Committee on Climate Change: Phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to end UK contribution to global warming

The Committee on Climate Change has published a report looking into how the UK could… More >

 

 

UK housing: Fit for the future?

Date of the report February 2019 Author of the report Committee on Climate Change Purpose… More >

 

 

Good Growth for Cities 2018

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 >

 

 

A Regional Approach to Clean Energy Innovation

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 >

 

 

What We Know about Local Authority Engagement in UK Energy Systems

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 >

 

 

Holding the government to account on climate change progress

The CCC has recently published their second assessment of the National Adaption Programme’s progress in preparing for climate change. More >

 

 

GBS LEP Low Carbon Energy Plan

The Plan provides the required framework for directing investment of funding related to low carbon energy, buildings, transport and business energy efficiency. More >

 

 

Community Resilience to Climate Change: an evidence review

Date of the report November 2015 Author of the report Clare Twigger-Ross, Katya Brooks, Liza Papadopoulou,… More >

 

 

Active Cities: A Guide for City Leaders

The “Active Cities Report” by the international ‘Designed to Move’ coalition provides detailed guidance about how to integrate physical activity into community design, and information on the economic, social and environmental benefits that result. More >

 

 

The Committee on Climate Change – Progress on adaptation and mitigation in the UK

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 >

 

 

Addressing environmental factors that cause poor health

The role of green space and energy efficient building in reducing health inequalities is covered by this series of evidence papers. More >

 

 

Birmingham City Council – Green Living Spaces Plan

Birmingham’s Green Commission has begun to build a new framework for the future, in hope of establishing Birmingham as a leading green city. The Green Living Spaces Plan provides a key ingredient in that vision by linking the issues of climate change, public health and spatial planning. More >

 

 

The National Adaptation Programme: Making the country resilient to a changing climate

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 >

 

 

Payments for Ecosystem Services: A Best Practice Guide

Defra has published a guide to both explain the key principles of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) and to help with the implementation of such services. More >

 

 

Planning for a Healthy Environment- Good Practice Guidance for Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity

To help local practitioners to deliver positive and practical solutions when planning for the future. It aims to bring together and update the wealth of information on GI in the specific context of the Localism Act 2011 and the National Planning Policy Framework published in March 2012. More >

 

 

The Multifunctionality of Green Infrastructure

The report outlines the different functions of green infrastructure (GI), in terms of four broad roles that it performs. More >

 

 

Portrait of the West Midlands

The report provides an overview of the socio-economic characteristics of the West Midlands region. It covers a wide range of indicators from population to crime to the environment. More >

 

 

Woodland for Water: Woodland measures for meeting Water Framework Directive objectives

To present evidence which will help promote effective woodland planning and be part of the solution to achieving good water status. It is timely, as it follows on from the establishment of the Woodland Carbon Task Force which aims to realise Government’s desire for increased woodland planting in England to help meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments. Similarly, in Wales, the recently announced Glastir scheme provides additional incentive for woodland creation. More >

 

 

Know your environmental limits: A local leaders’ guide

The guide is intended to enable members of local governance bodies and community groups to recognise the importance and inherent value of the natural environment and to ‘live within environmental limits’, one of the five principles of sustainable development. More >

 

 

HOW TO…plan a Sustainability Awareness Week

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 >

 

 

Low Carbon Coventry 2020: A vision for transforming our city

Author of the report Coventry 2020 Low Carbon Task Group Date of the report 2… More >

 

 

Birmingham Climate Change Action Plan 2010

Date of the Report 2010 Author of the report Birmingham City Council, Be Birmingham and… More >

 

 

Benefits of green infrastructure: Report to Defra and CLG

Date of the report October 2010 Author of the report Forestry Commission Purpose of the… More >

 

 

Health Effects of Climate Change in the West Midlands

This project was funded by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as part of the Regional Climate Change Partnerships (RCCP) programme. More >

 

 

State of the natural environment in the West Midlands

The aim of this report is to highlight the state of the natural environment in the West Midlands, which provides an essential regional asset and foundation for our economic and social well- being. More >

 

 

No charge? Valuing the natural environment

This report highlights that investment in the natural environment is critical to long term economic prosperity and that natural services provide a highly cost effective solution to growing problems like flood and coastal defence, carbon emissions and the preservation of soil, water and air quality. More >

 

 

Environmental Technologies – Phase 2: Online survey findings

The potential contribution environmental technologies such as renewable energy, pollution monitoring and waste management can make to the regional economy is an area of interest for a number of RSP partners, notably AWM, the LSC and local authorities. More >

 

 

West Midlands Regional Sustainable Development Indictors Factsheet

The factsheet uses regional sustainable development indicators which bring together already published statistics to show how the West Midlands region is performing in comparison to other regions and with progress nationally. More >

 

 

West Midlands Regional Sustainable Development Indicators Factsheet

This factsheet contains details about the regional sustainable development indicators for the West Midlands, summarising the current position of the West Midlands, enabling comparisons to be made between regions and with progress nationally. The data was summarised from already published statistics, released in January 2007. The factsheet also includes pie charts that summarise the progress in indicators within the priority areas of (a) sustainable consumption and production and natural resources, and (b) sustainable communities. More >

 

 

Understanding the West Midlands Carbon Gap

The report aims to help policy makers in the West Midlands understand how implementing the key international, national and regional policies will affect CO₂ emissions in the region. It outlines the scale of the challenge for the region to meet its targets by 2020 and how much of the reduction will need to be driven by regional policies. It critically examines the contribution individual strategies can make in closing the carbon gap and asks what the region needs to do above and beyond the existing policies to achieve the targets outlined by them. More >