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There is no more urgent challenge than responding to the current climate emergency. mySociety’s priority is to give you the power to demand the change we need.
6th December 2023 by Myfanwy
As we look back on a million public requests, we’re also looking to the future and how WhatDoTheyKnow might be leveraged for the most important issue of our generation — the climate. The climate emergency is a “wicked problem,” that is to say that it is a challenge with incomplete, contradictory, and often changing requirements.…
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