01st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 Manchester Climate Change Agency CIC (MCCA, the Agency) was incorporated on 2nd September 2015 with the aim to ‘Undertake activities that support, encourage and enable individuals and organisations in Manchester and beyond to act on climate change’, as set out in the Agency’s Articles of Association. MCCA, working with the Manchester Climate Change Partnership (MCCP, the Partnership) endeavours to carry out activities which benefit the community and in particular (without limitation) to undertake activities that support, encourage and enable residents and organisations in Manchester and beyond to take action on climate change. Our work is to help Manchester meets its commitment to ‘play its full part in limiting the impacts of climate change’, ensuring that we help to keep global heating to well below 2 degrees. Additionally, our role is to ensure that climate change action helps our communities to thrive, our businesses to prosper, and that we continue to draw people and businesses to the city to share in our success. Manchester Climate Change Agency delivers a range of activities that support Manchester’s transition to a zero carbon, climate resilient city. This year, this has included delivering grant-funded programmes with UK and EU partners on: Taking community-led climate action Promoting renewable energy Financing net zero The Agency also helps to progress the strategic priorities of the city‘s Climate Change Frame-work and to position Manchester as a climate leader. This year, this has included work on: Adapting the city to a changing climate Unlocking finance for the transition to net zero Working with international cities on business collaboration Sharing best practice with UK Core Cities Securing an A list rating from CDP The Agency also convenes and catalyses action by Manchester’s Climate Change Partnership. This brings together organisations from across the city’s public, private, and voluntary sectors that share the common goal of achieving the ambitious objectives and targets set out in the Manchester Climate Change Framework 2020-2025. The Partnership is the city’s main mechanism for engaging and inspiring organisations to act. The Partnership currently engages with over 560 organisations, across 19 sectors, who have wide reach and influence over the city’s carbon emissions through their staff, students, customers, tenants, football fans, theatre-goers, worshippers, and others. By working with their supply chains members are also helping to reduce the city’s consumption-based CO2 emissions. The Partnership’s current membership is outlined at www.manchesterclimate.com/mccp Partnership members commit to: Take urgent action within the scope of their own activities, and work collaboratively to help others in the wider Manchester community and economy to take urgent action. The aim of the Partnership is to: Work with Manchester Climate Change Agency, Manchester communities, Manchester City Council and other relevant partners to ensure that the city develops and successful-ly implements a climate change strategy which is aligned with the latest science and built on the diverse views of the city’s stakeholders. The Partnership engages with its members and wider stakeholders via a suite of activities and initiatives that support Manchester’s transition to a zero carbon, climate resilient city. This diverse offer provides a broad opportunity for all to contribute in an impactful way that best suits their expertise, capacity and interests whilst also delivering benefit to their own organisation, members or sector. The Partnership works closely with the Agency, using its expertise and capacity to mobilise action. Between 2024 and 2025 this included: Working with the Partnership to deliver the city’s climate change strategy and targets as set out in the 2022 Update to Manchester’s Climate Change Framework and reporting the city’s progress towards its climate change goals. Catalysing and convening Partnership initiatives including City Challenges, Peer to Peer learning, Advisory Groups, Networking, Virtual Teams and the Youth Partnership. Collaborating with Manchester City Council and Greater Manchester Combined Authority to deliver shared objectives and climate action plans. Throughout 2024-25 both MCCA and the MCCP have continued to make progress against our aim. We have produced our third annual impact report which can be viewed here: https://www.manchesterclimate.com/impact-reports The report details Agency and Partnership activity covering the period April 2024 to March 2025. Key achievements include: 560 organisations represented by the Partnership 650 climate-positive actions being taken by Partnership members 90 organisations involved in Partnership initiatives 81 community projects led or supported by the Agency A list rating for Manchester secured from CDP for the third consecutive year Key activities initiated and supported by MCCA Include: City Challenges City Challenges bring together the expertise and capacity of local stakeholders to tackle a complex climate challenge the city is facing via a task and finish group. Two city challenges were active in 2024-25: Net Zero New Buildings and Commercial Building Retrofit. Net Zero New Buildings The group developed and published a report in December 2024 to influence local policy around net zero new buildings, recommending a series of targets for Manchester’s Local Plan to reduce emissions in new developments. www.manchesterclimate.com/news/net-zero-new-buildings-shaping-manchesters-local-plan