Welcome to the website of the Green Fiscal Commission. The Commission was publicly launched on 14 November 2007 and over the next year and half we will be looking in detail at the whole range of issues surrounding green taxes and environmental tax reform (ETR). The Commission’s work will cover four broad areas:
How green taxes/ ETR works
The environmental, economic and social implications of ETR
Attitudes to green taxes and ETR
Communication of our findings.
The action plan sets out a more strategic approach to policy and delivery on the natural environment. It sets out a number of actions for Defra and key partners and stakeholders to move collectively towards an ecosystems approach to conserving, managing and enhancing the natural environment in England
Finance is a key mechanism through which local authorities can maximise their contributions to sustainable environmental, social and economic development. Financing Local Futures is a resource, supported by CIPFA, the LGA and the IDeA, designed to help those involved in local government financial decision-making to develop their own organisations' contributions to sustainable development.
CIPFA's new publication sets the scene for people in public sector organisations who need to know the current state of play on the sustainability agenda, and provides a tool to help them to communicate to all of their stakeholders how they are responding to the challenge.
The Committee on Climate Change will be a high profile independent statutory non-departmental public body and will play a crucial part in the UK’s effort to tackle climate change.
The Centre for Local Sustainability (CLS) develops practical yet challenging policies and projects to support local authorities in addressing issues that stretch, literally, from global to local.
RESOLVE is a new and exciting collaboration located entirely within the University of Surrey, involving four internationally acclaimed departments: the Centre for Environmental Strategy, the Surrey Energy Economics Centre, the Environmental Psychology Research Group and the Department of Sociology.
The Climate Change Communication Initiative is led by Defra in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust, the Carbon Trust, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Environment Agency, the UK Climate Impacts Programme and the Department for Transport.
CIPFA is one of the leading professional accountancy bodies in the UK and the only one which specialises in the public sector. It is responsible for the education and training of professional accountants and for their regulation through the setting and monitoring of professional standards. Uniquely among the professional accountancy bodies in the UK, CIPFA has responsibility for setting accounting standards for a significant part of the economy, namely local government.
To develop systems that will help both public and private sector organisations account more accurately for the wider social and environmental costs of their activities.
We are a charity committed to sustainable development.
This means developing an enriching and enjoyable way of life that does not threaten the global environment or rob future generations of resources.
We want to see businesses and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally sustainable and socially just.
It can be done. In fact it’s the only way businesses and communities will prosper in the long run. But we need bold action, now.
We play our part by:
* Showing organisations what a sustainable future could look like and challenging them to make a difference
* Delivering practical solutions to help organisations change
* Training leaders to bring about change, and educating the leaders of tomorrow
* Communicating success stories
Welcome to the Climate Change Action Pack. This is a major new resource intended to support local authorities in addressing the significant challenge that climate change presents to every community in the UK.
URGENT was the most ambitious programme of its kind in Europe. Britain's scientists and engineers spearheaded 40 research projects into the environment in urban areas in four key areas - air, water, soil and ecology.
The projects assessed the size of urban environmental problems and risks, investigated the underlying patterns and processes that affect them, and helped produce effective control and management strategies.
This 600+ page Online Textbook provides free access to a comprehensive education and training package that brings together the knowledge of how countries, specifically Australia, can achieve at least 60 percent cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
National policy to reduce greenhouse gases includes ensuring local authorities deliver sustainable energy processes and policies. The 2005 ‘Sustainable energy’ beacons have created a benchmark and toolkit to help others to provide local solutions to an international problem.
The LGA Climate Change Commission was established to consider how local government can respond more effectively to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and deal with the impact of climate change.
The commission will look at the ways in which councils can tackle carbon emissions in their own buildings and facilities, in the services they provide and decisions they take in housing, transport and social services. It will investigate how authorities go about purchasing green goods and services as well as the most effective way to share best practice. It will explore the leadership role of councils in encouraging individuals, communities and businesses to reduce their emissions. Members will also consult with authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The UK Global Environmental Change Committee (GECC) is an Inter-Agency Committee which provides a forum to coordinate UK involvement in the science and technology of climate change and other global environmental change, both nationally and internationally. It reviews the effectiveness of the national capacity, capability and performance in these areas and makes recommendations, including identification of lead agencies.
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