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Celebrate World Refill Day and help shape a more sustainable Greater Manchester
World Refill Day is a global campaign led dedicated to tackling plastic pollution by making it easier for people to live with less waste.
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A practical guide to learning for decarbonisation at the city-level
GMCA co-funded PhD Researcher Harry Barton, has published a tool for empowering city decision-makers for city-level decarbonisation based on her work with the GMCA Low-Carbon Team
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Bolton Communities Helping to Reduce Food Waste
The Bolton Food Waste Toolkit is a community-inspired and designed toolkit that is the end product of two years of development and testing out in the community. The idea originated from ‘how can we bring communities together around climate change’ as part of Bryony O’Connor’s PhD.
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Greater Manchester named on 2024 CDP Cities ‘A List’ for climate action
Greater Manchester has been recognised as one of the top-performing cities in the world for environmental transparency and action, earning a place on the 2024 CDP Cities A List.
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GMCA Retrofit Team Win Regional Award
Representatives from the GMCA Environment Team, scooped up the ‘Regional Council or Local Authority Body of the Year’ at the North West Energy Efficiency Awards 2025 for the second year running!
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DETERMINER Project Launch
DETERMINER is an ambitious EPSRC/IAA knowledge exchange project delivered in collaboration with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA) focusing on lowering the embodied carbon footprint of home retrofitting and new build homes projects.
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Mayor’s nature fund looking for more great green ideas in Greater Manchester
The latest round of the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s ‘Green Spaces Fund’ has re-opened for applications.
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Open Homes Event 2025
Sign-up for the Your Homes Better Open Homes Event 2025 – Saturday 28th June.
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Borro: Minimising single-use cup waste through a returnable system
Borro is a new returnable cups scheme helping Manchester ditch single-use takeaway cups and make a real impact in the local community.
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Greater Manchester Retrofit Scheme Featured on Channel 4 News
A Greater Manchester energy efficiency scheme has been featured on Channel 4 News.
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Funding Boost Supports Green and Social Projects Across Greater Manchester
A £40,000 donation from 0800 Repair is helping fund green and wellbeing projects across Greater Manchester.
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NextGen Net Zero Youth Conference
Do you work with young people who have a keen interest in doing something about the climate crisis? This is their opportunity to find out more and get involved at the NextGen Net Zero Conference, a free and exciting youth-led climate action event at the University of Salford.
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