Commercial Building Retrofit The group published a report in December 2024 to help accelerate commercial retrofit action in the sector, setting out a clear decarbonisation pathway including targets and recommendations. www.manchesterclimate.com/news/accelerating-net-zero-retrofit-of-commercial-buildings-in-greater-manchester Decarbonising Our Built Environment Building on the outputs of City Challenges, MCCA is coordinating a new 12-month programme of activity to support decarbonisation in the built environment, starting in January 2025. This work, funded by the DESNZ Net Zero Accelerator (see below), will: create a comprehensive database of retrofit plans for large commercial buildings (greater than 5,000m2) in Manchester/Salford city centre, identifying implementation timelines and investment gaps Establish a best practice cohort, through the Partnership, connecting built environment stakeholders across Manchester through a 12-month programme of site visits, work-shops and knowledge-sharing events Update and publish building performance data from local planning applications and develop a standardised Sustainability Report template for planning applications Peer To Peer Learning Peer to Peer learning is an initiative between Partnership members that involves the open sharing of lessons learned during the implementation of climate action within their own organisations. A series of workshops focusing on the topic of sustainable procurement were started in March 2025 with plans to expand this programme in 2025/26. Citywide Climate Communications Team (previous virtual comms team) The virtual communications team brings together communications expertise from organisations across the Partnership. The group is led by the Agency and throughout 2024/25 the group completed a citywide communications campaign, Step Up for Zero Carbon. The campaign highlighted positive examples of work already underway across the city, by showcasing what’s possible. The campaign aimed to help inspire further climate action by both individuals and organisations, directing viewers to a landing page that sets out practical steps that organisations and residents can take to reduce emissions. The campaign landing page can be found here: https://www.manchesterclimate.com/zerocarbon. Further details can be found in section 2. The group also created a communications toolkit for other Partnership members to use to empower them to confidently communicate about the Partnership and encourage other organisations to join. In Our Nature The In Our Nature programme (ION), is a £2.5m community climate programme coordinated by Manchester Climate Change Agency and funded by the National Lottery's Climate Action Fund. The programme has three key aims: To help residents to make meaningful changes that reduce carbon emissions and ad-dress local socio-economic priorities. To create an inclusive movement that reflects and celebrates the creativity and diversity of the people of Manchester. To share learning so that more people across Manchester and beyond, are inspired to act on climate change. ION is a partnership supported by a specialist team of organisations in climate change and community engagement including Groundwork Greater Manchester, Hubbub, the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research and Amity CIC. The programme is also shaped by a Steering Group of local residents to ensure community voices are represented, to enable community groups to connect and to support the development of more climate projects. As of March 2025, the programme was supporting 81 community projects and delivered activity across every ward in Manchester. Examples of these projects include: Supporting local volunteers to share practical energy-saving tips at community events and sign up residents for free home energy visits. Helping Gurdwara members gain energy-auditing skills and commit to upgrades that will save 6 tonnes of CO2e. Transforming a disused site in Sharston into a thriving community allotment using re-claimed and upcycled materials. Planting an orchard and learning to cook seasonal vegetarian meals through community-led workshops and BBQs. Teaching clothing repair and upcycling skills to refugees and asylum seekers, saving over 780 kg of textiles from landfill. Supporting women in North Manchester to build cycling confidence through training sessions and community rides. Over 3000 residents have participated across these projects. All projects address at least one of Manchester’s 6 priority areas for action, as identified by the Manchester Climate Change Framework: food, transport, energy, homes and buildings; nature and greenspaces and the things we buy and throw away. Collectively, the programme is calculated to be reducing carbon emissions by 400 tonnes CO2. Capacity uncovering work, including tailored coaching has supported individuals to take their community climate action further. The programme has also been supporting a growing network of 20 Community Climate Champions, individuals who are already delivering impactful action for their communities, to come together, learn from one another and build connections with like-minded people. Over 157 resources have been produced and added to a free to use online Resource Hub to help people to act on climate change and reduce their emissions at home. Two city-wide campaigns have been launched to expand ION’s reach across Manchester through playful and engaging communications. One focusing on pet owners and the other on Manchester’s