The summit offered a variety of workshops, table discussions and feedback sessions, with keynote speeches and presentations from; Centre for Sustainable Energy, Gloucestershire County Council, BEIS, Ridge and Partners LLP, Ecotricity, Severn Wye Energy Agency, Spirax Sarco and students from the University of Gloucestershire.

Yolande Booyse from the University's Green Team society and Dan Green from Stroud Youth Strike for Climate gave presentations on behalf of young people. Drawing on focus group discussions with other students, Yolande said: "Businesses & organisations need to get more young people involved in decision making, model change, & diversify communications platforms to tackle the climate crisis"

A new article, on the Gaia Education website, draws attention to a new report that reveals compelling evidence of the effectiveness of community-led responses to climate and ecological breakdown. 

The report, which draws on academic studies, grey literature, and informal and experiential knowledge, demonstrates that communities are delivering a much broader set of benefits than technological solutions focussed only on reducing carbon emissions.

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