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6 September 2024
The UK's planning system needs a more adaptive approach within the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to effectively address climate change and achieve net zero goals. Without significant reform, it risks continuing to undermine climate efforts and fail to protect communities from extreme weather.
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28 June 2024
Communicating harm from greenhouse gas emissions is critical to the debate needed for decisions on major development and infrastructure projects. The 20th June 2024 Supreme Court of Justice decision creates a clean slate to move forward on the need for better evidence on the significance of environmental harm caused by greenhouse gas pollution.
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23 February 2024
A newly released briefing by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on the climate change mitigation benefits of circular economy and waste sector policies and measures features a technical report led by Aether, which explores the implementation of European waste policy and the linkages to other reporting sectors.
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14 November 2022
During COP27, we look at the difference between transparency and integrity and why this is becoming the new battle ground for action on net zero.
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The upcoming guidance for quantitative carbon reporting (QCR) within Local Transport Plan 4 will require authorities to estimate current and predict future carbon emissions from their transport plans. For elected members, chief executives and sectoral directors the LTP 4 period will mark a golden opportunity to use climate data to support decision making on a larger set of growth challenges such as cost of living, aging populations, levelling up, and spiralling health problems.
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11 April 2022
Melanie Hobson co-authored a briefing note on including the waste sector in Pakistan’s revised Nationally Determined Contribution.
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17 February 2022
Aether is working with Luxembourg to assess the potential wider impacts of Luxembourg’s actions to tackle climate change.
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In 2020 and 2021, Aether worked with Vivid Economics and a local consultant to develop a low emission development strategy and action plan for Belize.
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16 December 2021
Aether is working with Dumfries and Galloway Council to monitor progress towards their net zero target.
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22 November 2021
Actions to mitigate climate change often have wider social, economic and environmental impacts. These impacts can be both positive and negative. Aether has compiled a wider impacts database for climate actions with matrices to show the interlinkages.
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6 May 2021
Aether has been working to provide advice and analysis on climate-proofing Lebanon’s development plans.
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20 January 2021
Aether is proud to continue working with many EU national governments and bodies on climate change and air pollution issues.
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