Energy

Clean Cities Agenda and the GM business context

In Economy, Energy, Green & blue spaces, Society and Transport on 17.05.2016
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

The pro-manchester Green Economy group and Transport and Infrastructure Group have organised an expert panel to discuss what a Green Cities agenda actually means for Manchester and the wider local economy.

ECO Stars freight recognition scheme comes to Greater Manchester

In Energy, Health, Transport and Waste on 01.03.2016
Contributed by Matthew Roberts

Operators of vans, buses and coaches in Manchester will benefit from a free scheme aimed at reducing costs and boosting environmental performance.

Salford signs own climate change agreement

In Energy and Nature on 11.02.2016
Contributed by Michael Hemingway

Move over world leaders – Salford has already signed its own climate change agreement!

December floods cause widespread damage

In Energy and Nature on 09.02.2016
Contributed by Grace Fleming

The RESIN project is bringing European cities and scientists together to investigate climate resilience and develop more effective strategies.

Back to class with the Manchester-based Carbon Literacy Project

In Economy, Energy and Living on 08.01.2016
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

The Carbon Literacy Project has united a group of 30 organisations in a bid to ensure that "all citizens will be carbon literate” across Greater Manchester and beyond. Here, ICLEI's Michael Woodbridge explores what this really means.

#WeAreTheClimateGeneration

In Energy, Health, Living and Nature on 23.11.2015
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

With the 21st International UN Climate Conference just weeks away, we explore the significance of #WeAreTheClimateGeneration.

Community Energy at Risk from FITs Policy Changes

In Energy, Living and Waste on 21.10.2015
Contributed by Gill Fenna

The government’s proposed subsidy cut for small scale renewable energy schemes will threaten around £127 million of investment in current projects.

'What comes next?': Manchester tackles global inequality

In Economy, Education, Energy, Living and Waste on 28.09.2015
Contributed by Deborah Linton

Deborah Linton explores global inequality and considers the influence of the new Global Development Institute.

Q&A: Alex Wharton, Research Fellow at the University of Salford

In Education, Energy and Society on 28.07.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

Next in our series of academic profiles, we chat with Alex Wharton, a Research Fellow at the University of Salford with interests in the co-production of knowledge and urban spaces.

'Government's stance increasingly weak on climate change,' say Manchester University Professors

In Energy, Living and Nature on 27.07.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

Professors from The University of Manchester respond to a speech by new energy minister Amber Rudd on Government plans to tackle climate change.

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