Green and clean. How can local government deliver services and engage citizens for a more sustainable future and a cooler climate?
Residents of villages, towns and cities in the UK are more united in their concern for the environment than one might assume given their often different political identities, according to research from the Centre for Towns. This could herald bolder national and local action to deliver the UK’s net-zero target.
The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 was published on 23 March 2021 and introduced into the Dáil on the 21st April 2021, to coincide with International Earth Day. The Bill amends the previous 2020 Climate Action Bill.
With the impacts of climate change worsening with every passing year, this briefing draws on two recent reports which explore the challenges facing communities, as well as opportunities of building a local climate commons in the transition to net zero.
Urban heat and the impact of climate change are already being felt in our cities and suburbs. This briefing looks at urban heat with a specific focus on the benchmarking urban heat projects in four Sydney councils, undertaken in collaboration with Western Sydney University (WSU).
This briefing presents the case for an alternate approach to greenfield development in South Australia in order to address the challenge of development sequencing and infrastructure funding. While this briefing is focussed on South Australia, the challenges are relevant for growth areas across Australia.
Recent headlines suggest that the UK is on its way to meeting the target of net zero by 2050. Referring to examples from across the UK, this briefing sets out ten actions that councillors can take to meet the challenge of eliminating remaining emissions. This briefing will be of interest to councillors and officers who…
The development of new and smart technologies to improve urban living continues apace. This briefing is on the developments in the City of Helsingborg and in preparations for a City Expo in 2022 to showcase what has been achieved.
As plans are laid for a green recovery from the impact of the pandemic, public procurement of sustainable and local food is an effective mechanism at our disposal. Sarah Duley from Soil Association Scotland explains how public sector food can be a powerful tool for social, economic, and environmental change.
Improvements to Scotland’s housing over the next 20 years should mean more social housing as well as warmer and greener homes for renters and homeowners. ‘Housing to 2040’, published by Scottish Government, also promises better quality housing across all tenures, with existing homes brought up to the same standard as new properties and improved accessibility…
In this blog, Iain Gulland, Chief Executive of Zero Waste Scotland, weighs in on Scottish Government’s recent launch of a £70m Recycling Improvement Fund.