Policy - Joe Blakey

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020Carbon, Climate Change, Policy

Rethinking offsetting for a Net Zero world

I recently contributed to Policy@Manchester’s On Net Zero publication, where John Broderick, Matthew Patterson and I consider the role of offsetting in a […]

March 19, 2018May 15, 2018Carbon, Climate Change, Policy

Can Cities Be Truly ‘Carbon Neutral’?

By Joe Blakey and Sherilyn MacGregor. Upon becoming Greater Manchester’s first elected mayor, Andy Burnham announced his ambition to make the city-region one […]

May 9, 2016May 15, 2018Data, Geography, Policy, Smart Cities

Could Smart Cities Be Smarter About Inequality?

Our cities are unequal – in wealth, quality of life and our carbon footprints, amongst other factors. In the race to use technology […]