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Author: Judith Sykes

Ensuring a just zero carbon transition

July 21, 2020

How do we ensure a just transition to net-zero carbon emissions? Judith Sykes explores this topic as part of her role on the ICE State of the Nation 2020 Steering […]

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By Judith Sykes

Tags: Carbon, Infrastructure, Social value, Zero carbon transition

Infrastructure and Devolution

December 2, 2016

At last month’s annual Highways UK conference in Birmingham, there was much discussion on the opportunities for investment in UK infrastructure as well as innovation in the way it is […]

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By Judith Sykes

Tags: Featured, Governance, Infrastructure, Procurement

MK Futures 2050

July 22, 2016

On Wednesday evening, Milton Keynes council formally adopted the recommendations of the MK Futures 2050 Commission. In an unprecedented unanimous vote, the Commission’s vision for the future and 6 key […]

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By Judith Sykes

Tags: Cities, Featured, Governance

UK-GBC Cities Conference

March 23, 2015

Back sometime early in 2014, the UK Green Building Council approached us with the idea of hosting a conference on cities.  This was to be a different to the usual […]

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By Judith Sykes

Tags: Cities, Featured

Launch of Grosvenor Resilient Cities Research

May 12, 2014
Graphic illustrating cities most at risk from the Financial Times

Over the last 18 months I have been working with the research team at Grosvenor on a piece of work to evaluate the resilience of 50 major global cities. The […]

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By Judith Sykes

Tags: Cities, Featured, Research

Future Cites Mission to the US

March 5, 2014
View from the Centre for Urban Science and Progress in New York City

At the beginning of February, I was hugely privileged to be invited on the Technology Strategy Board funded mission to the US to share best practice in relation to the […]

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By Judith Sykes

Tags: Cities, Featured

Circular Economy: Good for Business?

October 22, 2013
Discovering the many materials inside an LED light disassembled during one of our workshops on closed loop design

I was really intrigued by this article in the Guardian last week, citing the circular economy as a new way of doing business. It really isn’t. But it is brilliant […]

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By Judith Sykes

Tags: Circular Economy, Featured, Materials, Waste

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