Devolution and the circular economy

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Jonny Hazell of Green alliances asks if renewed calls for devolution provide a boost to green business models

The 21st century has been widely heralded as the century of the city. The tipping point when half of all people lived in urban areas for the first time came and went in 2008. This gives cities power, and...

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