A small selection of reputable sources for further reading includes (work in progress):

Global

• The UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change including the latest synthesis report.

• The UN Environment Emissions Gap reports.

• The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)

Brighton And Hove

The following list is not exhaustive, but provides useful links to key publicly-available documentation.

• Brighton & Hove City Carbon Neutral 2030 plan - approach to tackling climate change, including reducing carbon emissions from buildings and transport.

• The Brighton and Hove Climate Assembly - report from the climate assembly commissioned by Brighton and Hove City Council, which focused on reducing carbon emissions from transportation.

• The City Downland Estate Plan (CDEP)

• Carbon and Air Quality Resource Centre - Metrobus - a list of useful documents and links related to fighting climate change and improving air quality.

• The Living Coast is a UNESCO World Biosphere Region. It embraces a wonderfully biodiverse stretch of the chalky South Downs and Sussex coast between the River Adur at Shoreham-by-Sea and the River Ouse at Newhaven.

How to help cities thrive

• C40 cities has a wide range of resources, including the Thriving Cities Initiative and the linked City Portraits approach

• The Place-Based Carbon Calculator is a free tool which estimates the per-person carbon footprint for every Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in England. LSOAs are small statistical areas with a population of about 1,500 - 3,000. It draws on a wide range of data and research to give a representative view of how carbon footprints vary across the country. PBCC is intended to help communities and policy makers understand where their carbon footprints come from and what we need to do to reduce them.

• CLES is the curator of community wealth building - in which Brighton and Hove City Council participates - and has many useful case studies to help local economies

Circular Economy

• Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Cross Economy Coaltions

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) - CEO-led community of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net-zero, nature positive, and more equitable future.

• We Mean Business Coalition including, for example, the Supplier Cascade which helps businesses of any size to engage their supply chain on Scope 3 emissions

• Climate Group

Measurement and Reporting

• Carbon Disclosure Programme