This document provides advice and is not planning policy guidance, though references to relevant policy guidance are made throughout. It is intended to provide planning professionals with an overview of the current thinking and state of knowledge on the planning response to climate change.
The Energy Saving Trust has developed separate planners support packs for local authorities in England and Scotland. These free online resources have been designed especially for planning professionals and include briefing notes, information, and case studies that outline how to develop and implement sustainable planning policies
This site will help both employers and employees within the industry to identify their current skills, and provides a catalogue of related learning opportunities from suppliers who have linked their courses to the site.
Every Actions Counts provides advice and support to voluntary and community organisations which are looking to reduce their impact on the environment, tackle climate change and improve their local area.
The Climate Change Communication Initiative is led by Defra in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust, the Carbon Trust, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Environment Agency, the UK Climate Impacts Programme and the Department for Transport.
CIPFA is one of the leading professional accountancy bodies in the UK and the only one which specialises in the public sector. It is responsible for the education and training of professional accountants and for their regulation through the setting and monitoring of professional standards. Uniquely among the professional accountancy bodies in the UK, CIPFA has responsibility for setting accounting standards for a significant part of the economy, namely local government.
To develop systems that will help both public and private sector organisations account more accurately for the wider social and environmental costs of their activities.