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ASLA unveils framework for achieving zero emissions by 2040
The 2022 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture unfolded this past weekend at the Moscone Center in San Francisco while nearly 8,000 miles away in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) was wrapping up its first week of talks. This intersection isn’t all that odd considering both events—the world’s largest landscape architecture trade show and an international climate summit—happen at roughly the same time each year although not always directly overlapping. Taking advantage of a tidy bit of synchronicity, this year the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) used its annual large-scale gathering to unveil what’s perhaps the most consequential goal-based agenda to be produced by the professional…
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Natural England framework document 2022
Introduction and background 1. Purpose of document 1.1. This framework document (the “framework document”) has been agreed between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (‘Defra’) and Natural England in accordance with HM Treasury’s handbook Managing Public Money (“MPM”) (as updated from time to time) and has been approved by HM Treasury. 1.2. The framework document sets out the broad governance framework within which Natural England and Defra operate. It sets out Natural England’s core responsibilities, describes the governance and accountability framework that applies between the roles of Defra and Natural England and sets out how the day-to-day relationship works in practice, including in relation to governance and financial…


