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CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate emergency: know where you are

By Jo Wall – Strategic Director, Climate Response, Local Partnerships | 19 February 2020

The UN Climate Change Conference – COP26 – will take place in Glasgow in November, where more tha...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Accelerating growth, ambition and opportunity at Glasgow City Region

By Kevin Rush | 19 February 2020

Glasgow City Region is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the UK. Kevin Rush outlines progr...

CLIMATE CHANGE

There's no quick fix to tackling climate change

By Paul O'Brien | 19 February 2020

If local councils are to capitalise on the zeitgeist of the climate emergency then they need some...

ENVIRONMENT

Failure to act on tackling air pollution would be deadly

By Andrew Carter | 19 February 2020

With more than one in 19 deaths in UK cities and large towns caused by toxic air, the UK Governme...

WHITEHALL

Jenrick activates Bellwin after storm

By Dominic Browne | 17 February 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has activated the Bellwin scheme, providing emergency f...

BUSINESS

Climate Challenge - how is the public sector measuring up?

By Jason Longhurst | 14 February 2020

Jason Longhurst asks if the local government sector is genuinely leading on and investing in the ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate emergency: competing priorities and tough decisions

By Jo Wall | 12 February 2020

Friends of the Earth’s climate action plan for councils identifies 50 steps that councils can tak...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Local government is a powerful force for change

By Dominic Campbell | 12 February 2020

Last year, people across the UK called on the Government to take environmental action seriously. ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Doing politics differently post-Brexit

By Claire Fox | 12 February 2020

Adults do not want to be treated like children to be nannied by the state, says Claire Fox – but ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

The pressure is building to talk less about climate change and do more

By Anthony May | 12 February 2020

The incentives to act on tackling climate change are clear and present, but none of us has all th...