Cities can steer the clean energy transition - but they need the power to act

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Local authorities' ability to deliver climate goal is being hampered by short-term funding pots and the lack of a local area energy planning framework, writes Southampton City Council's Lorna Fielker

As leader of one of Britain's major port cities, I see daily both the challenge and opportunity of the clean energy transition. Just as Southampton's port has long been Britain's gateway to the world,...

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