student population. The campaigns shared playful and insightful messages around how these two groups can support Manchester’s climate goals by changing their habits around the things they buy and throw away. For latest updates from the programme, visit the In Our Nature website: www.inournature.uk Adaptation And Resilience to Climate Change Building on the climate risk assessment initiated in 2023/24, significant progress has been made towards developing Manchester’s first Climate Change Adaptation Plan. This marks a major step in strengthening the city’s resilience to climate change by prioritising protection of critical infrastructure and vulnerable communities. The plan has been co-developed with stakeholders across the city and wider region. The Adaptation Plan will: Consolidate existing work on resilience Integrate risk assessments and technical guidance Set out high-level recommendations with defined roles for stakeholders Key activities undertaken include: Reviewing priority risks from regional and national assessments, including the GMCA Climate Risk Assessment, the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment, and the London Climate Resilience Review. Identifying 64 climate risks projected to affect Manchester by 2050, with analysis showing increasing exposure to hotter, drier summers and wetter winters, and providing a robust evidence base to inform proactive adaptation measures across infrastructure, health, housing, and natural systems. Two workshops have been held which convened a diverse group of stakeholders from across Manchester, Greater Manchester, the Northwest, and various central government departments. These workshops have refined vision statements, identified priority risks, defined adaptation actions, and set implementation timelines for the plan. The plan is set for completion by the end of April, at which point an expert panel including representatives from the Climate Change Committee, Met Office, Environment Agency, DEFRA, MHCLG, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University will review it to ensure it is as ambitious as possible. The plan will be published in Autumn 2025 alongside the next Climate Change Framework 25-30. Development Of Manchester’s Next Five-Year Climate Change Framework (2025-30) Building on the foundations of the current Manchester Climate Change Framework (2020–25), development is now underway on the next iteration, covering the period 2025-30. This framework will be central to shaping the city’s approach to climate action over the coming five years, setting a clear pathway towards a zero carbon and climate resilient Manchester. Key progress to date includes: Agency has actively supported the development of both the Greater Manchester and Manchester City Council climate plans, ensuring strategic alignment and maintaining a high level of ambition across all levels of governance. A full review has been undertaken to assess the impact of the current plan, identify are-as for improvement, and retain successful elements. This includes reaffirming the shared vision for a zero carbon and climate resilient city, while streamlining the frame-work’s structure to improve clarity and implementation. Analysis has been completed to assess where current policies and programmes are projected to take Manchester in terms of emissions reductions. This analysis identifies the remaining gap to meet the city’s science-based carbon budget and highlights priority areas for further action. The Framework will incorporate the new climate adaptation measures being developed as part of Manchester’s first Climate Change Adaptation Plan, ensuring a joined-up approach to both mitigation and resilience. A process has been established to co-design the new framework with residents and communities. A Citizens’ Panel is scheduled for April 2025 to ensure that local voices shape the vision, priorities, and actions of the new plan. A stakeholder engagement plan has been developed to ensure that the framework reflects the collective ambition and expertise of partners across the city. The Framework 2025-30 will be published in Autumn 2025, alongside the new Adaptation Plan. Financing the Transition to Net Zero - DESNZ Net Zero Accelerator In 2023/24, Manchester Climate Change Agency and partners successfully secured over £6 million for the city-region through the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) Net Zero Accelerator programme. Of this, £1.8 million is ring-fenced for Manchester, enabling the city to build capacity for place-based project development and explore innovative financing mechanisms. This investment will help accelerate the mobilisation of net zero delivery over the next three to five years. The programme launched in April 2024 and will run for two years. During the initial nine months of the programme, MCCA actively led delivery in Manchester, creating a detailed work programme for thematic workstreams owned by various Council directorates (e.g. energy generation and storage, building retrofit, heat net-works, unlocking finance, and embedding net zero into Wythenshawe civic centre re-generation), liaising with key infrastructure providers who are stakeholders in the pro-gramme (e.g. Electricity North West, United Utilities and Transport for Greater Manchester), supporting recruitment into the Council (from programme management to green finance specialists) and collaborating with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to connect programme components across the city region. Now the Council has