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A low carbon vision for the West Midlands in 2020
Date uploaded: June 2009. Sets out a positive and practical vision of a West Midlands that has achieved carbon reduction and an improved quality of life by 2020.
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Advantage West Midlands climate risk assessment: business clusters
The UK Climate Impacts Programme published this report for AWM in August 2006 to set out recommendations for action by four priority business clusters to take forward their adaptation response to the emerging risks posed by climate change.
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Building Britain's future - West Midlands Green Economy
On 29 July, Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate change, visited Birmingham with a very interesting question and answer session following these presentations.
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Carbon Dioxide emissions of West Midlands Housing - A Scenario Analysis
This report was produced by SEI and commissioned by West Midlands Regional Assembly in 2007 to test the Regional Housing Strategy for their impacts on carbon emissions within the region and to test the West Midlands' Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) phase 2 revision.
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Carbon Neutrality & the West Midlands city region
This report details the outsomes of a discussion dinner, held by the Lunar Society and chaired by Professor Sir John Lawton, Chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. It examines the issue of Climate Change and the role of the West Midlands in coordinating change, locally and nationally.
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Challenging Convention workshop outcomes
This report by the Business Council for Sustainable Development - United Kingdom (BCSD-UK) details the outcomes of the Challenging Convention workshop on 9 December 2009 which was hosted and part sponsored by Sustainability West Midlands.
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Culture and climate change in the West Midlands
Professor John E. Thornes, University of Birmingham wrote this report in November 2007 to raise awareness of the relationship between culture and climate change and the implications of climate change to the cultural sectors in the West Midlands.
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Delivering the Low Carbon Economy - Business Opportunities for UK Manufacturers
EEF has worked in partnership with Deloitte UK Manufacturing Group to review and analyse how UK manufacturing can respond to the business opportunities presented by the move to a low carbon economy
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Environmental Technologies - Phase 2: Online survey findings
In March 2009, the West Midlands Regional Observatory (WMRO) published this report of their quantitative survey of businesses designed to show the potential contribution environmental technologies such as renewable energy, pollution monitoring and waste management can make to the regional economy.
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Environmental Technologies project - Phase 1: Review of secondary sources of data & intelligence
In March 2009, the West Midlands Regional Observatory (WMRO) published this report to review of secondary sources of data and analysis of the potential contribution environmental technologies such as renewable energy, pollution monitoring and waste management can make to the regional economy.
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Evidence of Success: Low Carbon Regional Economic Strategy
'Connecting to Success' produced by Advantage West Midlands (AWM) has been recognised as the UK's first low-carbon Regional Economic Strategy. This summary document explains the process that AWM embarked upon with its partners to develop this strategy. It also addresses such issues as productivity gap, carbon gap and effective use of resources in developing new products and services across the whole economic activity.
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Improving Infrastructure: Wind Resource Study for the West Midlands Region
Wind power has the potential to generate clean, renewable energy to power homes and businesses. This study reviews the economically viable wind resource across the West Midlands Region.
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Low Carbon Evidence Base for the West Midlands Regional Economic Strategy
Advantage West Midlands has commissioned a programme of work to underpin its work on producing the UK's first low carbon Regional Economic Strategy. This programme included the development of an evidence base to support the "low carbon" components of the new West Midlands Regional Economic Strategy (WMES) and an assessment of the impacts of climate change on the economy of the West Midlands.
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Low Carbon Jobs for Europe
This report produced by WWF in June 2009 shows that more European jobs are directly related to renewable energy, sustainable transport and energy efficient goods and services than those in polluting industries, such as mining, electricity, gas, cement, and iron and steel.
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Low-Carbon Economy for the West Midlands: a synthesis report
After producing the West Midlands Regional Economic Strategy (WMES), Advantage West Midlands and West Midlands Regional Observatory have been working together on a three year programme to enable the region to develop an integrated and robust evidence base around the low-carbon economy. This report presents a synthesis of the work produced during the first year of the programme.
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Moving 'Beyond Decent Homes' - Standard 2009
This is the 2009 report prepared for the Sustainable Housing Action Partnership (SHAP) which has been written and designed by Nick Dodd, Charlie Baker and John Sampson from URBED. This report was launched on 15 October 2009 at the SHAP 2009 conference.
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No charge? Valuing the environment
Date uploaded: October 2009. The No Charge? report examines a range of natural 'ecosystem services' - such as healthy soils, clean water, carbon storage, and flood prevention - these underpin economic growth and deliver natural solutions to 21st century problems. They generate billions of pounds of hidden value to the UK economy each year and far outweigh the costs required to sustain them in a healthy, functioning state.
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Policy Statement on Regional Strategies and Guidance on the establishment of Leaders Boards: Consultation
This policy sets out the Governments policy framework for the preparation of Regional Strategies, providing policy on the preparation and revision of such strategies and sets out the main expectations on their form, content, implementation and monitoring.
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Study into CO2 Emission Difference Projections to 2020 Resulting from AWM Investments
The requirement for Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) to estimate their carbon reductions to 2010 & 2020 is set out in the May 2007 Energy White Paper 'Meeting the Energy Challenge'. This study provides an evidence base and recommendations to Advantage West Midlands (AWM) to help it develop its corporate targets to reduce carbon resulting from its investment.
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Sustainability at the RDAs - Benchmarking performance on sustainable development at the English RDAs
In March 2009 Forum for the Future published the report "Sustainability at the RDAs" to assess the organisational performance of each of the English Regional Development Agencies (RDAs). The report was commissioned by Advantage West Midlands (AWM).
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The Impact of Climate Change on the Economy of the West Midlands
Advantage West Midlands (AWM) has commissioned a programme fo work to underpin its work on producing the UK's first low-carbon Regional Economic Strategy (RES). This study forms one part of the evidence base and aims to identify and prioritise particular sectors and places (in terms of economics and business) at risk from climate change impacts in the West Midlands, as well as the need to minimise potential impacts or exploit opportunities associated with projected climate change.
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Understanding the (R-ISEW) as an indicator of sustainable economic growth
This report outlines how the R-ISEW index will provide a valuable means of measuring the regions success in achieving sustainable economic growth.
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Understanding the West Midlands Carbon Gap
There are a multitude of polcies, from international to local level that focus on trying to mitigate against the impacts of Climate Change. The report aims to help policy makers in the West Midlands understand how implementing these policies will effect CO₂ emissions in the region.
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University Challenge: Growing the knowledge economy in Birmingham
The Centre for Cities has published the report "University Challenge: Growing the knowledge economy in Birmingham" for Birmingham City Council. This report aims to inform economic development strategies and improve economic performance. It focuses on the future growth prospects for Birmingham.
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West Midlands Climate change adaptation partnership
This presentation introduces the UK Climate projections for 2009 and explains what these tell us, how we are affected by these and how we should respond to this.
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West Midlands Futures: Drivers of change affecting the West Midlands
Forum for the Future undertook a futures project as part of their partnership work with Advantage West Midlands (AWM). The project is built on the work already undertaken for the first part of the West Midlands Economic Strategy (WMES) review. This report summarises the outcomes of the first stage and indentifies the future drivers of change and uncertainties that will affect the West Midlands economy.
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West Midlands Regional Sustainable Development Indicators Factsheet
The Government publishes a selection of sustainable development indicators at regional level. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs have produced a 'fact sheet' summarising the position in the West Midlands with regards to these indicators, helping to guide the development of appropriate targets.
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What is the SNR and progress in the West Midlands
At a recent Regional Evidence Base workshop at our offices, Rose Poulter gave this presentation which outlined some of the main principals of the Sub National Review and the next steps.
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