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.

Engaging communities on nature-based solutions: five lessons from the IGNITION project
With IGNITION coming to a close in the Spring, what have we learnt about the opportunities and challenges of communicating climate adaptation and nature-based solutions to a citizen audience?
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Investing in Nature: Lessons from Greater Manchester
Three years of research, innovation and implementation, IGNITION GM will be sharing lessons learned at a one-day conference on 30 March 2022.
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Go Neutral Smart Energy
Greater Manchester ‘Go Neutral Smart Energy’ is a GMCA-led ‘smart’ energy programme aiming to deliver impact against our city region’s carbon neutral 2038 target, build our local green economy and make our energy supply more affordable.
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Schools Climate Action Planner
NEW Schools Climate Action Planner, providing a free, online and easy-to-use action planning tool for teachers and students to help schools reduce their climate impact through practical steps.
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Natural Course: The final fourth phase
The fourth and final phase of Natural Course, an EU LIFE Integrated project, is now underway running until the end of March 2024.
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Biodiversity Net Gain Explained
Nature and biodiversity are in decline across England. In Greater Manchester, initiatives across the public, private and third sectors are seeking to reverse this and deliver the wider environmental and socio-economic benefits that improving our natural environment can bring.
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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