The UK Creative Industries Council has adopted a Creative Climate Charter “designed to galvanise action on the climate and biodiversity crisis”. The Council, which is a joint initiative from the UK Government and industry leaders from across the creative sector, adopted the Charter at a meeting last week. It outlines how the creative sector can use its “collective imagination, economic influence and leadership” to reduce its environmental impact and find “practical and scalable” solutions to tackling the climate crisis. The Charter was developed in collaboration with members of a CIC working group co-chaired by Minnie Moll, Chief Executive of the Design Council, and Alison Tickell, Chief Executive of Julie’s Bicycle. Full details here

The full programme of more than 40 sessions from the Design Council’s Design for Planet festival is now available to view online for free. Just go here (or see below)

E-coating, a sustainable exterior wall coating with a high cooling effect designed to reduce the environmental costs of air conditioning, has won the Sustainable category in this year’s James Dyson Award. Made from recycled waste glass, the coating can be applied to exterior roofs and walls and works by reflecting sun rays and reducing the heat absorption of buildings. It was created by Hoi Fung Ronaldo Chan and Can Jovial Xiao from Hong Kong (below), who will receive £30,000 to support the next stages of its development. Design Week has the story here.

“What can our approach to tackling the Covid pandemic teach us about how we should address the climate crisis?” For its New Zero podcast, the Carbon Trust interviews former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, Sir Patrick Vallance. Listen here

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