Schools

The P-12 Schools Initiative is encouraging them to lower energy use and utility bills while cutting emissions

A new study has also found children who walked to school via back streets were exposed to the lowest levels of pollution

A new UK100 report says one of the main challenge to implementing ‘school streets’ outside London is the lack of resources and powers for local councils to enforce a ban on parents driving to school

The decision will be formally adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference in Chile in December

It has set out plans to ensure all young people are educated in schools about the social and environmental impacts of climate change

Eligible schools will receive free benchmarking services to measure, track and assess their energy usage and emissions

The pilot scheme is targeting a 33% reduction in energy consumption

That includes hundreds of thousands of children in the capital

The project is receiving more than €183m of financial support

Many schools currently go through brokers, who can charge as much as 5p/kWh, which can add up to thousands of pounds a year