Jo Wall

  • It’s time to take climate adaptation seriously

    26 July 2022

    It is no longer enough for councils to focus solely on net zero for their climate emergency plans, says Jo Wall. Adaptation should be key, embedded by whole-systems thinking.

  • Climate action support – what’s new for the UK?

    09 November 2021

    There will be much for local government to consider flowing from COP26 and the UK Government's recent net zero strategy documents, according to Jo Wall - and Local Partnerships has developed a range of free to use tools for the sector.

  • Climate leadership demands delivery at scale and pace

    19 September 2021

    What are the practical steps that councils can take, now, to help reduce their carbon emissions and establish a firm track on the journey to net zero? Jo Wall offers her advice

  • The troubled world of off-setting and sequestration

    18 March 2020

    Jo Wall says Local Partnerships' work on carbon sequestration, place-making and carbon accounting 'mean we have the skills to help assess the best options to adopt in order to select robust, practical and defensible plans for carbon off-setting'.

  • Climate emergency: adaptation

    11 March 2020

    Councils must lead the development of localised climate change adaption and resilience, through both action and policy, says Jo Wall of Local Partnerships.

  • Climate emergency: the role of renewables

    04 March 2020

    Many councils are developing or buying solar farms of their own. If successful this can cut carbon and emissions, and produce a good income through sound and ethical commercial ventures, says Jo Wall.

  • Climate emergency: know where you are

    19 February 2020

    The UN Climate Change Conference – COP26 – will take place in Glasgow in November, where more than 200 world leaders are expected to meet to agree a new, long-term deal on rising temperatures. According to organisers of COP26, the UK has ‘one shot’ at making it a global success.

  • Climate emergency: competing priorities and tough decisions

    12 February 2020

    Friends of the Earth’s climate action plan for councils identifies 50 steps that councils can take, highlighting specific actions around investment, retrofit, waste, energy, transport and land use.