Manchester Climate Change Partnership
The Manchester Climate Change Partnership and Agency are responsible for overseeing and championing climate change action in the city. The Partnership was established in February 2018 and builds on the work of the MACF Steering Group, which was in place from 2010 - 2017.
The Partnership's Terms of Reference are available here.
Partnership members represent key organisations and sectors from across the city:
Chair: Mike Wilton, Director and Manchester Office Leader, Arup (the recruitment pack is available here, for information)
Bruntwood: Chris Oglesby, Chief Executive
Electricity North West: Jonny Sadler, Strategic Decarbonisation Manager
Manchester Airport Group: Neil Robinson, Corporate Social Responsibility and Future Airspace Director
Manchester Arts Sustainability Team (Arts and Culture sector): Simon Curtis, Chair of MAST
Manchester City Council: Councillor Tracey Rawlins, Executive Member for Environment, Planning and Transport and Carol Culley, Deputy Chief Executive and City Treasurer
Manchester City Football Club: Pete Bradshaw, Head of Sustainability
Manchester Climate Change Youth Board
Manchester Health and Wellbeing Board: Dr. Murugesan Raja
Manchester Housing Providers Partnership: Matt Roberts, Chair of MHPP Zero Carbon Group and Strategic Director Property and Development, Southway Housing
Manchester Metropolitan University: Prof. Liz Price, Head of School of Science and the Environment
Media: Steve Connor, Chief Executive, Creative Concern
Our Faith Our Planet (faith sector): Dean Rogers Govender, Chair of OFOP and Dean at Manchester Cathedral
University of Manchester: Prof. Nalin Thakkar, Vice President for Social Responsibility
Previous MACF Steering Group members
- Dr Ali Abbas, Manchester Friends of the Earth, Greater Manchester Community Renewables, Carbon Literacy Trust
- Dave Coleman, Cooler Projects
- Dr Jeremy Carter, Research Fellow at University of Manchester
Diversity and Inclusion Sub-group:
- Nidhi Minocha
- Sukhbir Singh
(+ Dean Rogers Govender)
Public Appointees
- Dominic Goggins, Political and Communications Strategy Consultant
For further information about the work of the Partnership visit our annual reports page and the summary of Partnership members' action plans, published in February 2020.
