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Category: Carbon Budgets

We were wrong, ‘burning out’ over COP26 was totally worth it

1 April, 2022 Calum McFarlane Leave a comment

So here we are, 140 days after COP26 closed in Glasgow. And what a 140 days it’s been, full of…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets Filed under: burnout, cop26

All that glitters isn’t gold: don’t be dazzled by Manchester City Council’s crown for climate action 

31 January, 2022 Simon 2 Comments

Manchester City Council (MCC) being crowned as top of the ‘single-tier’ councils in its response to climate change this week…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Manchester City Council

Climate campaigners look at the hypocrisies of #Manchester carbon budget and the Airport’s growth plans

2 December, 2021 Adam 2 Comments

A new report calls on Manchester City Council (MCC) to introduce a moratorium on further airport expansion (including car park…

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Posted in: Briefing Papers, Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Manchester Airport, Manchester City Council, Manchester Climate Change Partnership

Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee – A fractured yet forensic affair

13 September, 2021 Simon 3 Comments

September’s Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee meeting was the most fractured one yet. On the agenda was an annual…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Manchester Climate Change Partnership, TeamSF, Uncategorized

Manchester’s carbon budget blow-out worsens even during pandemic

3 September, 2021 Robbie 6 Comments

The delivery of Manchester’s ‘science-based’ target lies in serious doubt, according to figures that will be presented to Manchester City…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Manchester City Council, Manchester Climate Change Partnership, Scrutiny Committee Meetings

What progress at Environment and Climate Scrutiny Committee? Imagine a swan, gliding upside down in water

27 July, 2021 Simon 1 Comment

The July meeting of the Environment and Climate Scrutiny Committee was a deflating experience, writes Simon Jermy for Team Scrutiny.  …

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, TeamSF

Och not MORE emissions by Manchester

13 May, 2021 Robbie 1 Comment

In April, the climate charity Hope for the Future organised a webinar about Manchester’s carbon emissions, especially the emissions associated…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Manchester Airport, Manchester City Council

Guest post: “Carbon budgets are misleading”

25 February, 2020 Marc Hudson 1 Comment

Here’s a guest post from Dr Seb Carney (biographical details at bottom), on the question of just-how-much-use are “carbon budgets”…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Guest posts Filed under: Seb Carney

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