News and Events
Helping to make Greater Manchester a world-leading Green City Region is our priority. Our environment underpins all aspects of our daily lives. We face urgent and significant challenges presented by a changing climate that require us all to take action now if we are to achieve our goal of carbon-neutrality by 2038.

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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See our upcoming events below.
Latest Past Events
Green Summit: Closing remarks
Lyric AuditoriumAndy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester.
Green Summit: In Conversation with the Mayor – How we can engage and motivate young people and communities on the environment through social media?
Lyric AuditoriumAndy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester in conversation with Jason Williams, The Cloud Gardener