The eighth Greater Manchester Green Summit, taking place 3rd March at the Co-op Live, will highlight the city-region’s progress towards its target of becoming carbon neutral by 2038.
The event will highlight real progress across low-emission transport, green spaces, air quality and waste reduction, and launch new tools to help residents access support to make their homes warmer and healthier, and reduce their energy bills and carbon emissions. Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, will also set out the next phase of the journey to meeting the city-region’s 2038 net-zero target.
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said:
“At our last Green Summit we launched our ambitious Five-Year Environment Plan, charting a course to becoming carbon neutral by 2038 while capturing the benefits and the opportunities of green growth.
“Today we can say that goal is challenging, but still achievable – and we are taking bold steps to get there.”
The Summit will see the launch of a package of tools designed to help make people’s homes warmer and healthier, whilst reducing energy bills and carbon emissions.
The ‘Feel the Benefit’ Retrofit Portal will be a one-stop-shop for tailored practical advice and access to grants for home retrofit measures. The Portal also provides access to Snugg, a new GMCA-endorsed retrofit advice service, delivered in partnership with Greater Manchester–based SMEs and social enterprises. Alongside this, the £30 million Greater Manchester Warm Homes Local Grant will enable eligible residents to receive free energy performance and low carbon heating measures.
Also at the Summit, the Mayor will launch Greater Manchester’s new four-year Recycling and Waste Plan, building on a successful partnership with SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. The Plan sets out how Greater Manchester will accelerate the shift to a circular economy, which delivers savings for residents, enables repair and reuse, and cuts waste at every stage of the supply chain.
Cllr Tom Ross, Leader of Trafford Council and Greater Manchester Lead for Green City Region and Waste, said:
“Greater Manchester is laser focused on meeting our goal of carbon neutrality by 2038 – and doing so in a way that delivers new opportunities and good growth right across our 10 districts.
“With our new one-stop retrofit portal we’re making it easier than ever for residents to get practical information about how they can make their homes warmer and healthier while cutting emissions and making them cheaper to run.
“And working with partners like SUEZ, we have made major progress in waste and recycling – diverting almost 100 per cent of waste from landfill – while our pioneering social value approach has seen more than £1.6 million put back into good causes and community groups.”
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