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20 Oct 21
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman introduces the 13th edition of PF Perspectives, which features 10 essays covering the financial impacts of meeting UN net zero targets.
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20 Oct 21
Public finance can play a key role in driving forward the transformation needed to avert dangerous climate change.
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20 Oct 21
Meeting net zero goals requires prioritising changes to transport systems above improvements to vehicle technology
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20 Oct 21
Government spending must find a better balance between measures to slow carbon emissions and those aimed at adapting to climate change.
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20 Oct 21
The City of Toronto in Canada has embedded an understanding of the costs of climate change into its policymaking and financial planning processes
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20 Oct 21
State and regional governments have a crucial role to play in cutting carbon emissions while creating economic activity.
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20 Oct 21
Central government can only meet its net zero targets by giving local authorities the financial tools to tackle climate change.
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20 Oct 21
What can the public sector learn from private sector accounting and finance experience on ESG reporting?
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20 Oct 21
The European Union needs to do more to ensure its resources are being directed to sustainable projects
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20 Oct 21
Government bodies need to get to grips with climate change risks to ensure that public money is effectively protected.
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16 Jul 21
Councils’ ability to contribute to the government’s climate ambitions is being hampered by “piecemeal” funding and a lack of clarity around their role, according to the National Audit Office.
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5 Jun 21
New procurement rules will require all bidders for central government contracts to have signed plans to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero by 2050.
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14 May 20
Local authorities have an important role to play in the UK’s goal to hit net-zero carbon emissions. But amid a flurry of ambitious pledges, Rachel Willcox asks whether they have bitten...
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23 May 18
Councils will be given new powers to tackle air pollution under government plans published yesterday.