Current and Previous Campaigns
ACAN is active all year round, with campaigns related to individual Thematic Groups, collaborative activities with like minded organisations and Network-wide statements and events. Read on for details of past and current ACAN campaigns. If you’d like to be involved in any of these, do please get in touch.
Current Campaigns
LESS CARBON: MORE TRUTH – Get involved in our new campaign
We're launching a new campaign- LESS CARBON: MORE TRUTH- and we're holding an open meeting to hear your pitches on the campaign's direction
ACAN Education Youth Sustainability Workshop
We kicked off our Youth Sustainability Workshops Series at the end of 2025, with our very first workshop, and it was an absolute blast!
An Open Letter To Government Regarding Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
ACAN Ecology have signed an open letter to government regarding Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and a possible reduction in its powers due to be announced in the coming days.
ACAN X Futurebuild 2026: We Need You!
ACAN is returning to Futurebuild in May 2026 and we need YOUR help to make it happen!
Circular Economy Policy Campaign 2025
We are excited to launch our Circular Economy Policy Campaign 2025, a bold call for national policy reforms to embed circular economy principles across the entire lifecycle of the built environment addressed to the UK Government CE task Force.
Protecting Warm Homes Funding is Essential for the UK’s Energy Future
ACAN has proudly signed the new E3G coordinated cross-industry letter calling on the Prime Minister and Chancellor to protect the Warm Homes Plan and safeguard the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) and the Energy Company Obligation (ECO).
Volunteer Shout Out: Youth Sustainability Workshops
We're looking for volunteers to help run youth sustainability workshops. The aim of this series of workshops is to engage children in creative projects using recycled materials, repurposed waste, natural sources, and more, creating a welcoming invite into built environment themes while teaching about sustainability and best practices for shaping their spaces for a resilient and caring future.
Help us make our StuCAN Festival 2025 a reality
We need your help!
StuCAN Festival Curator Team – Call for Applications
Want to help shape this year's StuCAN Festival? Join our volunteer Festival Curator Team! This October, we're organising a two day Student Climate Action Festival in Glasgow to bring together built environment students from across the UK and beyond!
Previous Campaigns
Vote Now: ACAN Steering Group Recruitment 2025
We are looking for 9 members to join the Steering Group and play a vital role in supporting the network to develop and deliver its vision, mission and activities. Voting is open now.
Response To The Towards A New London Plan Consultation
Have your say on London’s future! From tackling whole-life carbon to calling for a circular economy, protecting biodiversity, and pushing for ambitious retrofit policies - our response outlines what London must do to meet its climate responsibilities and lead by example.
ACAN Statement on the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
ACAN will keep fighting for climate justice. At the Biennale, we used the opportunity of being together with different ACAN chapters to raise awareness about the importance of being engaged in collective movements like ACAN - and thus engaging with the public.
We’re Recruiting! International Support Team
Join the ACAN International Support Team for our next 6-month term. We're looking for three passionate volunteers to help connect, communicate, and campaign across borders.
StuCAN Competition 2025 – Winners Revealed
We are delighted to reveal that the winners of this year's Student Competition to Design a Mobile Climate Action Headquarters.
We’re recruiting Student Representatives
Calling all students! We’re recruiting Student Representatives for all our Thematic Groups!
ACAN Statement: M&S Oxford Street Planning Decision
ACAN, along with the many others across our industry fighting to mitigate climate breakdown, are hugely disappointed at this latest decision.
ACAB Response to ARB Code of Conduct Consultation
Our response to the Architects Registration Board’s (ARB) consultation on the proposed changes to the Code of Conduct.
