Tag Archives: carbon budget

Places for Everyone: the carbon impact. Revised figures.

Posted on 3 January, 2023 by The Steady State Manchester team

We have revised our previously published estimates of the carbon emissions that would occur as a consequence of implementing the Greater Manchester Combined Authority‘s (nine district) spatial plan, Places for Everyone. That plan is currently going through an extended series … Continue reading →

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Places for Everyone, week 3 – Carbon emissions

Posted on 2 December, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

pdf version On Tuesday, 29 November, the Planning Inspectorate’s examination of Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Places for Everyone (P4E) plan turned to its policies for sustainability. Our particular interest has been about the plan’s proposals for reducing carbon emissions. There … Continue reading →

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Greater Manchester is overspending its carbon budget and Places for Everyone will make it much worse.

Posted on 24 March, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

byMark Burton (Steady State Manchester)andMatthew Broadbent (Save Greater Manchester Green Belt) Download as a pdf file This post is also available at Save Greater Manchester’s Green Belt and The Meteor The Greater Manchester Environment Plan isn’t delivering. minor edits, 12 … Continue reading →

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Carbon budgets and footprints: a guide

Posted on 23 November, 2019 by The Steady State Manchester team

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 →

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Greater Manchester’s Environment Plan: a truthful version.

Posted on 5 May, 2019 by The Steady State Manchester team

A guest piece from Claire Stocks, Manchester Extinction Rebellion.  This is a commentary on the Greater Manchester Environment Plan 2019–2024 (see also Peter Somerville’s critique that we published before the recent Green Summit and the call from GM-CAN to do … Continue reading →

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Manchester’s Climate Change Strategy: All CO2 and mirrors?

Posted on 12 December, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team

Manchester’s Climate Change Strategy: All CO2 and mirrors?    pdf version Mark H Burton Steady State Manchester. The City of Manchester has one of the most ambitious Climate Change Plans anywhere. But does it really add up? In this article we … Continue reading →

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Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 2, Energy.

Posted on 30 March, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

We continue the serialisation of our report, Policies for the City Region.  This installment is about Greater Manchester using considerably less energy, and the transition to clean energy.  It is a long installment but we thought it best to keep … Continue reading →

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