North Star Transition

UK water companies need to change if they are to operate successfully in the long-term, even while the industry around them changes. Vicky Vanderstichele outlines three key areas of change water companies need to address.

Water is the quintessential systemic resource which no single actor, including water companies, can manage alone. Vicky Vanderstichele argues that the water sector in the UK is in crisis precisely because it has sought to look at water as an isolated issue rather than as part of a system. Can we look at water in a completely different way?

What would a regenerative Fens look like? Vicky Vanderstichele reports on the work North Star Transition has been doing with stakeholders from across the Fens landscape as they navigate significant challenges, from climate and flooding, to drought and economic performance.

When the River Wye carries the landscape’s prime resource - its top soil - down to the sea, everybody loses. Nick Hooper explores how to attract mainstream investments to address the root causes of environmental degradation through nature-based solutions.

It’s a time for reflection and looking ahead. Olivier Boutellis welcomes North Star Transition’s newly appointed Advisory Council as we reach the fourth anniversary of our first Transition Lab meeting. 

Can a nation be Net Zero? Can Wales? Pathways to a prosperous and resilient Wales in a changing future: Jyoti Banerjee reports on the work of the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group. 

Wye-Usk Transition Lab aims to facilitate transformation of the catchments of the Wye and Usk rivers into regenerative, healthy and thriving areas for people and nature. Rebecca Annells outlines the North Star Transition approach to developing a truly transformational plan.

We are witnessing nature’s collapse all around us. But where will the finance come from to restore nature and to protect against climate, social and health catastrophes? Jerome Tagger reports on North Star Transition’s 2023 investigations into the feasibility of investing in nature at landscape scale.

When the then UK environment secretary Therese Coffey described the Wye as “unfavourable-declining” we at North Star Transition asked how we could make the Wye and Usk landscapes completely regenerative. Jo Jones relates the progress we made in the Wye-Usk Transition Lab in 2023.