Carbon Offset, Carbon Credits and Other Ideas Webinar
20 February 2023
Insight Hub
24 January 2023
Download PDF Introduction An important area for local authorities to consider as part of their decarbonisation plans is offsetting. Regrettably, this is in danger of becoming mired in controversy, with a widespread misunderstanding of its legitimacy and the role that it could properly play in those decarbonisation plans. Background The targets that have been wound…
Read more19 January 2023
Sharpe Pritchard: Sharpe Minds – Industrial Action
Read more11 January 2023
Furthering its commitment to assisting local authorities in achieving their green goals and Net Zero targets, Sharpe Pritchard, the national firm of public law specialists, is offering 10 hours of pro bono legal advice to local authorities for green projects in the feasibility phase. Budget constraints can often hinder progress on green projects at the…
Read more9 December 2022
Click here to download Things that Local Authorities can do under ‘Business as Usual’ to achieve Net Zero webinar slides
Read more5 December 2022
Date: Wednesday 7th December 2022 Time: 10:00 – 11:00am Speakers: Steve Gummer, Steve Cirell and Rachel Murray-Smith Chairperson: Radhika Devesher In the fifth Webinar in the Green Steve’s series a different line will be taken from those that have gone before. It is easy when considering the green agenda to focus on the key larger…
Read more17 November 2022
Introduction The Green Steve’s series is a collaboration between Sharpe Pritchard Solicitors and energy & climate change consultant Stephen Cirell to assist local authorities to understand the energy market, identify opportunities and provide practical guidance as to how to engage more in the green agenda. In this fifth paper in the series, we move away…
Read more15 November 2022
A key theme of COP27, which is currently underway in Egypt, is unsurprisingly, net-zero carbon emissions. Globally, it is important for emissions to be reduced in order to help tackle climate change and honour the obligations made in the Paris Climate Change Agreement. For the UK, we have pledged to cut emissions by 78% by…
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