Date: 12 November 2025 Milestone Reflection Context The last post marked the thirtieth letter of One Letter a Day. In the past month the project has travelled from neighbourhood concerns to city offices, university departments, community organisations, regional authorities – and now, with a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
From economic strain to civic preparedness Date: 11 November 2025 Recipient: Rachel Reeves MP — Chancellor of the Exchequer Context Week 5 of One Letter a Day turns toward Westminster. After a month spent tracing climate delivery from communities to city halls, these letters ask how national politics can reconnect the
From regional momentum to national responsibility Date: 10 November 2025 Recipient: Alex Sobel MP — Leeds Central & Headingley Context Week 5 of One Letter a Day turns from city and regional leadership toward national politics. After four weeks of letters across Leeds and West Yorkshire, this new sequence asks how
From regional delivery to civic imagination Date: 10 November 2025 Recipient: Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire Context Week 4 concludes with the region’s political voice at its highest level. Following letters to the city’s operational, democratic and institutional leaders, this final exchange turns to Tracy Brabin, Mayor
I think that as a council we have made quite a fundamental shift this year in the way that we position our ambitions, rather than them being led by the council, external conveners are leading the city conversation with the council’s support.
From measurable delivery to democratic legitimacy Date: 8 November 2025 Recipient: Councillor Jane Scullion, Chair, Climate, Energy & Environment Committee — West Yorkshire Combined Authority Context Week 4 of One Letter a Day follows the thread from civic action to institutional delivery. After conversations with Noel Collings on regional infrastructure and
From visible evidence to measurable systems Date: 6 November 2025 Recipient: Noel Collings, Head of Net Zero & Energy — West Yorkshire Combined Authority Context Week 4 of One Letter a Day continues its focus on the institutions shaping delivery of the region’s climate ambitions. Following yesterday’s letter to
From regional energy to visible evidence Date: 5 November 2025 Recipient: Professor Rosa Foster, Director — Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission and Leeds Climate Commission Context Week 4 of One Letter a Day focuses on institutional coordination and regional leadership. Professor Rosa Foster occupies a pivotal role in guiding the region’
Keeping climate accountability visible Date: 4 November 2025 Recipient: Councillor Katie Dye, Chair of the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee — Leeds City Council Context As Week 4 of One Letter a Day carries on from city delivery to democratic oversight, we write to Councillor Katie Dye. As Chair of the Climate
My ask would be that people actively engage in the climate agenda – join their local climate action group, repair café, support their local school and then shout about what they are doing and why. Come and present at the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee.
Land, food, and resilience in a changing climate Context The sixth letter of Week 3 of One Letter a Day turns to Adam Ogilvie, Chief Executive of Meanwood Valley Urban Farm. Founded in 1980, the farm has spent four decades reconnecting Leeds residents with land, food, and nature through education,
Strengthening the civic layer of the energy transition Context Today we turn to Lucy Meredith, coordinator of Leeds Community Energy and Housing & Energy Transition Partner for Climate Action Leeds. Her work connects households, cooperatives and city institutions to make renewable energy and retrofit genuinely local. Although national strategies focus