Climate Change

07.12.2018

Prithvi Pandya

A £112.1 million Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme has been submitted by Leeds City Council and the Environment Agency to reduce the risk of flooding along the River Aire.

Ireland round-up: An Bord Pleanála delays raise the political temperature; Limerick consultation on Opera site

23.11.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 17 November-23 November, 2018

Land use policy should reward those who mitigate climate change

15.11.2018

Laura Edgar

Reform is required to make sure that land is a more effective carbon store. Landowners that deliver such climate mitigating objectives should be rewarded.

New analysis: Scotland 2050 – Rising to the challenge

05.11.2018

Laura Edgar

A simplified system, NPF4 and digital interaction with planning were among topics discussed in Edinburgh, writes Laura Edgar.

Cities must become more sustainable if they are to continue to support global economic growth

01.11.2018

George Adams

This year's World Cities Day took the theme of 'Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities'. If we're to meet this challenge, we need to focus on inefficiencies in the way cities are designed, built and...

Advisers cite huge threat to coastal communities from climate change

26.10.2018

Huw Morris

Climate Change | England | Housing

Up to 1.5 million properties including 1.2 million homes may be at significant risk of flood risk with more than 100,000 properties under threat from coastal erosion by the 2080s, according to government advisers.

Government signals moves on green infrastructure

25.10.2018

Huw Morris

Climate Change | England | Infrastructure - Green | NPPF

Ministers have pledged to look at including green infrastructure into national planning policy and guidance.

Governments seek guidance on net zero emissions ‘roadmap'

15.10.2018

Laura Edgar

The UK, Scottish and Welsh governments have written to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) asking for advice on when they should achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the economy.

Planners need to be at the forefront of the battle to tackle climate change

10.10.2018

Martin Baxter

The IPCC report into the potentially devastating impacts of climate change stresses the need for immediate action. Martin Baxter argues that planners have a vital role to play in helping communities adapt...

Planning can take a ‘leading’ role in avoiding climate catastrophe, says RTPI

09.10.2018

Simon Wicks

Planning can play a key part in helping the planet avert the destructive changes to climate that will occur if global warming reaches 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the RTPI has stressed.

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