Many local authorities across England are working towards ambitious carbon neutrality targets, often well ahead of national goals. However, with reduced council budgets, planning and environmental ...

Most people live in homes that burn gas or other fossil fuels to provide heat and hot water. To reach net zero emissions by 2050, we have to switch to greener heating. Heat pumps, which run on ...

www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-electricity-to-gas-price-ratio-explained-how-a-green-ratio-would-make-bills-cheaper-and-greener/ ...

Instead of placing big bets on assumptions about ideas when they are first proposed, policies need to be reviewed and improved throughout their development via a process of test and learn. This ...

Chris led Nesta's research interests into how startups and new technologies can drive economic growth, and what this means for businesses, intermediaries and for the government. Jonathan works within ...

Julie was the Head of Government Innovation Research in the Policy and Research Team. This paper shares lessons from Nesta’s research into some of the pioneering innovations in digital democracy which ...

www.nesta.org.uk/report/how-eating-out-contributes-to-our-diets/ ...

Patricia Lucas is a social researcher with a particular interest in child health inequalities and evidence for policy. She divides her time between independent work, leading rapid soci… Rosa Robinson ...

Patricia Lucas is a social researcher with a particular interest in child health inequalities and evidence for policy. She divides her time between independent work, leading rapid soci… COVID-19 ...

www.nesta.org.uk/report/how-to-increase-the-demand-for-heat-pumps/ ...

Jonathan works within Nesta Cymru (Wales), focusing on working across public, private and non-profit sectors to deliver innovative solutions that tackle obesity and loneliness in Wales. To better ...

Professor Edward Melhuish is Emeritus Professor of Human Development and a renowned expert on early development. Gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes between disadvantaged children and their ...