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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.

More than 1,000 people to learn retrofitting skills to help city-region achieve net zero future
Back in May, the Mayor of Greater Manchester launched The Greater Manchester Retrofitting Task Force, to start out a detailed action plan to deliver low-carbon retrofitting across the city-region. Upskilling construction workers is one of the priorities identified by the task force.
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First Renew Shops open in partnership between GMCA & SUEZ, benefiting residents and the environment
Based on donations so far, an estimated 600 tonnes will be diverted from waste to recycling each year, reducing energy, carbon and supporting Greater Manchester’s target to be a carbon neutral green city-region by 2038.
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Urban Pioneer Natural Capital Accounts
This report is a natural capital account developed for Greater Manchester and its 10 districts.
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Greater Manchester Natural Capital Investment Plan
The need to establish and implement a Natural Capital Investment Plan to mobilise existing and new sources of funding was a priority outcome from the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Green Summit in March 2018.
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Greater Manchester’s Nature Recovery Plan
Greater Manchester is one of five areas selected by the Government to pilot the development of a Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
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Nature: Making Us Healthier and Happier
Across Greater Manchester, our environment is hard at work. Our trees clean the air and help to prevent flooding across the city region. They can also make our streets quieter, cooler and more resilient to climate change. Wildlife corridors provide ways for insects, amphibians and small mammals to move around freely. Our environment helps to look after all living things.
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