Council spends £200m on tackling climate change – but the city's still off track cutting carbon emissions
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester council is spending almost £200m towards tackling climate change. Some of the money has already been used to buy electric bin wagons, installing solar panels on publicly-owned buildings and upgrading street lights.
The council is also planning to plant more trees and create new green spaces. READ MORE: Nine-year project to build four skyscrapers with ‘huge’ public space gets green light And the local authority is also looking to purchase a solar farm that would generate enough electricity to power all of its buildings across the city.
It comes as the council aims to halve carbon emissions in Manchester over the next five years in a bid to become completely zero carbon no later than 2038.
The town hall has cut its own emissions by a fifth in the last financial year – but it is only directly responsible for 3 to 5 pc of the total emissions across the city.
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