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This introductory view of the relationships and issues that connect contemporary urban regeneration with the climate crisis and its consequences represents a work in progress. While noting many close connections between regeneration and climate action, the paper suggests that full understanding of the connections and their further development requires much more work in clarifying the detail around climate change challenges. These challenges come at every level of society from individual people to international governments, and good practice is emerging. As well as mitigation and adaptation -- the two key actions in response to climate change -- there is need for clear communication, both to educate us all about these actions and to support campaigning to encourage other groups and agencies to do so as well. The burning question overall is what will good and effective regeneration look like under these changing conditions? There is a need to review and potentially replace past solutions with approaches that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, so that we can become more fit for the 22nd century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We have all read the headlines -- the High Street is in trouble. Footfall is declining, sales are down, vacancy rates are increasing, and a litany of retail chains have closed their doors. Over the past decade, the UK High Street has been subjected to powerful drivers of change. To paraphrase Mary Portas, failing to help them adapt to change risks the irreplaceable loss of places of real social and economic value. While the historical drivers of change are now well understood, little attention has been paid to future drivers, in particular the growth of online shopping and, more broadly, digital technology. Consequently, Experian has examined the growth of digital technology and its implications for over 1,200 high streets. The author discusses the increasingly important role of online shopping and digital technology and the emerging demands of digital consumers -- driven by the desire for service, choice, experience, value and technological innovation. The paper goes on to argue that, far from being a threat to high streets, digital technology must be embraced if they are to reverse their decline. The author sheds light on a number of emerging innovations that high street operators would do well to heed if they are to place themselves back at the centre of retail -- as the natural bridge between the online and offline economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]