. Needs more investment in drainage works surely, to deal with increasingly extreme weather events, especially near Asda? Cllr Tim Bearder Freddie van Mierlo MP 🔶

🚨🌎🧑‍⚕️ The Lancet Countdown's 2024 Report will publish on 30 October, documenting the latest global evidence on health and climate change. Register now for our launch event to be the first to hear the latest findings and discussion from experts ➡️ bit.ly/LancetCountdow…

The BBC sound effects library is now completely free to access. This is news. sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?cat=Mac…

As cities grow, the future depends on how we shape them today. Speaking at the Summit of the Future UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach, reaffirmed our commitment to the Pact for the Future, urging all nations to make cities #inclusive, #resilient, and #sustainable.

Join us next month as we discuss "Cycling in Cities: Can active travel work for everyone?" in our latest GCHU Public Seminar. 📅 16th October 🕔5:30pm - 6:30pm 📌 Kellogg College, University of Oxford Register to attend for free and find out more at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cycling-in-c…

UK must prepare for widespread road pricing, says infrastructure tsar theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

I’ve been through the government’s Invest 2035 industrial strategy document Beyond identifying 8 sectors for growth, much of the contents are vague, at best identifying problems not solutions, with little sense of the trade offs necessary. But a few nuggets I’ve pulled out

Is it worse to have no climate solutions – or to have them but refuse to use them? | Rebecca Solnit theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Why does the UK struggle to build new #infrastructure? I was delighted to offer some thoughts to Gill Broad Editor on UK infrastructure, including the #Portishead line near #Bristol Uni of Reading Connecting Research Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation Kellogg College, University of Oxford See: 24housing.co.uk/why-does-the-u…

‘We have emotions too’: Climate scientists respond to attacks on objectivity theguardian.com/environment/20…

The most accurate map of Bristol I’ve ever seen

Well, its great on the other side!