Liverpool is taking steps to create a path towards net zero in the creative industries. As the first-ever UN Accelerator City, it announced further plans to decarbonize its live music and TV/film industry. Liverpool added that some of its eight pilot projects, which promote innovative means towards achieving net-zero status, will include Radio 1’s Big Weekend. The event will help build an ambitious and environmentally sustainable outdoor festival ever held in Liverpool. All areas, including travel, power, food, and waste, will be scrutinized in partnership with the BBC team.
The UNFCCC Secretary, Simon Steill, sent a congratulations video, after Liverpool was named as the premier UN Accelerator City last year for climate action. The coming days will see Liverpool reveal details on decarbonizing drama productions, working on the culture sector’s sustainability, smart new digital tools to observe emissions, in addition to reducing emissions in a range of music venues. The Accelerator City team also confirmed that some key partners, such as The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Act 1.5, Ecotricity, SMI, and GeoPura, would be working with a project director in forthcoming weeks to make the best of the 2025 investment opportunity. Those interested can sign up for monthly updates on the accelerator city website at www.acceleratorcity.co.uk.
Liverpool was the first city to occur in the problem-solving policy formula operated by the United Nations Development Program. The problem-solving formula ensures that cities can take multi-stakeholder policy choices involving national government departments, other regional and city administrations, the academic community, the private sector, and civil society. The City is betting a lot on its “Green Digital Pivot” and it’s expected that the docks around the borough could be transformed into a net-zero energy production hub
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