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Using Innovative Methods to Raise Local Government Funds
In recent years, Local Government budgets are increasingly stretched with the costs and demand for services continually rising. We heard from Joseph Holmes, Executive Director of Resources at West Berkshire Council about how the council has developed the UK’s first Community Municipal Investment to generate funding.
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Local Government Climate Action: Declaring a Climate Emergency and Practical Next Steps for Local Authorities
300 councils in the UK have now declared a climate emergency, but only 100 have climate action plans. We heard from Paul O’Brien, Chief Executive of the Association for Public Service Excellence, about the value in climate action plans and the priorities that should be set in them.
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Local Government Climate Action: Creating Clean Air Villages: Engaging with Business, Communities and Hospitals
London’s air is renowned for being highly polluted. The Cross River Partnership’s (CRP) Clean Air Villages Programme is striving to clean up London’s Air. We heard from Fiona Coull from the CRP about how the project is being rolled out across several boroughs in London and the benefits it is having to local communities.
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Local Government Climate Action: Improving the Delivery of Decarbonised Transport and Infrastructure
With a national move toward electric vehicles inevitable, local authorities are beginning to prepare. We heard from Joe Baker, Head of Service at Haringey Council about their strategy to implement charging infrastructure and public electric fleets.
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Public Sector Estates: Meeting Net Zero through Strategic Estate Management
The UK Government has a target to achieve at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions across the public sector estate by 2032. Christine St John Cox and Stuart Burrows offered insights into the decarbonisation of the public sector estate and how this mission aligns with new forms of estate management.
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Waste Management: Revising Waste Minimisation Strategies to Promote Resource Efficiency
Green Alliance focus on providing ambitious leadership for the environment. Libby Peake from Green Alliance shared their recent work on waste minimisation strategies and promoting better resource efficiency.
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Waste Management: Reducing Food Waste through Surplus Food Redistribution Networks
City Harvest aim to reduce food insecurity across London by diverting nutritious edible surplus food from waste and redistributing it to the hungry. Laura Winningham spoke about the latest work of City Harvest.
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Waste Management: DEFRA’s Resources and Waste Strategy
Discussions around resource and waste policy are more relevant than ever. Dr Tom Murray from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs discussed the latest updates on collection and packaging reforms, biowaste and landfill, and the incineration of plastics.
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Flooding Resilience, Management & Response: Current Flood Risk Management Approaches in York
Steve Wragg, Flood Risk Manager City of York Council, spoke at The Flooding Conference: Resilience, Management, and Response.
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Flooding Resilience, Management & Response: Driving Innovation amongst SME’s to Create New Flood Products, Services, and Processes
Pip Betts, Project Manager at the Flood Innovation Centre University of Hull, spoke at The Flooding Conference: Resilience, Management, and Response.
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