The Council and democracy Climate Change Action Plan 2020-25 Appendix 1: Actions

Workstream #5 - Actions for the city, Greater Manchester and national

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.4

Owner: Neighbourhoods
Project Cost or Funding in Place: Funding and capacity in place
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): No

  • What we want to deliver: Work with Manchester Climate Change Agency and other partners to establish a citywide programme of community engagement activities. Include development of climate change actions in all 32 Ward Plans and use Neighbourhood Investment Funding and the Our Manchester Challenge Fund to support projects which will affect positive change. Continue to work with the Youth Council and schools to deliver follow up activity from the Youth Climate Summit events in 2019 and 2020. Work with the Age-Friendly Manchester Board to develop specific communications and case studies for over 50’s.
  • What we want to achieve: Support community groups and residents to engage in the climate change agenda and build their capacity to take positive local action. Ensure that this includes residents of all ages and ethnicity.
  • By: Ward Plans by April 2020. Other activities are ongoing.

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.5

Owner: Communications
Project Cost or Funding in Place: Funding in place
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): No
  • What we want to deliver: A citywide communications strategy and campaign to raise awareness, promote positive behaviour change and share examples of projects
  • What we want to achieve: Promote positive action and behaviour change across the city’s residents, workers, businesses and visitors. 
  • By: April 2020 and then a rolling programme. 

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.6

Owner: City Policy
Project Cost or Funding in Place: Funding in place
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): No
  • What we want to deliver: Continue to provide existing funding to the Manchester Climate Change Agency, underwrite the funding for a new Chief Executive and working with partners to secure additional funding.
  • What we want to achieve: A Manchester Climate Change Agency which is fit for purpose to effectively champion and drive forward citywide climate change action.
  • By: December 2020

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.7

Owner: City Policy
Project Cost or Funding in Place: N/A
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): TBC
  • What we want to deliver: A plan for engaging, supporting and influencing key Manchester stakeholders (including businesses) to reduce their carbon footprint and sign up to the zero carbon ambition. This will include anchor institutions such as health partners and universities, and strategic development partners. Use the Council’s membership of the Oxford Road Corridor Partnership to fully implement and embed the learning from the Horizon 2020 Triangulum project and work up plans for a zero carbon corridor. 
  • What we want to achieve: Support the work of the Manchester Climate Change Partnership as the city’s principal mechanism for engaging, mobilising and supporting organisations across the city. Influencing and supporting key stakeholders to reduce their carbon emissions and identifying Council actions that will unblock barriers to enable them to accelerate action. 
  • By: December 2020 

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.8

Owner: Education, City Policy
Project Cost or Funding in Place: Funding and capacity in place
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): TBC
  • What we want to deliver: A large scale event with the city’s schools to support them to take action on climate change.
  • What we want to achieve: Additional knowledge and capacity across the city’s schools to develop and implement their own bespoke climate change action plans and improvements to their buildings.
  • By: First event delivered by June 2020

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.9

Owner: City Policy
Project Cost or Funding in Place: N/A
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): TBC
  • What we want to deliver: Use the Council’s representatives and senior officers and elected members to influence the Greater Manchester Pension Fund; Greater Manchester Combined Authority; Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce; Transport for Greater Manchester and the GM Transport Committee; Health and Social Care Partnership.
  • What we want to achieve: Influence key Greater Manchester organisations to decarbonise and promote sustainable behaviour, investments and decision making to support delivery of the city’s climate change ambitions.
  • By: Ongoing  

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.10

Owner: City  Policy
Project Cost or Funding in Place: N/A
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): No 
  • What we want to deliver: Develop a proposition to UK Government in relation to COP26 being held in Glasgow in November 2021. This will include working through partnerships with other authorities via the Council’s membership of Core Cities UK, with other local authority areas with airports and through the Convention of the North.
  • What we want to achieve: Influence and work in partnership with government to ensure that Manchester (and other UK cities) can meet local climate change objectives and contribute to the UK’s zero carbon commitment.
  • By: November 2021 

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.11

Owner: City Policy
Project Cost or Funding in Place: Funding in place
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): No 
  • What we want to deliver: Work with Manchester Climate Change Agency to actively participate in international networks and projects to identify and develop best practice that can be used to accelerate action in Manchester. Including but not limited to:
    • Covenant of Mayors
    • Eurocities
    • URBACT Zero Carbon Cities (2020-22)
    • C-Change 
  • What we want to achieve: Learning from other cities who are delivering ambitious climate change programmes and use funding to build capacity within the Council and city. Share Manchester’s learning to support other cities through programmes such as Zero Carbon Cities.
  • By: Ongoing

Workstream 5: Influencing behaviour and being a catalyst for change – Action 5.12

Owner: Work and Skills with Work and Skills Board
Project Cost or Funding in Place: N/A
Annual Carbon Saving (tCO2): No 
  • What we want to deliver: A Green Skills Plan for the city to support the delivery of the Manchester Work and Skills Strategy and Our Manchester Industrial Strategy.
  • What we want to achieve: A skills system which supports the city's ambition to be zero carbon by 2038 and maximises opportunities for residents and businesses.
  • By: Sub group of the Work and Skills Board will be established in April 2020 and plan drafted by September 2020 


 

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