Greater Manchester has set an ambitious target of achieving net carbon neutrality by 2038. This can be achieved through the combined efforts of people working across the region to address global challenges while protecting and enhancing the natural environment. People across the public, private and education sectors in Greater Manchester are playing a leading role in developing low carbon solutions for: smart energy, retrofitting, transport, green innovation, natural environment, aviation, green finance, and green skills/jobs.
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Latest Greener Greater Manchester News
Science and Industry Museum upgrades set to save 515 tonnes of carbon every year
The museum’s upgrades include utilising an 1800s well for water source heating, installing electric boilers and painstakingly removing historic cobbles to lay pipework for new sustainable heating
New research lab aims to tackle carbon emissions from homes across the globe
Energy House 2.0 at the University of Salford will be a new lab that can simulate 95% of the world’s climate allowing researchers to measure the energy efficiency of older properties.
Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone Financial Support Scheme for HGVs to launch
A financial support scheme for HGV’s to upgrade or retrofit will launch in November ahead of Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Zone, which comes into effect in May 2022.
Stockport to host its first Sustainability in Action Summit
Business leaders and key decision makers from across Stockport and South Manchester will gather in October to attend the region’s first One+All Sustainability In Action Summit, ahead of COP26.
140 mature trees bound for Manchester’s new Mayfield Park arrive in the UK
A collection of 140 mature trees of 43 different species have arrived in the UK ahead of being moved to their forever home at Manchester’s new Mayfield Park, the city centre’s first new park in 100 years.
£15m low carbon investment in 300 north Manchester homes
300 homes in Newton Heath and Blackley will receive a range of sustainability improvements to save 750 tonnes of carbon a year – while slashing running costs for residents.
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