Prof Matt Hannon
@matthannon.bsky.social
Director of the Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities
Prof of Sustainable Energy Business and Policy at Strathclyde Business School
Co-founder and host of Local Zero Podcast
Chair and trustee of South Seeds (charity)
Prof of Sustainable Energy Business and Policy at Strathclyde Business School
Co-founder and host of Local Zero Podcast
Chair and trustee of South Seeds (charity)
Interested in communities and how we define them?
Please take a read of the below and let us know your thoughts.
Our next step @uos-sisc.bsky.social is to explore what we mean by "community sustainability", and so we're keen to capture diverse views now, before taking on the next challenge!
Please take a read of the below and let us know your thoughts.
Our next step @uos-sisc.bsky.social is to explore what we mean by "community sustainability", and so we're keen to capture diverse views now, before taking on the next challenge!
📖 🤝 What is 'community' – and why does it matter? 🤝 📖
In our latest blog, Dr Iain Cairns digs into the meaning of community. He goes right back to fundamentals, to consider what different framings of 'community' mean for researchers, practitioners & communities.
www.strath.ac.uk/business/hun...
In our latest blog, Dr Iain Cairns digs into the meaning of community. He goes right back to fundamentals, to consider what different framings of 'community' mean for researchers, practitioners & communities.
www.strath.ac.uk/business/hun...
21-01-26 Blog Post | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Interested in communities and how we define them?
Please take a read of the below and let us know your thoughts.
Our next step @uos-sisc.bsky.social is to explore what we mean by "community sustainability", and so we're keen to capture diverse views now, before taking on the next challenge!
Please take a read of the below and let us know your thoughts.
Our next step @uos-sisc.bsky.social is to explore what we mean by "community sustainability", and so we're keen to capture diverse views now, before taking on the next challenge!
Reading GB Energy's Strategic Plan and we expect to see the Local Power Plan published this year.
www.gbe.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
www.gbe.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
January 26, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Reading GB Energy's Strategic Plan and we expect to see the Local Power Plan published this year.
www.gbe.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
www.gbe.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
Reposted by Prof Matt Hannon
On passing through the veil into fascism
January 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
On passing through the veil into fascism
Reposted by Prof Matt Hannon
We have our Nesta reaction to today's Warm Homes Plan up!
What does it mean for heating, fabric and electrification? What funding is available? What gaps are there in the plan?
Read all about it here:
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/how-wil...
What does it mean for heating, fabric and electrification? What funding is available? What gaps are there in the plan?
Read all about it here:
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/how-wil...
How will the Warm Homes Plan change home heating?
Prioritising electric technologies like heat pumps and solar, and backed by £15 billion investment, the plan will mandate minimum energy efficiency standards for rented homes and create the new Warm H...
www.nesta.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
We have our Nesta reaction to today's Warm Homes Plan up!
What does it mean for heating, fabric and electrification? What funding is available? What gaps are there in the plan?
Read all about it here:
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/how-wil...
What does it mean for heating, fabric and electrification? What funding is available? What gaps are there in the plan?
Read all about it here:
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/how-wil...
Don't Look Up
2025 has been confirmed as the third warmest year on record, following 2024 and 2023, in a series stretching back to 1850.
Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9
Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Don't Look Up
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US green energy growth is proving hard to kill.
Very happy to read this.
US green energy growth is proving hard to kill.
Very happy to read this.
US green energy growth is proving hard to kill
Solar and wind power to rise as fossil fuel generation drops, predict government analysts
giftarticle.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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US green energy growth is proving hard to kill.
Very happy to read this.
US green energy growth is proving hard to kill.
Very happy to read this.
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UK tilts insulation subsidies towards solar panels and batteries
As the Guardian have also report, this all carrot and no stick.
UK tilts insulation subsidies towards solar panels and batteries
As the Guardian have also report, this all carrot and no stick.
UK tilts insulation subsidies towards solar panels and batteries
Ed Miliband says £15bn package of spending over five years will help lower-income households install clean energy products
giftarticle.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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UK tilts insulation subsidies towards solar panels and batteries
As the Guardian have also report, this all carrot and no stick.
UK tilts insulation subsidies towards solar panels and batteries
As the Guardian have also report, this all carrot and no stick.
“Scottish ski centres celebrate bumper snowfall”
Odd reporting this. Almost no mention of climate change, yet the whole piece is based around it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Odd reporting this. Almost no mention of climate change, yet the whole piece is based around it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish ski centres celebrate bumper snowfall
The weather has brought major disruption, but snow sports venues say they have been
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:22 AM
“Scottish ski centres celebrate bumper snowfall”
Odd reporting this. Almost no mention of climate change, yet the whole piece is based around it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Odd reporting this. Almost no mention of climate change, yet the whole piece is based around it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My Twitter account lay dormant for some time.
It's now deactivated.
Goodbye to bad rubbish.
