Manchester becomes home to ‘UK’s first’ net zero social homes

Insulation, triple-glazed windows, air source heat pumps and heat recovery systems are fitted to two new homes

Manchester switches on a light that will never go out

The local authority has switched on the ‘Tower of Light’ which is part of a massive heat network project that will distribute low carbon heat and electricity

Germany passes ‘coal-exit’ law to phase out fossil fuels by 2038

German lawmakers have voted a roadmap for the coal-free era in the country, which includes abandoning nuclear power by 2022

Manchester poised to ‘halve CO2 emissions by 2025’

A new five-year climate change plan aims to help the city become zero carbon by 2038