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From baby beavers to river walks: across Britain, local climate action is taking root

While national environmental movements have disappeared from headlines, climate action hasn’t stopped – community groups are now leading the charge on positive change.

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Diyora Shadijanova and The Lead
Jan 31, 2026
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In Ealing, beavers have been reintroduced to an urban setting for the first time in British history. Pic: Peter Shackle/The Ealing Beaver Project

At the tail end of last summer (the hottest on record), research by the University of Oxford found that the majority of the public supports action on climate. That support hasn’t vanished – but the way people a…

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