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07.05.2021carbon emissions | climate change | climate emergency | Environmental | Housing | recovered appeal | South East | urban extension | zero carbonThe housing secretary has rejected Swale Borough Council’s attempts to impose stringent carbon reduction conditions on plans for 675 homes at Sittingbourne, Kent, ruling that the conditions were not...
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20.04.2021A coalition of built environment and climate action organisations has sent a letter to the government outlining its concerns about the current Future Buildings Standard, including a failure to set out how to regulate the total energy use of buildings.
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01.03.2021England | Garden communities | Housing | new settlements | new towns | Policy & Politics | TCPA | zero carbonA programme with the ambition of the post-war new towns era is needed if the government is to meet both its bid to address the climate crisis and to deliver the affordable homes the country needs.
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03.12.2020Climate Change | climate friendly | Community Engagement | placemaking | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | Scotland | UK | zero carbonIs a climate-adapted future more likely to resemble Futurama or The Good Life? Heather Claridge shares discoveries from research into ‘carbon-conscious places’ in Scotland
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01.12.2020Climate Change | e-bus | ebus | electric bus | green transport | Infrastructure - Green | Infrastructure - Transport | public transport | UK | zero carbonElectrification of public transport will be integral to resolving environment issues. But this will take the right combination of planning approach and political will, says Dr. Gavin Bailey
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26.06.2020active travel | Coronavirus | covid-19 | cycling | Health | Infrastructure - Green | Infrastructure - Transport | London | walking | zero carbonThe Covid-19 crisis is prompting councils to ‘reallocate’ road space to encourage active travel and enable pedestrians to get around safely. Measures are temporary but, asks Simon Wicks, does this herald a...
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10.03.2020Climate Change | climate change | Heathrow Airport | Infrastructure - Transport | London | net zero | third runway | zero carbonThe decision not to allow Heathrow to expand on climate grounds challenges the aviation industry to change the way it operates. But it's a challenge the industry can meet, says Hannah Vickers
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14.02.2020Energy company ScottishPower has published a detailed road map to help Glasgow become the UK’s first net-zero city by 2030.
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04.02.2020Climate Change | climate crisis | Infrastructure - Transport | RTPI | transport planning society | UK | zero carbonContinued growth, the climate crisis, equality and the way we will all get around in the future are the complex issues facing transport planning. How can we move forward when these issues conflict with one another?
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11.11.2019Climate Change | Environmental | National Federation of Builders’ Major Contractors Group | UK | zero carbonA builders’ trade body is calling on the construction sector and a future government to take urgent action if the UK is to meet the 2050 zero-carbon target.
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