Long live the Bluesky townhall, unpolluted by management-led ideology/politics and undistorted by biased algorithms.
I'll never forgive Musk for what he did to Twitter, just because he could.
It's now deactivated.
Goodbye to bad rubbish.
Long live the Bluesky townhall, unpolluted by management-led ideology/politics and undistorted by biased algorithms.
I'll never forgive Musk for what he did to Twitter, just because he could.
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
My Twitter account lay dormant for some time.
It's now deactivated.
Goodbye to bad rubbish.
Long live the Bluesky townhall, unpolluted by management-led ideology/politics and undistorted by biased algorithms.
I'll never forgive Musk for what he did to Twitter, just because he could.
It's now deactivated.
Goodbye to bad rubbish.
Long live the Bluesky townhall, unpolluted by management-led ideology/politics and undistorted by biased algorithms.
I'll never forgive Musk for what he did to Twitter, just because he could.
Very very dangerous times.
Britain should follow Donald Trump’s example and quit the United Nations treaty that underpins global action to combat climate change, the deputy leader of Reform UK has said.
Reform: UK should follow Trump and quit UN climate bodies
The country should ditch “deeply flawed” institutions, the party said Thursday.
www.politico.eu
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Very very dangerous times.
Reposted by Prof Matt Hannon
Here's the EU's reaction to Trump administration formally pulling the US out of the UNFCCC and IPCC.
But all eyes now on how/whether China chooses to seize this geopolitical gift from the US
But all eyes now on how/whether China chooses to seize this geopolitical gift from the US
January 8, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Here's the EU's reaction to Trump administration formally pulling the US out of the UNFCCC and IPCC.
But all eyes now on how/whether China chooses to seize this geopolitical gift from the US
But all eyes now on how/whether China chooses to seize this geopolitical gift from the US
Reposted by Prof Matt Hannon
I/RAP am advertising for a buildings energy policy expert, with experience of buildings in hot climates. Please share with your networks. Closes the end of the month. www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...
Careers
Are you ready to put your passion for a cleaner energy future to work? Join the RAP team. RAP is seeking collaborators who are enthusiastic about clean energy. We’re looking for curiosity, humor and i...
www.raponline.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM
I/RAP am advertising for a buildings energy policy expert, with experience of buildings in hot climates. Please share with your networks. Closes the end of the month. www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...
The USA and Venezuela.
@hannahritchie.bsky.social offers some invaluable data based insights into why the USA may have done what they did.
"It has the world's largest reserves, produces comparatively little, and has a type of oil that the US needs."
hannahritchie.substack.com/p/venezuelan...
@hannahritchie.bsky.social offers some invaluable data based insights into why the USA may have done what they did.
"It has the world's largest reserves, produces comparatively little, and has a type of oil that the US needs."
hannahritchie.substack.com/p/venezuelan...
Five(ish) charts that give some context to Venezuelan oil
It has the world's largest reserves, produces comparatively little, and has a type of oil that the US needs.
hannahritchie.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The USA and Venezuela.
@hannahritchie.bsky.social offers some invaluable data based insights into why the USA may have done what they did.
"It has the world's largest reserves, produces comparatively little, and has a type of oil that the US needs."
hannahritchie.substack.com/p/venezuelan...
@hannahritchie.bsky.social offers some invaluable data based insights into why the USA may have done what they did.
"It has the world's largest reserves, produces comparatively little, and has a type of oil that the US needs."
hannahritchie.substack.com/p/venezuelan...
Climate feedback loop.
Heat and drought weaken tree.
Tree susceptible to bark beetle.
Tree dies and releases carbon into atmosphere.
Climate change worsens.
It’s happening in front of our eyes and yet…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat and drought weaken tree.
Tree susceptible to bark beetle.
Tree dies and releases carbon into atmosphere.
Climate change worsens.
It’s happening in front of our eyes and yet…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests
In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Climate feedback loop.
Heat and drought weaken tree.
Tree susceptible to bark beetle.
Tree dies and releases carbon into atmosphere.
Climate change worsens.
It’s happening in front of our eyes and yet…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat and drought weaken tree.
Tree susceptible to bark beetle.
Tree dies and releases carbon into atmosphere.
Climate change worsens.
It’s happening in front of our eyes and yet…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"the global coal demand increase of about 40mn tonnes this year was largely due to the US, where some coal plants have been exempted from environmental rules and high gas prices made it more competitive."
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Coal demand reaches new annual record as US output rises
IEA forecasts a decline in years to 2030 despite ‘many uncertainties’
giftarticle.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"the global coal demand increase of about 40mn tonnes this year was largely due to the US, where some coal plants have been exempted from environmental rules and high gas prices made it more competitive."
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Hopefully, the first of many opportunities for young people to enjoy by broadening our horizons and working more closely with Europe.
I feel much more hopeful about my children's future this morning, than I did yesterday. Bring on the Youth Mobility Scheme now.
