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Greater Manchester officially launches five-year climate change action plan
Danny Jones
Greater Manchester has officially begun its five-year climate change action plan, with the overarching goal of becoming a net-zero city region by 2038.
The comprehensive pledge put together over a number of years itself will see Manchester City Council and the nearby local authorities put into action a number of key measures that will help to reduce not only central carbon figures but, eventually, across the 10 boroughs in turn.
Over the last 15 years, emissions have been reduced by approximately 64%, saving an estimated 44,344 tonnes of carbon through cleaner building energy, street lighting and other electronics, as well as the increasingly green and over-growing Bee Network.
They have also insisted that it isn’t just about cutting down on greenhouse gases; the aim is to make the city region and the surrounding areas more sustainable, affordable and create a better standard of life.
Our five-year plan to tackle climate change launches today. 🌏
— Manchester City Council (@ManCityCouncil) November 26, 2025
It details how we’ll continue to deliver dramatic reductions in the amount of carbon we emit (the biggest contributor to climate change). 🏙️
Find out more: https://t.co/qvc6Ti9Ml5#ZeroCarbonMcr #SustainableCities pic.twitter.com/yz2t3B1lnR
As per the summary on the Council website, in addition to creating more efficient homes, they’re hoping to provide more access to nature and good-quality green space, “public transport you can rely on”, and “better health and wellbeing for those who live, work, study and visit here.”
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With a steadily recovering local and national economy (touch wood), they’re also hoping for an influx of new jobs, too.
Summarising the key bullet points leading up to the end of the decade, these are the next steps currently outlined by the Council:
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- Lower carbon emissions
- Grow the use of renewable energy
- Improve low-carbon travel in the city
- Improve air quality
- Grow the city’s natural environment and boost biodiversity
- Improve resilience to flooding and extreme heat
- Engage and involve our workforce and our city’s communities
- Reduce waste and grow reuse, repair, sharing and recycling
- Support a move to a more circular economy
- Minimise the negative impact of events held in the city
- Develop our knowledge of our indirect emissions and lower them
- Create a green financing strategy and explore new funding models for the city
- Influence the environmental practices of other organisations
As for emissions, the target is now to drop the present output by another 34%, which will prevent almost 43,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from being pumped into the atmosphere.
You can see the foundations for the climate change action plan being laid out by Greater Manchester. Combined Authority back in 2019.
Provided the city region keeps on track, these steps should help Greater Manchester become largely zero-carbon by 2038.
For those curious as to the breakdown of the numbers, you can read more about the science-based carbon reduction targets online.
Having touched upon the continued expansion of the Bee Network infrastructure, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is also set to install multiple new travel links over the coming years, including both new tram stops and train stations – further
You can read the climate action plan in full HERE.
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Manchester’s firework displays are ‘back with a bang’ as they return from 2026
Emily Sergeant
Council-organised firework displays in Manchester’s parks are set to return from next year, it has been confirmed.
You may remember that these once-popular events have not been held since 2019, as the COVID-19 pandemic initially prevented them from taking place from 2020 onwards, and then following that, they remained paused on a trial basis while the Manchester City Council sought to ‘reprioritise funding’ to support a wider range of free community events across the city.
But now, as it seems, the door was never shut on their potential return.
An ‘improved financial position’ now means that the Council is in a position to bring firework events back, while also still continuing to support other community events.
Back with a bang!
— Manchester City Council (@ManCityCouncil) November 26, 2025
🎆 Council-organised firework displays are set to return from next year, find out more at https://t.co/Klj6mDvsrP pic.twitter.com/pDTBoCxTzW
Papers setting out the Council’s financial position show that fairer funding being introduced by the Government next year will leave the Council better off than previously anticipated, he the reason firework displays have been brought back into the mix.
The Council has admitted that ‘pressures remain’ after so many years of financial cuts, but this new funding creates the opportunity to invest in the things residents have said matter the most to them.
“Manchester prides itself on free community events and we know many people have missed Bonfire night firework spectaculars,” commented Cllr Bev Craig, who is the Leader of Manchester City Council.
“That’s why we are pleased to confirm they’ll be back by popular demand in 2026.
“We know that generations of Mancunians have enjoyed Council-organised displays and that free family events are a great way to bring people together… [and] now that this Government is actually investing in Councils like ours rather than the cuts we had since 2010, we can bring back Bonfire events.”
Read more:
- Manchester’s Bonfire Night celebrations have officially been cancelled this year and ‘will not return’ in the future
- New survey claims Bonfire Night has ‘fizzled out’ as 78% of Brits want fireworks banned
- Corrie star blasts ‘little sods’ who let off fireworks at Salford Quays in the early hours
Cllr Craig said that the return of Council-organised firework displays is ‘building up for a spectacular 2026.’
More information on their return is set to be announced in due course.
Featured Image – Chris Curry (via Unsplash)
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