Library
Our library contains documents held on the Improvement Service site together with links to documents held externally. A list of websites which also hold publications and information useful to those working in local government is available in our Information Sources section.
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Planning, Environment and Sustainability
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The Footprint calculation provides information for councils and community planning partners to measure and reduce their area's environmental impact, including greenhouse gas emissions. This is a step by step guide for climate change and sustainable development practitioners to using the Footprint approach . It explains the background to the Local Footprints project (a WWF/Sustainable Scotland Network project) and looks at its application to local authority and community planning partnership duties, policies and services.
This Audit Commission report considers what councils can do to reduce domestic CO2 emissions in their areas. It outlines the the challenges of climate change and the national context for action on tackling it. It provides practical examples of how some councils are tackling emissions and provides suggestions on how councils could achieve more and secure greater value for money.
The Improvement Service are running 3 training sessions on LRBs for authority officers, on August 3, 4 and 11th 2009. Please see the events calendar for more info.
Document linked to :http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/Environment/Planning_buildings_i_i_/Planning_hidden/Planning_policies/Development_monitoring/CEC_state_of_the_environment_audit_2008 Link created on :Thu, 2008-May-29 16:52
The report identifies priority services areas that local authorities need to address to achieve the Government's national ambition to reduce Scotland's carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050.
Local Footprints produced this report to help local authorities understand how services and policies influence people's every-day decisions and behaviour, as well as their Carbon Footprints. It complements other area-wide indicators, like the Ecological Footprint, as well as estate emissions indicators and carbon management plans
Press Release to accompany the launch of Scotland's Climate Change Declaration, a declaration of intent by Scotland's local authorities to tackle the causes of climate change.
An overview of activities relating to environmental protection and enhancement that are currently being carried out by Glasgow City Council. It puts the activities into a strategic context to produce an Action Plan with quantifiable targets.
As part of Scotland's Climate Change Programme, the Scottish Executive and Scotland's local Authorities have developed a common declaration of intent on climate change to which local government and other stakeholders can commit. This declaration includes commitments to prepare and publicly declare a plan, with targets and timescales, to achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from local authority operations including energy use, transport and waste, and to publish an annual statement on progress in addressing climate change.
A study of Cardiff's ecological footprint - relating to sustainable development and Best Value matters.
A review of literature on sustainable development
