Manchester: A Certain Future

Topic:
Climate and air quality
Location:
Manchester - Europe - UK
Population:
520 200 (2014)
GDP per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP):
35 029.00US$ (2014)
Factsheet:
PDF icon CertainFuture_Manchester.pdf

The pioneering shared plan to tackle climate change “Manchester: a Certain Future (MACF)” is an integrated plan that defines the main actions by which Manchester will tackle climate change until 2020. Initially launched in 2009 and updated in 2013, the four key points of MACF are:

  • Reduce the city’s carbon emissions by 41% by 2020 based on 2005 levels;
  • Develop a Low Carbon Culture Change so that ‘low carbon thinking’ is embedded into the lifestyles and operations of the city;
  • Prepare for and actively adapt to a rapidly changing climate; and
  • Develop an active transition to a low carbon economy.

The 2013 MACF documents the progress achieved since 2009, and ensures the consistency of its key aims with the “Greater Manchester Climate Change Strategy” published in 2011.

The MACF will be revised in 2016 through the “MACF 2016-20 Plan” which will include an active stakeholder engagement process for climate adaptation in Manchester until 2050, and ensure the continuity of the transformative action to shape a low carbon future.