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An Introduction to Biodiversity Offsetting [Webinar Slides]
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In its 2011 White Paper, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) outlined the government’s vision for the natural environment for the next 50 … -
£8m low carbon community heating scheme launched
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The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is making £8m available to community-based organizations to install low carbon heating technologies such as solar … -
Financing resilient cities
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This ICLEI report outlines strategies to improve the deployment and leverage of limited adaptation funds and make them responsive to local challenges. Its proposals are based … -
What measures will the Green Deal Cover?
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The UK's Department for Energy and Climate Change has published a document outlining the framework for determining what measures are likely to be financed under the … -
Getting a Good Deal from the Green Deal: Views from local communities
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As a contribution to the government’s consultation on the Green Deal, the Green Alliance has produced this policy insight which presents the conclusions from three workshops … -
Greening your Organisation: Practice Brief, Chartered Institute of Housing
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This practice brief from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) provides housing organisations and local authorities with a practical starting point for reducing their … -
New guidance for local authorities to improve energy efficiency of homes
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New guidance to help local authorities in England improve the energy efficiency of their residential housing has been published by the Department of Energy and Climate … -
A Rough Guide to Community Energy
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A Rough Guide to Community Energy aims to encourage people to launch carbon-cutting and renewable-energy projects in their local communities. The book covers everything from … -
Sustainable urban neighborhoods: How to build communities that last
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This report, by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, examines what does and doesn’t work in building new communities and shows how to build more homes, better neighbourhoods and … -
Invitation to tender: Feasibility study into the use of electric buses in York
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The City of York council are extremely keen to improve air quality in York by reducing emissions from one of the key frequent users of the city: the bus fleet. Currently …
