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The UK's planning system needs a more adaptive approach within the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to effectively address climate change and achieve net zero goals. Without significant reform, it risks continuing to undermine climate efforts and fail to protect communities from extreme weather.

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Communicating harm from greenhouse gas emissions is critical to the debate needed for decisions on major development and infrastructure projects. The 20th June 2024 Supreme Court of Justice decision creates a clean slate to move forward on the need for better evidence on the significance of environmental harm caused by greenhouse gas pollution.

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A newly released briefing by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on the climate change mitigation benefits of circular economy and waste sector policies and measures features a technical report led by Aether, which explores the implementation of European waste policy and the linkages to other reporting sectors.

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Justin Goodwin was invited to be on a panel at a South-South Exchange lead by Saint Lucia on climate finance tracking for low emission, climate resilient development.

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The Regional Climate Action Transparency Hub (ReCATH) for the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) will help build a regional centre and a network to support ECCAS countries build sustainable teams of climate transparency experts.

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At the end of August Aether’s Justin Goodwin and Laurence Opie are travelling to Libreville to attend Africa Climate week hosted by the Government of Gabon.

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Aether's report summarises the Welsh public sector's carbon emissions and identifies priority areas for action to reach the 2030 net zero target.

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Aether is working with Mauritius to develop a Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Registry Portal.

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Melanie Hobson co-authored a briefing note on including the waste sector in Pakistan’s revised Nationally Determined Contribution.

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Aether is working with Luxembourg to assess the potential wider impacts of Luxembourg’s actions to tackle climate change.

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In 2020 and 2021, Aether worked with Vivid Economics and a local consultant to develop a low emission development strategy and action plan for Belize.

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Actions to mitigate climate change often have wider social, economic and environmental impacts. These impacts can be both positive and negative. Aether has compiled a wider impacts database for climate actions with matrices to show the interlinkages.

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