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The Regional Air Quality Review and Action Plan presents the technical evidence base, results of stakeholder engagement, and the recommended actions that could be taken forward at the WMCA regional level that would help accelerate and support local action on air quality. More >
Date of the report February 2019 Author of the report Committee on Climate Change Purpose… More >
A report from PWC and Demos looks at urban economic wellbeing across the UK. It analyses how places are performing, measured by an index of “good growth” that takes a broader view of what constitutes economic success. More >
The aim of the policy commission report is to make the case for the creation of Energy Innovation Zones (EIZs) in the West Midlands. More >
This publication provides an excellent evidence base and benchmarking of local authorities across the UK, in terms of their engagement with clean energy systems. More >
The CCC has recently published their second assessment of the National Adaption Programme’s progress in preparing for climate change. More >
This guide will help universities to clearly understand which activities Estates Managers should focus on to make the most significant impact for your university. More >
The Plan provides the required framework for directing investment of funding related to low carbon energy, buildings, transport and business energy efficiency. More >
The Committee on Climate Change has published a landmark joint report that analyses the UK’s progress in tackling both the causes and consequences of climate change. More >
The report sets out the types of processes and checks some housing associations and housebuilders already have in place to tackle overheating and why they viewed these as important for their businesses. More >
Please find a copy of our latest Environmental Legislation Update which you can download from this page. More >
The guide provides a clear guide to the complex world of energy efficiency and housing funding in the UK. More >
This policy brief is the result of interviews and research of the lessons to date of the Birmingham Energy Savers Scheme and the implications for national and regional policy on the implementation of Green Deal. More >
This study is one of the first to look at the impacts on economic growth of the proposed preventative measures and concludes this will not just bring economic benefits in the future but also in the present. More >
A concise, clear and easy to read guide to financing and setting up local authority led large scale renewable energy projects. More >
There are big changes on the horizon with the roll out of smart meters, the storage and use of electricity locally and the impact this will have on local energy infrastructure. This event, organised by Encraft, brought these changes into focus by inviting experts on Smart Grid technology to come and present to West Midlands colleagues who work in the energy management sector. More >
The National Adaptation Programme (NAP) sets out how government, businesses, communities and civil society are taking steps to prepare for and adapt to climate change. More >
The report looks at the distribution of carbon emissions across households in the UK, with emphasis on differentiating household incomes. It then goes on to assess the fairness and effectiveness of current energy policies linked to climate change, and in doing so identifies who benefits from and who pays for government energy and climate policies. More >
The Forces for Change is a framework to help you understand today’s radically changing world and synthesise the breadth of complex, fast changing, interdependent factors shaping the business landscape. More >
The Green Alliance published this report to determine the benefits that come from creating a greener economy. This report states that it is now clear that we don’t need to wait for these benefits as the UK has moved and we are seeing the advantage. Green business has become a UK success story at home and abroad. More >
The aim of this report is to describe and promote the Green Deal by outlining the steps required to deliver the Green Deal measures and the opportunities it represents. More >
The report is intended to help local planning authorities, the Environment Agency, developers and other stakeholders better understand the complex planning issues associated with hydropower schemes in the East Midlands Region. It also aims to encourage a more joined-up approach to determining applications for their deployment. More >
Britain holds a broad political consensus that a major transformation of our energy intensive, fossil-fuel-dependent economy is required. This report aims to challenge the prevailing view in government about what this low carbon future will look like and what is needed to get there. More >
The aim of the research was to find out how fuel poor individuals can benefit from pay-as-you-save and feed-in energy tariff schemes, and was funded by the Scottish Power Energy People Trust. More >
The project aims to provide analysis and decision support to ensure that authorities in the West Midlands are able to deploy renewable energy in time to meet the UK’s 2020 targets. More >
This report sets out what is needed, from governments and others, to help enable us all to live sustainable lives in our homes and communities. The report finds that government initiatives to help people live more sustainably lack ambition and direction, and are too timid given the scale and urgency of the challenge. Although increasing numbers of people try to ‘do the right thing’, we are still a long way from living sustainably; and those who do make an effort often find themselves swimming against the tide of society’s norms. More >
New leaf have developed this ‘HOW TO…’ resource as part of the outcomes of their ‘h.Energy’ week in 2010. The document is a guide to planning and running a successful regional/county level Sustainability Awareness Week. More >
Author of the report Coventry 2020 Low Carbon Task Group Date of the report 2… More >
Date of the Report 2010 Author of the report Birmingham City Council, Be Birmingham and… More >
Date of the report October 2010 Author of the report Forestry Commission Purpose of the… More >
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