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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 >
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This document provides a useful summary of the key impacts on critical sectors that can be drawn out of the IPCC’s latest report. 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 >
The role of green space and energy efficient building in reducing health inequalities is covered by this series of evidence papers. More >
SWM Board member, Julia King, presented at the British Science Festival in September 2014 on behalf of the Committee on Climate Change. More >
This report, commissioned by Birmingham City Council, sets out the prize on offer, and suggests a 2% levy on any contracts to support independent monitoring, guidance and help. More >
This report looks at the progress communities have made over an 18 month period, as part of the Big Lottery funded Communities Living Sustainably (CLS) programme. More >
A concise, clear and easy to read guide to financing and setting up local authority led large scale renewable energy projects. More >
The LGA annual report sets out the key achievements under the Climate Local brand for local authorities over the past year. More >
Climate UK’s conference on 16 June ‘Resilience to a changing climate: local solutions’ included key speakers and saw the launch of Climate UK’s first public Annual Report 2014. More >
The paper formed the background to a seminar series organised by FNWM, in partnership with others, with the aim of identifying the implications of demographic change for a range of strategic policy issues (e.g. health, housing, transport) and the challenges this poses for spatial planning across the wider West Midlands. More >
These presentations offer those authorities that are asked or required to report on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions with a useful overview of the changes made to the carbon conversion factors. More >
This study looks at lessons from a scheme that helped residents of a UK neighbourhood to make their community more environmentally sustainable and adaptable to change. More >
Climate UK (in partnership with the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready service) has launched a new suite of adaptation to climate change training materials aimed at local authority officers, elected members and communities involved in the Town and Country Planning process. 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 >
How do the impacts of climate change in the UK – such as flooding and heatwaves – affect social justice in the UK, and how far is it considered in policy and practice responses? More >
The LWEC series of Policy and Practice Notes will draw out conclusions and recommendations from research funded by LWEC Partners on climate adaptation. They present key findings in non-technical language for public, private and third sector audiences. 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 report highlights key instruction on the procurement of sustainable buildings and infrastructure. The Olympic Delivery Authority published their Sustainable Development Strategy a year after winning the bid for the games. It was intended to act as a catalyst for industry to deliver improvements in economic, social and environmental sustainability with the hope that these lessons would be spread across the UK. The report now looks to local authorities to deliver growth in a sustainable way using the framework highlighted in the report. 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 purpose of this presentation was to give an overview of West Midlands/Cheshire DECC local authority funded Green Deal projects in order to establish success factors and lessons learnt from these projects to support rapid adoption of best practice in retrofit. 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 >
Date of the resource May 2013 Author of the resource Sustainability East (the equivalent of… More >
This report reviews the cost and carbon effectiveness of a wide range of low carbon options that could be applied at a local level in households, industry, commerce and transport to expand the low carbon economy. It then goes on to explore the scope for their deployment and the associated investment needs. The report addresses financial returns, carbon savings and implications for economy and employment of a variety of low-carbon measures. 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 >
This policy brief contributes to the National Adaptation Programme by offering an analytical framework and formulating a rational basis for thinking about adaptation. It identifies main climate vulnerabilities in the UK at present, discusses adaptation priorities, and reviews the role of government and policy in adaptation. The report concludes with an illustrative set of actions for the government to take forward into the National Adaptation Programme. More >
The aim of this report was to examine how the first eight city deals agreed in 2012 have enshrined the core cities’ aspirations for a low carbon future. This report looks at how the city deals showcase their low carbon ambitions in different ways. This is done by analysing the different approaches and their strengths, identifying the characteristics of a deal that effectively embeds the pursuit of a prosperous, resilient, low carbon future. More >
The Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) has a statutory duty to report regularly to Parliament on the UK Government’s progress in delivering its adaptation programme.
In their first two reports, ASC developed and piloted a toolkit to assess progress in preparing for climate change, including use of adaptation indicators. In this report the Adaptation Sub-Committee apply the toolkit at a national level to two of the largest risks to emerge from the UK’s first Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA): flooding and water scarcity. More >
This presentation documents research aiming to answer the question: how can existing suburban neighbourhoods be best adapted to reduce further impacts of climate change and withstand ongoing changes? More >
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