Race to Net Zero in Minas Gerais
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events
Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP27
Be part of the COP journey by joining us.
Event finished: 10th November 2022
Together with Climate action we have created a discussion panel titled From Global to Local: “Climate change will be won and lost in cities”. You will hear from 3Ci speakers such as Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol or Susan Aitken, Councillor of Glasgow how we can maximise collaboration between cities to ignite new global innovations and how cities are driving systematic change using innovative financing techniques, smart policies and digital technologies to develop a climate smart and resilient built environment.
The panel will be screened live on Thursday 10 November 2022 at 12:25.
Don’t miss out this important discussion and register to hear more.
events
Mapping a route to Local Clean Growth: Report Launch and Workshops
Event finished: 16th November 2022
Localis’s project on local clean growth seeks to investigate what places can do, and what they need to be able to do, to unlock routes to clean growth in their area.
Our report, aimed at local growth practitioners, policy makers and industry partners maps and explains what good clean growth should look like in the context of local industrial strategy.
The event will be used to share the findings, debate the opportunities and explore through workshops and breakout sessions emerging good practice in clean growth.
Refreshments and a networking lunch will be provided.
Clean Local Growth – The Opportunity
Localis’ research project on local clean growth is investigating what places can do, and what they need to be able to do, to unlock routes to clean growth in their area.
Clean growth will represent different opportunities and challenges in different areas. How effectively the clean growth and net zero agenda for decarbonisation delivers inclusive growth and equitable outcomes throughout England depends on local areas using powers they already have to successfully navigate this transition.
Our report, aimed at local growth practitioners, policy makers and industry partners, will map and explain what good clean growth should look like in the context of the journey of decarbonisation and the route to attaining net zero. We hope to provide pathways and direction for local stakeholders to work together to respond positively to the issues they face in moving to a net zero economy.
The event will be used to share key report findings, debate the opportunities and explore through workshops and breakout sessions emerging good practice in clean growth.
events
Economist Impact 2nd Sustainability Week: Countdown to COP27
Join 3Ci on the panel 'Governments Pledge, Cities Deliver'
Event finished: 6th October 2022
Countdown COP27 will gather experts to provide practical ideas to help you move faster. The 2nd annual Sustainability Week: Countdown to COP27 aims to prepare you for the event, refine your sustainability strategy, getting you ahead of your competition to become sustainable, and faster. Economist Impact offers an independent guide to sustainability, will help you cut through the topic noise, evaluate other organisations’ climate change commitments and set your strategy for 2023.
Connected Places Catapult is pleased to become a partner of Economist Impact Events’ 2nd annual Sustainability Week: Countdown to COP27.
Join us and other 8,000+ attendees online and 500+ in London to ensure you are part of the sustainable future. Hear more from our experts on the panel on ‘Governments Pledge, Cities Deliver’ on 3 October at 4.35pm.
The appetite for investing in net zero projects is there. The mechanisms to enable these investment flows is what is still missing. The UK is pioneering a new approach to stimulate collaboration between city leaders and urban investors to enable investment flows and support the transition to net zero. How can this model be replicated internationally? How can collaboration between local and national government, industry and financial institutions be ensured? What are the best ways to innovate in financial models, along with testing and deploying them to secure investment?
Use our discount code CPC/S15 to book your delegate pass.
News
Launch of Innovating for Sustainable Futures: A Playbook for UK and Indian Cities
Earlier this summer, Connected Places Catapult hosted a mayoral delegation from India to celebrate the launch of Innovating for Sustainable Futures: A Playbook for UK and Indian Cities.
This Playbook is the result of the UK Government commissioning the Catapult to conduct research and provide an overview of how two Indian megacities (Kolkata and Hyderabad) can learn from UK policy interventions in Manchester and London – and vice-versa – on topics such as clean and integrated transport, urban innovation, environmental initiatives, regeneration, and new infrastructure delivery.
It provides an overview of several case studies in these large UK and Indian urban centres and offers a framework for understanding and knowledge exchange between the UK and Indian approaches in planning, implementing and measuring the impact of projects and programmes to support their sustainable development. With a focus on ensuring local company involvement, the analysis also focused on how the two countries’ large cities can leverage and unlock investment with target ecosystems to catalyse innovation and economic activity.The Playbook is ultimately a guide for local authorities and private sector actors in how to move forward with collaborative projects between the UK and Indian counterparts and the launch event in June was the first step towards achieving this goal. The Catapult hosted delegates from Hyderabad and Kolkata’s Municipal commissions and state governments in the UK to foster partnerships for sustainable urban development and bilateral collaboration.
