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Evidence to Committee on Climate Change for Building a zero-carbon economy

This document contains the evidence provided by Green House to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in relation to building a zero-carbon economy.



Jonathan Essex

Unlocking the Job Potential of Zero Carbon

This report outlines the methodology used and results of our climate jobs modelling work in the UK, Ireland and Hungary carried out in 2018. It is published by the Green European Foundation, with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.



Anne Chapman

Community Energy in the UK

This review of community energy in the UK concludes that the things needs is committed people, financial viability of small scale renewable energy, legal structures, assistance and stability



Green House Think Tank

The Future We Want: Shaping Environmental Politics

Green House co-hosted this event with the Environmental Politics group of the Political Studies Association (PSA).



Green House Think Tank

Climate Jobs in the UK

This event presented the results of modelling to estimate the net number of jobs that could be created in each local authority area by the transition to a zero carbon economy, in the key sectors of energy, transport, waste management, buildings and food, farming and forestry.



Green House Think Tank

Facing up to Climate Reality

This one day conference considers big questions about climate change as well as what we can learn from past extreme weather events for how we might cope in the future.



John Foster

‘Official! – climate change is real’. Now: what is to be done?

Climate danger is no longer just one interpretation of the evidence, but what the evidence now decisively demonstrates how things really are. the UK Green Party should actively pursue necessary political changes to climate catastrophe, without waiting for majorities to be convinced by its campaigns



Victor Anderson

Environmental Principles and governance after EU Exit

Environmental protection is one of the many areas of life that will change if Brexit goes ahead. The Government has promised a new ‘Environment Watchdog’, and there will be a new Environment Bill. This is Green House's response to the Government’s consultation document.



Victor Anderson

Evidence to DEFRA consultation on Environmental Principles and Governance after EU Exit

Victor Anderson's submission to the government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs consultation document  ‘Environmental Principles and Governance After the United Kingdom Leaves the European Union' This consultation aimed to gather evidence on * How environmental principles should be embedded into law, public policy-making and



Green House Think Tank

Just Transition, Climate Jobs

Green European Foundation, with the support of Green Foundation Ireland and in partnership with SIPTU and the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, present an all-day Seminar on the theme: Jobs in a Changing Climate



Peter Sims

Job creation from a Sustainable Transition for Sheffield City Region

This report uses Sheffield City Region as a case study and looked at renewable energy, transport, buildings, farming, forestry and food, and reuse, repair and recycling. Where they could be quantified, the numbers of jobs that would be lost were subtracted from the number of jobs created.



Rupert Read

APPG Briefings on the Precautionary Principle (Climate Change and Animal Welfare)

Rupert Read has collaborated with the APPG on Agreocology for Sustainable Food and Farming on writing two briefings, on the importance of maintaining the Precautionary Principle for Climate Change and Animal Welfare, after the UK leaves the European Union