
16 Dec 2014
New Climate Adaptation Resource from Innovate UK
Innovate UK (formerly known as the Technology Strategy Board), has published a new report on adapting buildings to climate change.…
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16 Dec 2014
SWM and partners launch new national resilient growth guide for Local Enterprise Partnerships
Rain or shine – how do you make sure your Local Enterprise Partnership investment plans produce resilient growth and a…
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11 Dec 2014
UK Climate Projections 2009 Website Updated
The UKCP09 climate change projections website has been refreshed and updated based on customer feedback. UKCP09 remains the leading source…
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27 Oct 2014
Climate Change free online course
This free online course from the University of Reading will take you on this fascinating journey through time. Over five…
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22 Oct 2014
West Midlands MP -v- Climate Change Committee – who won?
West Midlands MP and former Secretary of State for the Environment, Owen Patterson, recently spoke out about his views that…
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27 Jun 2014
SWM publish ‘Review of operating options for Birmingham Environment Partnership: Lessons for the Green Commission
SWM have today published a report entitled ‘Review of operating options for Birmingham Environment Partnership: Lessons for the Green Commission.’…
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1 May 2014
Sustainability West Midlands and Environment Agency working in partnership to run Business Resilience Workshop
Recent flooding and severe weather in the West Midlands has presented many challenges to local small businesses. Sustainability West Midlands…
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29 Apr 2014
Our comment: Resurrection of the Regions, Changing Weather, Business Growth
Resurrection of the Regions? April has seen signs of revival in regional leadership required by our roadmap 2020 priorities for…
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30 Mar 2014
Our comment: The Budget
The Budget The recent budget will make a mixed contribution to supporting our roadmap 2020 priorities for a better region.…
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18 Mar 2014
Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017: Call for evidence
Every five years the UK Government must carry out an assessment of the current and future risks to the country…
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20 Feb 2014
Our comment: Remanufacturing, Business Resilience Heath Check
How prepared was your organisation and business during the recent extreme weather? Through our support programmes for local business, and…
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29 Jan 2014
Sustainable Development Strategy for the NHS launched today
The Sustainable Development Unit has today launched its Sustainable Development Strategy for the NHS, Public Health and Social Care system.…
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22 Jan 2014
Enter the Climate Week Awards
The search is on for the UK’s most innovative, effective and ambitious organisations, communities and individuals – to showcase outstanding…
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20 Aug 2013
Rockefeller Foundation launch ‘100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge’
To enable 100 cities to better address the increasing shocks and stresses of the 21st century, The Rockefeller Foundation has…
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15 Jul 2013
New teaching resource for climate change launched
After a successful battle to keep climate change within the new proposed national curriculum, Sustainability West Midlands are delighted to…
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10 Jul 2013
Green Deal ‘could lead to deadly summer overheating’
Temperatures could soar to dangerously high levels in some homes insulated under the government’s flagship Green Deal scheme, experts have…
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4 Jul 2013
Volunteers help emergency services deliver in the West Midlands
Heavy snow has led to school closures, people working from home and events being cancelled across the West Midlands. More…
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11 Jun 2013
Building the business case for climate change adaptation
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has produced guidance to help environment and sustainability professionals identify the business…
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10 Jun 2013
How well would you cope with an emergency?
The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has developed an online game to test your incident management skills. BC24 is an incident…
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8 Apr 2013
Climate focussed social media website launched
In February, the Met Office launched a new climate focussed social media website, as a part of a new public-facing…
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4 Feb 2013
How bad was the global weather in 2012?
Over the past year, extreme weather events have seemed to become the norm rather than the exception. Across the UK,…
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10 Jan 2013
SWM survey on ‘Building business resilience to the impacts of extreme weather events’
We would like as many West Midlands SMEs to fill in our survey as possible – it is focused on…
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10 Dec 2012
Sustainability West Midlands site visit to UK Flood Barriers site
On Thursday 6 December, Sustainability West Midlands took a group of interested organisations including Local Authority officers and businesses from…
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7 Dec 2012
Launch of the Midlands Business Resilience Award – apply by 22 March
We are pleased to announce the launch of the second year of the Midlands Business Resilience Awards, which this year…
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