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The Playbook’s findings are drawn from detailed analysis of policy and project documentation, and in-depth consultations with select stakeholders in the target cities (Manchester, London, Hyderabad and Kolkata). The delegates from India visited the sites highlighted in the report and were able to engage with the developments in practice. Accompanied by Connected Places Catapult staff, partners and UK government representatives, the delegates from Kolkata and Hyderabad visited Kings Cross Redevelopment and learned about the transformation that took place in the past decade in the area. The Kings Cross Visitors Centre showed the delegates an architectural model and provided and overview of the history of the redevelopment. This was followed by a tour of how facilities, including heating and water systems, are being made more energy efficient to tackle climate change.
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The delegates also undertook site visits to the Transport for London (TfL) HQ office where they received an informative presentation from Katherine Howatson, Principal City Planner, on the design and implementation of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) policy, as well as on the Road User Charging scheme also implemented by TfL to address air pollution and traffic congestion. Delegates were especially interested in the technology that has been implemented to track vehicles travelling between zones, and how the technologies and data generated were managed. In Kolkata, for example, police are already using similar technologies to enforce traffic violations.
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Just around the corner from TfL’s HQ, the delegates were given a tour of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park by Ben Coulter, Head of Sustainability for the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the publicly-funded body which manages the planning, prior development and current redevelopment of the park. Ben provided an informative tour, and offered candid insights into the sustainability success stories and lessons learnt by LLDC in building the park to net zero specifications. He touched on lessons related to embodied carbon, energy usage and water treatment.In the following leg of the visit, the delegates gained insights from Manchester’s leadership when it comes to catalysing transformation of city and wider-regional economy and creating high-value jobs and accelerating economic growth. The delegates met with Steven Cochrane, Partnership Director at Oxford Road Corridor in Manchester, who shared how stable and mature leadership have been key to building the long-term vision and partnerships in the area. He also highlighted the Manchester digital strategy as testbed for initiatives focused on infrastructure and innovation as well as arts and culture – fundamental to harness creativity across all sectors. Pat Bartoli, Director of City Centre, Growth and Infrastructure at Manchester City Council also joined the meeting.The delegation then had a tour of part of the Oxford Road Development and the University of Manchester’s world-renowned National Graphene Institute led by Prof. Aravind Vijayaraghavan. The academic tours continued with UoM’s state of the art Engineering Campus, the new Engineering Building A, where the delegates were given a tour by Steve Jordan, Assistant Director of Estates and Facilities and Head of Capital Projects, and then a visit to Manchester Metropolitan University’s Fuel Cell Innovation Centre, where they saw hydrogen labs and understood future uses of hydrogen in the city space. Amer Gaffar, Director of Centre led the tour and through his genuine passion, provided an exciting and insightful meeting and tour.
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The delegation concluded their tour with a meeting with the Mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Andy Burnham. Their conversation focused on exchanging best practices as well as challenges to policy implementation for green space provision, liveability and more inclusive place making, devolution, diverse funding sources for public projects, housing investment loans, and brownfield development among other topics.The Greater Manchester Combined Authority team will be organising a mayoral visit to India in the coming year, which will provide an excellent opportunity to follow up from the Playbook and the delegation’s UK visit and create exciting trade and investment outcomes to work on for both countries and their cities.
If you are interested in finding out more about the Catapult’s work in India, please get in touch with Roxana Slavcheva at Roxana.Slavcheva@cp.catapult.org.uk
projects
UK-State of Bahia Partnership – Resilient and Connected Cities
A project to develop long-term business-led research & innovation collaborations between the UK and the State of Bahia
Connected Places Catapult has started working on an exciting new initiative with our strategic global partner ICLEI South America and the State of Bahia in Brazil. The project will develop long-term business-led research & innovation collaborations between the UK and the State to solve city-level challenges related to resilience, climate change and connectivity, utilising UK expertise.
Funded by the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office UK, Brazil Tech Hub is one of the initiatives kick-started by the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UK and the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation of the State of Bahia and the Bahia Research Foundation. The latter celebrated the commitment of the parties to promote efforts to carry out technical scientific, educational and cultural cooperation aimed at the development and delivery of science, technology and innovation programmes in areas of interest for both participant governments.
The initiative will allow partners to carry out a mapping exercise, identifying key challenges for cities in the State of Bahia currently preventing them from becoming more climate-resilient in an inclusive and equitable way. It will also highlight challenges in securing better connectivity and digital access for citizens. Once the mapping is completed, the team will identify local and UK solutions to the identified challenges and priorities, creating opportunities for partnerships between companies, governments and other relevant stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem.
