Call for ideas for £30bn green deal which also includes plans for Metro

A “CALL for ideas” is to be launched to encourage residents, businesses and community groups to help shape Glasgow’s planned £30 billion Green Deal.

The Glasgow Green Deal – a “nine-year mission to transform Glasgow’s economy to tackle the climate emergency” – includes plans for a Metro and retrofitting more than 420,000 homes to improve energy efficiency.

Other projects include planting 18 metre trees across the City Region, a regional electric vehicle charging network and a new circular district, made up of reuse and repair shops.

The roadmap states: “Delivering the Glasgow Green Deal is one of the biggest challenges the city has faced.

“It is achievable, but it will rely on everyone – all citizens, businesses and public sector organisations – bringing your skills, expertise, capacity and resources to bear.

“Therefore, we are calling for all groups to get involved.”

The council is asking whether the Green Deal reflects “the direction Glasgow should be working towards” and focuses on the right areas or whether there’s anything missing. It also wants to know how the Green Deal should be governed and asks for ideas on projects, policies, regulations or investments that should be considered.

A council report adds: “We are also keen to identify early partners to work with on the delivery, and to identify potential projects or ideas that could be explored in the early stages of the Green Deal.”

The three objectives of the Green Deal are to reduce emissions and build climate resilience, create prosperity, sustainable jobs and high-quality places and eliminate poverty and deliver justice through inclusion and equality.

Councillors are asked to approve the roadmap and the call for ideas at a meeting on Thursday. It will be launched later this month.