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Manchester City Council Climate Change Sub-group 23rd January 2020

 

In November 2019 Manchester Climate Change Agency commissioned the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester to undertake a review of Manchester's climate change commitments. The brief for the work is available here.

 

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Zero Carbon Careers and Education Workshop

 

On 12th December 2019 Manchester's 'Careers, Education, Information, Advice and Guidance' group met to discuss the city's zero carbon commitments. 

 

The workshop brought together schools careers advisors to explore the employment opportunities from Manchester's transition to zero carbon and to begin to scope out the advice and guidance they can offer to the city's next generation of workers. 

 

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Our Manchester Forum - Zero Carbon Workshop

On 16th January, the Our Manchester Forum kicked off the new year with a workshop on the city's zero carbon commitments. Having selected their priority topics for this year's meetings, climate change came out top as the most urgent item for discussion. 

Starting with a presentation from Jonny Sadler, Programme Director at Manchester Climate Change Agency, the session focused on Forum members' current activities on climate change and the support needed to enable them to take more action to reduce carbon and adapt to climate change.

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Zero Carbon City: The Challenge and the Opportunity

Design Manchester: Zero Carbon Cities Event

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Low Carbon Homes - Manchester Event

'Low Carbon Homes wants to drive the adoption of new energy-saving standards in the UK's aged housing stock by providing a unique platform. Here, professionals can share best practice and discover pioneering methodologies and products to help transform home efficiency, reduce fuel poverty and lower carbon emissions.'

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Zero Carbon Cities Study - Visit to Modena October 2019

One of the benefits of using science-based approach to setting climate change targets is that there's a limit to how much CO2 we can emit globally, you split it up fairly between different countries, regions, cities, etc, and then you get on with limiting yourself to only emit your fair share.

 

Setting targets this way means they are super ambitious, as the science demands, and just as tough to meet. Which is why Manchester is working with six other European cities on the EU-funded 'Zero Carbon Cities' project, to help us all set the right targets and get us on track for meeting them.

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Festival of Manchester - Survey

Manchester Climate Change Agency set up our marquee by the lake in Platt Fields Park, ready to ask all the communities that were present about their experiences with climate change.

Three key questions were written on our three trees:

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Have Your Say

We want to hear as many people's experiences with climate change, in as many communities across Manchester as possible, so as gain an insight into how best The Manchester Climate Change Agency can first and foremost help your community, and then mitigate climate change.

Please take our survey.

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Zero Carbon Europe - What's going on

A 'Greener Europe'. That was one of the six priorities being discussed at this week's 'EU Week of Regions and Cities'. So a perfect opportunity to see what other cities are doing on climate change and see what's on the horizon.

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