This is just the beginning of the engagement between the project partners, UK-Brazil Tech Hub and the Government of Bahia. The ambition is to move this collaboration forward and enable on-the-ground equitable partnerships between local and UK businesses, test-bedding and an increase in the adoption of innovative solutions by cities across Bahia and beyond. The long-term vision is to create more opportunities for bilateral trade and investment, and equitable and inclusive economic growth in both geographies.
To learn more about the project, please contact Aline Martins.
events
Future of Air Mobility Accelerator Application Support Webinar
Connected Places Catapult will be hosting an application support webinar for our Future of Air Mobility accelerator to share information and answer any questions applicants may have.
Event finished: 23rd August 2022
The Future of Air Mobility accelerator (FoAM) is a challenge-led, 6-month accelerator programme powered by Connected Places Catapult and in partnership with the Future Flight Challenge from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The Catapult will select up to 12 SMEs to join the programme where they will receive support from a consortium of industry, government, academic and regulatory partners on the trial and testing of disruptive innovations. Through a focus on new and emerging challenges within the aviation ecosystem, FoAM will work alongside a consortium of partners to ensure that the programme tackles significant sector challenges and de-risks innovation in the marketplace.
The SMEs selected will have the opportunity to trial their solutions and will be guided through a bespoke programme tailored to their requirements. The programme will include investment readiness, technology and product development support, alongside introductions to aviation stakeholders and potential customers. These activities will be co-designed with the cohort of SMEs to support them in growing their businesses and adapting their propositions to the partners’ requirements.
This application support webinar will cover the overall programme vision, the journey of the programme to date, the programme challenges and guidance on the application process.
To find more about the programme and to apply, simply click here.
events
The World Cities Summit
International conference on public governance and the sustainable development of cities.
Event finished: 3rd August 2022
The World Cities Summit (WCS) is an international conference series on public governance and the sustainable development of cities. This is an opportunity for government leaders and industry experts to address liveable and sustainable city challenges, share integrated urban solutions and forge new partnerships.
Connected Places Catapult is pleased to become a strategic partner of the World Cities Summit which is being hosted by our partner the Centre for Liveable Cities.
Join us in person to hear from Nicola Yates OBE, our Chief Executive Officer who will give an overview of the global urban city sustainability landscape at the Tomorrow’s Sustainable Cities Today event. The discussion panel will be run by our partner Mastercard City Possible on Tuesday, 2 August, 14:00-15:00.
Also, Prof Greg Clark CBE FAcSS, Chair of Connected Places Catapult and 3Ci (Cities Commission for Climate Investment) will run the Sunday Mayor’s Forum and the Green Finance Track of the main Summit.
To book a meeting with us contact Elena Williams from our Global Team at elena.williams@cp.catapult.org.uk
reports
UK-Minas Gerais In The Race To Net Zero
The UK and the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil have a long-lasting relationship, and both parties have a mutual interest in strengthening collaboration in various areas.
Similarly to the UK, Minas Gerais has ambitious plans to transition to a net-zero economy.
Minas Gerais was the first Latin American State to join the Race to Zero Campaign, and its commitment to the climate change agenda was demonstrated during COP26 in Glasgow. In December 2020, the UK and the Brazilian state signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) confirming their intentions to further collaborate on strategic areas of mutual interest related to climate change ambition and decarbonisation.
The signature of the MoU has led to a number of collaborative activities, including the project Partnership UK-Minas Gerais In The Race To Net-Zero. The project aimed to enhance the UK-Minas Gerais partnership on the Race to Zero, increasing the knowledge of opportunities for collaboration between UK and local companies and attracting investment for joint net-zero test-beds and demonstrators in Minas Gerais.
The project’s main output was the Race to Net Zero: A Plan for Innovation in Minas Gerais. At a high level, the Plan aimed to analyse the energy market in Minas Gerais, its emissions, regional challenges and opportunities, and identify key levers for potential advancements in accelerating Minas Gerais’s transition to sustainable Net Zero ambitions.
It also aimed at incentivising collaboration among Minas Gerais’s key stakeholders: the State government, city governments, distribution network operators (DNOs), regulators, academia, industry, research and technology organisation (RTO), hubs and venture builders and a large number of companies and startups involved in the lowcarbon scene.
The Plan is available to download in English and Portuguese below:
Race to Net Zero in Minas Gerais – Portuguese
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The Partnership UK-Minas Gerais In The Race To Net Zero was implemented between October 2021 and March 2022. It was delivered by a partnership between Connected Places Catapult, Energy Systems Catapult, ICLEI-América Latina, and the State of Minas Gerais Environment Foundation and funded by the UK Science and Innovation Network.
If you’d like more information about our work on furthering the net-zero agenda in Minas Gerais and beyond, please get in touch with Erika Azevedo at erika.azevedo@cp.catapult.org.uk