geared up and has a programme team in place, MCCA’s role has transitioned to providing specialist technical input and ‘critical friend’ support across the programme with a current focus on the energy generation and storage and heat network workstreams, maintaining strategic links with GMCA and infrastructure stakeholders, and implementing a whole-programme review process that ensures individual workstreams are focused on key outcomes and can identify synergies between workstreams. We are also leading work on commercial retrofit (see built environment section above). International Best Practice: working internationally to help achieve our aim and targets. The Manchester Climate Change Agency has played a key role in developing partnerships with EU organisations and securing funding to deliver largescale programmes with a significant Manchester footprint spanning several years. All focus on supporting different aspects of Manchester’s transition to a zero carbon, climate resilient city. Throughout 2024/25: The Agency has continued to work with the City Business Climate Alliance (an initiative of CDP, C40 cities and the WBCSD) to expand the Manchester Climate Change Partnership, our primary mechanism for consulting with businesses and to share best practice with other international cities. The Agency has continued to support the delivery of the TRANSIT project. Supporting the development of online training for academic and industry partners in the renewable energy sector, collaborated on campaigns to highlight STEM careers in renewable energy, and supported delivery of a renewable energy poster competition for UK primary school children, receiving over 160 entries. Manchester has been paired with Stockholm through the Net Zero Cities – Twinning Learning Programme. Starting in September 2024, the tailored learning programme developed between the two cities will facilitate structured learning activities for knowledge exchange and capacity building, including support for onsite visits, workshops and ex-pert facilitation. This will feed in to a ‘Twin Cities Action Plan’ to outline learnings and how these can be applied to their local context. All the activity listed above is designed to fulfil our aim to ‘Undertake activities that support, encourage and enable individuals and organisations in Manchester and beyond to act on climate change’, as set out in the Agency’s Articles of Association. For more information, please find our 2024-25 impact report here: www.manchesterclimate.com/impact-reports

The stakeholders for the organisation are everyone who lives, works and studies in Manchester, we all have a part to play in tackling climate change and securing a zero carbon and climate resilient future. Consultation with Businesses and Organisations As stated in section 1, Manchester’s Climate Change Partnership is the city’s main mechanism for engaging and inspiring organisations and residents to act. It is convened and supported by the Agency. The Partnership currently engages with over 560 organisations, across 19 sectors, that have wide reach and influence over the city's carbon emissions not only through their organisational activities but also through their staff, students, customers, tenants, football fans, theatre-goers, worshippers, and others. Throughout 2024/25 Partnership members have been consulted by the Agency in numerous ways: Quarterly Networking Meetings – through quarterly networking meetings members are convened to share their experience, hear from other climate initiatives, discuss complex climate issues, and be consulted on new strategies in development. In July 2024 the Partnership held its second in-person networking event. Hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University the event brought together over 60 people from across the Partnership, the Climate Change Youth Board, and wider stakeholders to connect, share learning and challenge the progress being made by the city. At this event they were consulted on Manchester’s vision for a zero carbon climate resilient city and how we can mobilise action as a Partnership to reach zero carbon. Member Survey – the Agency runs an annual survey to consult and collate best practice by Partnership members. The survey captured positive climate action being delivered by Partnership members as well as areas where partners would like further support. The results highlighted the scale of positive action being delivered across the city and highlighted opportunities for Partnership members to learn from each other. Based on Partner responses, the city challenge and peer-to-peer programmes (see part 1) were designed to provide tailored support to members and drive urgent action to reduce emissions where there were gaps in activity and knowledge. Citywide Climate Communications Team – The group is led by the Agency and provides a network for marketing and communications professionals from across the Partnership who: Share success stories to amplify positive action in Manchester Promote Partnership activity Support recruitment of new Partnership members Collaborate and share insights on effective climate communications Position Manchester as a climate leader In 2024, the Partnership launched the Step Up for Zero Carbon campaign, designed and delivered by the Partnership’s City-Wide Climate Communications Team. The campaign aimed to support residents and businesses to play their full part by sharing examples of best practice from across the Partnership and signposting to useful information and resources. Highlights of the