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A Policy@Manchester interview with the Dr Bachir Ouedraogo, Minister of Energy for Burkina Faso

Chris Peters By Chris Peters Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment, Industry 4.0 Posted: August 7, 2018

Dr Bachir Ouedraogo won a scholarship from the Sustainable Consumption Institute at The University of Manchester and he went on complete his PhD in MACE in 2012 looking at the impact of climate change, renewable energy and population on the future energy demand for Burkina Faso. In 2015 Bachir was elected to the National Assembly […]

Tagged With: #solarpower, Business Energy & Industry, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, education, energy, environment, Industry 4.0, Manchester, SCI

Why embracing language diversity is a key to community cohesion

Yaron Matras By Yaron Matras Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, OnCohesion Posted: August 2, 2018

As part of our new publication ‘OnCohesion’ read Professor Yaron Matras’ blog which focuses on language diversity and why he believes it is key to social cohesion Language is an emblem of who we are. It is the carrier of our heritage and one of the ways of identifying what we mean by ‘communities’. Community […]

Tagged With: #GMcohesion #Extremism, Arts & Culture, Cities and Environment, communities, Digital Futures, diversity, education, European Day of Languages, Greater Manchester, OnCohesion

Expert reaction – Environmental Audit Committee report

Claire Hoolohan By Claire Hoolohan Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment, Science and Technology, Urban Posted: July 30, 2018

The Environmental Audit Committee launched its report on heat-related deaths and included a series of recommendations for the Government. Dr Claire Hoolohan Research Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, considers how suitable recommendations in this report around water use are, and what additions she’d like to see. Claire’s current project, working with […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, Cities and Environment, Clean water, climate change, consumption, devohealth, Digital Futures, energy, environment, Health & Social Care, house building, Tyndall, urban planning, water use

We need creative responses to water stress and climate change, and we need them now.

Claire Hoolohan By Claire Hoolohan Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment Posted: July 18, 2018

As the threat of drought becomes a reality in the UK, Claire Hoolohan Research Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, considers how we might change the way society uses water. With hosepipe bans being introduced how do we look at future water supplies Water shortage, or water scarcity, is about how much […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, Cities and Environment, Clean water, climate action, climate change, consumption, Digital Health, drought, energy, environment, innovation, sustainability, Tyndall, water management

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