This was on the need for local solutions to a global crisis: meaningful engagement with communities to convert lofty and abstract commitments made at national or international level into actions on the ground that both reduce emissions and make a positive difference to people's lives; for instance:
Convenient, affordable public transport;
Networks of cycle lanes and footpath and car-free town centres to encourage active travel, and more twenty-minute neighbourhoods: walkable communities where most everyday needs are within easy reach;
Easy access to electric vehicle (EV) charging points to encourage a switch from fossil-fueled-powered cars and vans;
Warmer, better insulated homes that need minimal heating and aren't heated by fossil fuels;
Households and local businesses having easy access to recycling as well to its benefits: to a circular economy where waste is minimised and we get full use from materials over their lifespan;
Community-based projects to restore our green and blue infrastructure: natural features like forest, peatland or saltmarsh that take carbon out of the atmosphere or mitigate effects of climate change (like floods), or both;
Local economies sustained by cheap...