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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 >
The Committee on Climate Change has published a report looking into how the UK could… 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 >
The Plan provides the required framework for directing investment of funding related to low carbon energy, buildings, transport and business energy efficiency. More >
Date of the report November 2015 Author of the report Clare Twigger-Ross, Katya Brooks, Liza Papadopoulou,… More >
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 has published a landmark joint report that analyses the UK’s progress in tackling both the causes and consequences of climate change. More >
The role of green space and energy efficient building in reducing health inequalities is covered by this series of evidence papers. More >
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 (NAP) sets out how government, businesses, communities and civil society are taking steps to prepare for and adapt to climate change. More >
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 >
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 report outlines the different functions of green infrastructure (GI), in terms of four broad roles that it performs. More >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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