campaign include: Presence on digital screens across the city, with over 11 million impacts Reaching over 2,400 people on social media Receiving nearly 750 visits to the Manchester Climate website where users could access useful information and support to reduce their carbon emissions. City Challenge Groups – The two city challenge groups, set up by the Agency (see part 1) include a wide range of local and national industry experts and stakeholders. These groups have facilitated challenging conversations with local policy makers and will result in detailed recommendations to the City Council and Combined Authority around reducing emissions from our built environment. City Business Climate Alliance – Throughout 2024/25 the Agency consulted with businesses through the City Business Climate Alliance project (CBCA), an initiative from C40 Cities, CDP and World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Consultation with Residents and Communities The Agency consults directly with residents and communities through the In Our Nature Programme (see part 1). The programme is working in six deep dive locations (Cheetham Hill, Longsight, Crumpsall, Wythenshawe, Harpurhey and Gorton and Abbey Hey) using community mapping and listening exercises to identify the issues that residents face, the barriers they face when taking climate actions, and what support they need to create long-term behaviour change in their communities and build their capacity. We have been collaborating with over 70 community groups to identify and design projects to support community climate action across Manchester. In addition to this, between 2022 (the start of the programme) and March 2025, the In Our Nature programme has: Shared 157 simple and practical resources created to inspire and support residents across the city to take climate action Gained 12,672 followers on social media and over 49,000 website visits Delivered four targeted campaigns. To support community groups to share their successes and learn from each other, the Agency hosted a Community Get Together in July 2024 with over 80 residents celebrating each other’s success and inspiring further action. The programme has engaged directly with a diverse range of communities across Manchester, where there are often barriers to engagement including Pakistani and Asian women and those for whom English is not their first language, younger and older people, people in lower income areas, socially isolated women, and those with additional needs and learning disabilities. On an ongoing basis, the Agency works with Manchester City Council’s Neighbourhoods Team to support and facilitate consultation with residents and communities on climate change, using feedback to influence the delivery of the In Our Nature programme and wider Council services including community grants, to ensure it is fulfilling the needs of our residents and communities. The latest In Our Nature Impact report can be found here: https://www.inournature.uk/whats-happening The Agency’s website and social media channels facilitate regular information exchange and dialogue with local residents, communities and related stakeholders. In 2024/25 this included: Over 28,000 visits to www.manchesterclimate.com Over 4,400 X Followers, 700 Instagram followers and over 1000 followers on LinkedIn Consultation with Young People The Manchester Climate Change Youth Board continues to be the Agency’s main mechanism for consulting with the city’s young people. The Manchester Climate Change Youth Board was formed in 2017 and has a seat on both the Manchester Climate Change Partnership and Board – putting young people at the heart of climate action in Manchester. Supported by the Agency, in the last 12 months the Youth Board has reviewed its structure and expanded its reach. It has created a virtual Youth Network of 97 young people that share climate news, events, training and job opportunities. It has also delivered projects to provide practical advice and inspire wider engagement in climate action. Some key achievements of the Youth Partnership over the last 12-months include: Delivering a successful Climate Kitchen food workshop for 16 young people, showing them how they can reduce carbon emissions, eat healthily and avoid food waste Connecting with both The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University to reach more of Manchester’s student population Providing personal development support and group coaching to Youth Board members through the In Our Nature programme. Helping them to grow in confidence and better deliver their aims. As part of the TRANSIT programme described in part 1, MCCA delivered a renewable energy poster competition for UK primary school children. Over 160 entries to the competition were received from 8 schools. Further Consultation The Agency also leverages influence to embed climate change into wider policy and action across the city, including by contributing to various local, regional, and national forums, including but not limited to: Manchester Food Board Green Economy Advisory Board Bee Net Zero Partnership Manchester Digital Strategy Group Making Manchester Fairer Manchester City Council Climate Change Scrutiny Committee and internal Climate Change Governance systems Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s mission based approach to Climate Change Northwest Public Health & Sustainability Collaboration UK Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN) UK Core Cities Low Carbon Group

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