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New £3.5m research network to support UK transition to a low-carbon economy

The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire Perry, will today (31 January 2019) launch an initiative to create a network of new and extended city climate commissions in Edinburgh, Belfast and Leeds. The project aims to help the UK meet the requirements of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the UK Climate Change Act by building local capacities and stimulating the flow of green finance into cities across the UK.

Energy Transition and Climate Resilience Commission to be established for Belfast

Belfast will soon have its own Energy and Climate Commission thanks to a unique, five-year, three-city £3.5 million project.

The Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN) was introduced at a networking event at the Parliament Buildings in Stormont on Tuesday. It will establish Commissions in Belfast and Edinburgh and extend the Leeds Climate Commission, which was the first to be created. The Commissions will help the local delivery of the UK’s climate change objectives by supporting action in cities through a partnership made up of the private, public and civic sectors.