I feel much more hopeful about my children's future this morning, than I did yesterday. Bring on the Youth Mobility Scheme now.
Thank goodness for that. Something that shouldn’t have happened, happened. And now it’s set to unhappen. Great for students, great for research in general and great for Britain.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Hopefully, the first of many opportunities for young people to enjoy by broadening our horizons and working more closely with Europe.
I feel much more hopeful about my children's future this morning, than I did yesterday. Bring on the Youth Mobility Scheme now.
I feel much more hopeful about my children's future this morning, than I did yesterday. Bring on the Youth Mobility Scheme now.
Fancy joining us at the fast growing and dynamic @uos-sisc.bsky.social?
Then please see the below PhD advert. Deadline Monday 19 January 2026.
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Then please see the below PhD advert. Deadline Monday 19 January 2026.
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
We are delighted to be hiring our next PhD student:
*Exploring the multi-level governance of Community Benefit Funds (CBFs) to accelerate regional sustainability transitions*
You can apply at the below link:
www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
#climatesky #greensky #academicsky #energysky
*Exploring the multi-level governance of Community Benefit Funds (CBFs) to accelerate regional sustainability transitions*
You can apply at the below link:
www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
#climatesky #greensky #academicsky #energysky
Exploring the multi-level governance of Community Benefit Funds | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Fancy joining us at the fast growing and dynamic @uos-sisc.bsky.social?
Then please see the below PhD advert. Deadline Monday 19 January 2026.
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Then please see the below PhD advert. Deadline Monday 19 January 2026.
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
The political and scientific consensus re climate and the environment has fractured.
The US and its "allies" should be ashamed.
The facts speak for themselves and should they be silenced, they will eventually be felt through climate and ecological breakdown.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The US and its "allies" should be ashamed.
The facts speak for themselves and should they be silenced, they will eventually be felt through climate and ecological breakdown.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UN environment report 'hijacked' over fossil fuels - top scientist
The US and other governments derailed agreement on a global environment study, it's co-chair says.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The political and scientific consensus re climate and the environment has fractured.
The US and its "allies" should be ashamed.
The facts speak for themselves and should they be silenced, they will eventually be felt through climate and ecological breakdown.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The US and its "allies" should be ashamed.
The facts speak for themselves and should they be silenced, they will eventually be felt through climate and ecological breakdown.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The share of UK households using solid fuel increased from 8% in 2018-19 to 11.7% in 2022-23. Installations are also increasing, with the proportion of newly inspected homes containing a stove growing from 7% in 2009 to just over 10% by 2024."
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem
The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"The share of UK households using solid fuel increased from 8% in 2018-19 to 11.7% in 2022-23. Installations are also increasing, with the proportion of newly inspected homes containing a stove growing from 7% in 2009 to just over 10% by 2024."
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
Good news klaxon activated 📣
Thanks @hannahritchie.bsky.social
Some highlights:
- EV count for 45% of *all* new vehicle sales
- EVs >10% of passenger cars on the road
- In 2025, China added renewable + nuclear power gen 1.5X UK's total generation!
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...
Thanks @hannahritchie.bsky.social
Some highlights:
- EV count for 45% of *all* new vehicle sales
- EVs >10% of passenger cars on the road
- In 2025, China added renewable + nuclear power gen 1.5X UK's total generation!
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...
What happened on energy and climate in China this year?
Emissions flatlined; clean power pushed out coal; and oil for transport falls again.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Good news klaxon activated 📣
Thanks @hannahritchie.bsky.social
Some highlights:
- EV count for 45% of *all* new vehicle sales
- EVs >10% of passenger cars on the road
- In 2025, China added renewable + nuclear power gen 1.5X UK's total generation!
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...
Thanks @hannahritchie.bsky.social
Some highlights:
- EV count for 45% of *all* new vehicle sales
- EVs >10% of passenger cars on the road
- In 2025, China added renewable + nuclear power gen 1.5X UK's total generation!
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...
Just writing a piece about how nothing in Britain works.
The irony is not lost on me, as my internet drops out (rolling 3+ month issue).
I’ve also just returned back from a walk to the local garage where the scanner wasn’t working to take my faulty parcel back to the depot.
1st world problems etc
The irony is not lost on me, as my internet drops out (rolling 3+ month issue).
I’ve also just returned back from a walk to the local garage where the scanner wasn’t working to take my faulty parcel back to the depot.
1st world problems etc
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just writing a piece about how nothing in Britain works.
The irony is not lost on me, as my internet drops out (rolling 3+ month issue).
I’ve also just returned back from a walk to the local garage where the scanner wasn’t working to take my faulty parcel back to the depot.
1st world problems etc
The irony is not lost on me, as my internet drops out (rolling 3+ month issue).
I’ve also just returned back from a walk to the local garage where the scanner wasn’t working to take my faulty parcel back to the depot.
1st world problems etc
