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)
Two years hard work!
It's great to finally launch this deep-dive into Foundation Scotland. The sector leader on Community Benefit Funds (CBFs), they manage £1 in every £3 distributed by these funds in Scotland.
The report demystifies CBFs and illustrates what good practice looks like in reality.
It's great to finally launch this deep-dive into Foundation Scotland. The sector leader on Community Benefit Funds (CBFs), they manage £1 in every £3 distributed by these funds in Scotland.
The report demystifies CBFs and illustrates what good practice looks like in reality.
🚀 NEW REPORT LAUNCHED 🚀
🌟 A new report by the Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) has identified Foundation Scotland as a model for good practice, in the design and governance of Community Benefit Funds (CBFs).
Full report: strathprints.strath.ac.uk/94730/
🌟 A new report by the Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) has identified Foundation Scotland as a model for good practice, in the design and governance of Community Benefit Funds (CBFs).
Full report: strathprints.strath.ac.uk/94730/
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Two years hard work!
It's great to finally launch this deep-dive into Foundation Scotland. The sector leader on Community Benefit Funds (CBFs), they manage £1 in every £3 distributed by these funds in Scotland.
The report demystifies CBFs and illustrates what good practice looks like in reality.
It's great to finally launch this deep-dive into Foundation Scotland. The sector leader on Community Benefit Funds (CBFs), they manage £1 in every £3 distributed by these funds in Scotland.
The report demystifies CBFs and illustrates what good practice looks like in reality.
Pretty sure LinkedIn's feed is 30% adverts, 30% award ceremonies, 30% "I got promoted/I changed job" posts and 10% something actually worthwhile reading.
It was ever thus...
It was ever thus...
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Pretty sure LinkedIn's feed is 30% adverts, 30% award ceremonies, 30% "I got promoted/I changed job" posts and 10% something actually worthwhile reading.
It was ever thus...
It was ever thus...
Whilst the heat pump subsidy cuts make the news, this is the big story that isn’t getting much traction.
How can people trust retrofit when 98% of installations will require major and costly remedial work.
It is scandalous.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
How can people trust retrofit when 98% of installations will require major and costly remedial work.
It is scandalous.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Failings at every level' led to botched insulation scheme
Wall insulation installed under two separate schemes was supposed to keep residents warm and dry, but instead left some homes damp and mouldy
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Whilst the heat pump subsidy cuts make the news, this is the big story that isn’t getting much traction.
How can people trust retrofit when 98% of installations will require major and costly remedial work.
It is scandalous.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
How can people trust retrofit when 98% of installations will require major and costly remedial work.
It is scandalous.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Labour and their forthcoming budget have one big problem to fix.
It's this:
"In the 6 months to May 2025, 7.1 million low-income households (60%) were going without essentials. This number has been at least 7 million since October 2022"
The question is not if it should be fixed but how.
It's this:
"In the 6 months to May 2025, 7.1 million low-income households (60%) were going without essentials. This number has been at least 7 million since October 2022"
The question is not if it should be fixed but how.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Labour and their forthcoming budget have one big problem to fix.
It's this:
"In the 6 months to May 2025, 7.1 million low-income households (60%) were going without essentials. This number has been at least 7 million since October 2022"
The question is not if it should be fixed but how.
It's this:
"In the 6 months to May 2025, 7.1 million low-income households (60%) were going without essentials. This number has been at least 7 million since October 2022"
The question is not if it should be fixed but how.
That's my wknd sorted...with the kids of course 👀
"New version of Minecraft teaches children about coastal erosion, flood resilience and climate adaptation
The aim of CoastCraft is to protect the coastal landscape from the effects of sea-level rise."
education.minecraft.net/en-us/lesson...
"New version of Minecraft teaches children about coastal erosion, flood resilience and climate adaptation
The aim of CoastCraft is to protect the coastal landscape from the effects of sea-level rise."
education.minecraft.net/en-us/lesson...
education.minecraft.net
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
That's my wknd sorted...with the kids of course 👀
"New version of Minecraft teaches children about coastal erosion, flood resilience and climate adaptation
The aim of CoastCraft is to protect the coastal landscape from the effects of sea-level rise."
education.minecraft.net/en-us/lesson...
