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New skills are needed in the workforce to address the challenges posed by climate change and the drive for sustainable development. However, there is a lack of clarity about what exactly is required of employees in terms of sustainability skills across all sectors, and what so-called ‘sustainability skills’ (also referred to as competencies, attributes, literacy) might entail. This scoping study, by Change Agents UK and the EAUC, examines perspectives from three key stakehold

We are delighted to hear we have received funding thanks to Historic England, National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. The Culture Recovery Fund is a historic investment in all kinds of culture and heritage, in all communities, to help the sector recover from coronavirus. #HereForCulture unites the public, government, and organisations in support of our fantastic culture and heritage. Culture creates jobs, supports livelihoods, a

The UK is legally committed to net zero emissions by 2050. This target was put forward by the Government’s statutory advisor, the Committee on Climate Change, for delivering on the UK’s commitments to the Paris Agreement. The measures are a continued response to the extensive reports, evidence and lived realities which attest to current, worsening trajectories away from a sustainable, equitable and thriving world. If taken seriously – and it must be – ‘Net-Zero by 2050’ has h

In mid-March, prior to the announcement of lockdown in the UK, Change Agents UK published a blog post that speculated on the potential environmental impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, both positive and negative. This explored the potential effect of many changes on national and global carbon emissions, such as the normalisation of remote-working practices, and the vast reduction in air travel. Four months on (the longest third of a year on record), we want to re-examine the

Worldwide, millions of students are facing unprecedented disruptions to their education. Exams have been cancelled, enrolment dates pushed back, key events postponed, and the delivery of lectures and course content changed radically and indefinitely. The promise of post-graduate employment (a key sales pitch of universities in recent decades) no longer offers the same reassurance. The National Union of Students (NUS) recently surveyed nearly 10,000 students and found 95% ‘exp

In the age of the Anthropocene, we urgently need new ways of thinking and acting. Economists are predicting that biophysical limits will determine the post-growth world and, as things stand, this will be characterised by mass migration, profound natural hazards, and huge discontinuities for human and natural systems (Crownshaw et al., 2018). Epidemiologists warn how climate change will create a world of unprecedented new diseases. The current pandemic is sending disruptive s