Case Studies - Cities and Local Authorities

Runnymede Borough Council Climate Change Study

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Emission Inventories, Policies and Measures

Aether, in partnership with Land Use Consultants (LUC), delivered a package of works to support Runnymede Borough Council’s (RBC) review of the 2030 Local Plan with a view to introducing stronger policies to address the impacts of climate change.

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Ealing Council Climate Action Plan Multi-Criteria Analysis

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Policies and Measures

Aether developed a multi-criteria analysis of Ealing Council’s Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy (CEES) to support the Council with prioritisation and delivery of climate actions to reach their 2030 target of carbon neutrality.

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Luton Council Net Zero Roadmap and Climate Policy and Action Plan

Category: Cities and Local Authorities

Aether, alongside SE2 and associate Joanne Wade, developed a Net Zero Roadmap and Climate Policy and Action Plan to support the council in its vision of a net zero town by 2040.

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Railfreight Energy and Emissions Calculator (REEC)

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Emission Inventories, Rail

REEC is the first tool for the UK that can calculate, to a high level of granularity and accuracy, the energy usage and resulting emissions for a specified freight train configuration travelling on specified routes on the GB rail network.

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Merton Council Climate Emergency Support

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Emission Inventories, Policies and Measures

Aether and SE2 supported Merton Council in developing their action plan to meet targets to decarbonise the Council by 2030 and the borough of Merton by 2050

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Lewisham Route to Neutral

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Emission Inventories, Policies and Measures

Support to Lewisham Council to define the route to carbon neutral for the Borough

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City of London Air Quality Data Visualisation

Category: Cities and Local Authorities

Aether developed an online, interactive data visualisation for the City of London that could be used by policy makers and the general public to explore data and information on air quality. Topics covered include air pollutant emissions, bus fleet emission control technologies and the health impacts of air pollution.

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Surrey Air Quality for Schools Programme

Category: Cities and Local Authorities

Aether, in partnership with London Sustainability Exchange (LSx), Surrey Air Alliance and Surrey County Council, has helped to create and implement a Cleaner Air for Schools Programme in Surrey.

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Oxford Sustainability Index

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Policies and Measures

Aether was appointed to develop a Sustainability Index for Oxford, comparing the city’s performance with others.

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North East Scotland sustainable energy action plan

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Emission Inventories, Policies and Measures

Aether led the development of the North East Scotland Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) for Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Angus and Moray.

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Testimonial

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“ We have worked with Aether since 2019 to baseline, and subsequently update, our council and borough greenhouse gas inventories. It is a pleasure working with Aether’s professional, responsive, collaborative and helpful team. ”

Merton Council

“ Aether was a great asset in involving/engaging with Member States experts on highly technical subjects regarding GHG reporting. Very clear communication of issues and results. ”

Andreas Pilzecker, DG CLIMA

“ Professional team and very collaborative communication. Effective result in terms of suggestions for improvement in the quality of the inventory and proposals on how to streamline specific topics. ”

Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research

“ Aether's approach to couple innovative visualisation with high expertise manpower delivered valuable insights for our inventory work. ”

Umweltbundesamt (Germany)

“ The support provided by Aether for this project was especially remarkable considering the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tools and methods used in order to engage local stakeholders really added value to the capacity building of the national team. ”

Shanna Emmanuel, Saint Lucia BUR Project Coordinator

“ A heartfelt thank you to all the Aether team for this very comprehensive review – this is certainly turning out to be one of the most beneficial capacity building projects I have ever been involved in. ”

Saviour Vassallo, Senior Environment Protection Officer, Malta Resources Authority

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