"New version of Minecraft teaches children about coastal erosion, flood resilience and climate adaptation
The aim of CoastCraft is to protect the coastal landscape from the effects of sea-level rise."
education.minecraft.net/en-us/lesson...
Public ownership raises a different kind of local/community distribution model versus private ownership + Community Benefit Fund.
A very worthwhile read below.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A very worthwhile read below.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Much fairer’: all profits from new Orkney windfarm to benefit locals
Construction due to begin in 2027 on what is expected to become UK’s largest publicly owned windfarm
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Public ownership raises a different kind of local/community distribution model versus private ownership + Community Benefit Fund.
A very worthwhile read below.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A very worthwhile read below.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Great pod with one of the world’s best known environmentalists.
Some important and much needed good news here about the rise of renewables.
open.spotify.com/episode/2lCf...
Some important and much needed good news here about the rise of renewables.
open.spotify.com/episode/2lCf...
Here comes the sun! The solar energy revolution
open.spotify.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Great pod with one of the world’s best known environmentalists.
Some important and much needed good news here about the rise of renewables.
open.spotify.com/episode/2lCf...
Some important and much needed good news here about the rise of renewables.
open.spotify.com/episode/2lCf...
Thousands join biggest-ever UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thousands join biggest-ever UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution
Revisiting what bonkers decision it was from the Tories to commit to scrapping the Climate Change Act we find the recent report from @climateoutreach.bsky.social, which finds:
1. People are very worried about climate change harming nature and wildlife
2. This 100% includes Traditional Conservatives
1. People are very worried about climate change harming nature and wildlife
2. This 100% includes Traditional Conservatives
October 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Revisiting what bonkers decision it was from the Tories to commit to scrapping the Climate Change Act we find the recent report from @climateoutreach.bsky.social, which finds:
1. People are very worried about climate change harming nature and wildlife
2. This 100% includes Traditional Conservatives
1. People are very worried about climate change harming nature and wildlife
2. This 100% includes Traditional Conservatives
Reposted by Prof Matt Hannon
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Reposted by Prof Matt Hannon
The Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities has finally joined BlueSky.
Please follow us if you're interested in research that explores pathways to a fair and sustainable future, where communities are represented, empowered and enriched.
#greensky #academicsky #energysky
Please follow us if you're interested in research that explores pathways to a fair and sustainable future, where communities are represented, empowered and enriched.
#greensky #academicsky #energysky
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities has finally joined BlueSky.
Please follow us if you're interested in research that explores pathways to a fair and sustainable future, where communities are represented, empowered and enriched.
#greensky #academicsky #energysky
Please follow us if you're interested in research that explores pathways to a fair and sustainable future, where communities are represented, empowered and enriched.
#greensky #academicsky #energysky
Labour's Local Power Plan has not yet launched but GBEnergy's latest strategic statement from DESNZ retains a commitment to it, with further details due later this year (i.e. soon)
A little more detail too here on what it will include
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68c807...
A little more detail too here on what it will include
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68c807...
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Labour's Local Power Plan has not yet launched but GBEnergy's latest strategic statement from DESNZ retains a commitment to it, with further details due later this year (i.e. soon)
A little more detail too here on what it will include
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68c807...
A little more detail too here on what it will include
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68c807...
Spot the difference.
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...
This is what I suspect is (partly) driving a political push back against net-zero.
It illustrates out some of the excellent thinking in this piece too:
theconversation.com/port-talbot-...
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...
This is what I suspect is (partly) driving a political push back against net-zero.
It illustrates out some of the excellent thinking in this piece too:
theconversation.com/port-talbot-...
October 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Spot the difference.
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...
This is what I suspect is (partly) driving a political push back against net-zero.
It illustrates out some of the excellent thinking in this piece too:
theconversation.com/port-talbot-...
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...
This is what I suspect is (partly) driving a political push back against net-zero.
It illustrates out some of the excellent thinking in this piece too:
theconversation.com/port-talbot-...