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Category Archives: Climate Change
The timidity of Transport for the North (TfN)
Transport for the North has released what it calls its Decarbonisation Strategy. It is also asking for comments on it via its consultation process. Occasional contributor to this website, Peter Somerville, has provided the following commentary. The timidity of Transport … Continue reading
Posted in analysis, Climate Change, transport
Tagged climate change, consultations, decarbonisation, Peter Somerville, TfN, Transport for the North
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Bigger cuts for Manchester – in its annual greenhouse gas emissions
Manchester now needs to make bigger cuts to its annual greenhouse gas emissions: A commentary on Manchester Climate Change Agency’s Annual Report A brief Annual Report for 2020 has been issued by Manchester Climate Change Agency. It is not a … Continue reading
Posted in cities, Climate Change, Manchester City Council, news
Tagged analysis, climate change, climate change partnership, Manchester, Mark Burton
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Greater Manchester must heed Heathrow judgement on airport expansion
GM-CAN’s Response to the Decision on Heathrow’s Proposed Third Runway We, the members of Greater Manchester Climate Action Network (GM-CAN1) welcome the news that Heathrow’s plan to build a third runway has been ruled unlawful. This ruling is a reminder … Continue reading
Re-focussing the economy in times of climate emergency and economic exclusion
Re-focussing the economy in times of climate emergency and economic exclusion. Mark H Burton Based on a talk given to Manchester Labour Backbenchers’ Committee, 6 February, 2020. Republished at themeteor.org resilience.org and shorttermwealth.com click for a pdf version In … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, economics, Manchester
Tagged climate emergency, decoupling, economy, equality, Labour, Local government, Mark Burton, policies, policy alternatives, viable economy
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Carbon budgets and footprints: a guide
Greater Manchester Climate Network, with Green Drinks, organised a session called “Carbon Jargon Buster Workshop”. It was addressed by Joe Blakey from the University of Manchester. Joe has specialised in understanding the various methods and tools of carbon accounting, with … Continue reading
Net Zero Government? A submission to the Environment Audit Committee Inquiry
Submission to Parliament Environment Audit Committee by Richard Shirres EAC INQUIRY INTO NET ZERO GOVERNMENT SUMMARY: This paper stresses why there is an urgency for Government Action; argues why the Government’s (June 2019) target is unambitious; the importance of Natural … Continue reading
How Green is My City? A Response to Manchester City Council leader’s blog post.
Response to Manchester City Council leader’s blog post: How Green is My City Mark Burton (Submitted as a comment on Manchester City Council website and annotated here with links. Comments appear to be disabled on the Leader’s blog, although the … Continue reading
Six problems for Green Deals
by Mark H Burton A talk given as part of the panel session on The Economics of Climate Emergency, at Manchester Metropolitan University’s launch event for the Future Economies Research Centre. Also available here at resilience.org: Spanish translation here /Traducción … Continue reading
Posted in analysis, Climate Change, key concepts
Tagged climate change, decoupling, degrowth, Future Economies, investment, MMU, New Green Deal
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