South Yorkshire sustainability research centre revealed

Plans for a new research centre to help decarbonise organisations across South Yorkshire have been revealed.The South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre, by South Yorkshire mayor Dan Jarvis, would bring together researchers, businesses and organisations across the region to co-design solutions to regional and global sustainability challenges and work towards Net Zero emissions by 2050.The project is led by the University of Sheffield through a partnership that includes the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, the four South Yorkshire local authorities, Sheffield Hallam University, and a range of private and voluntary sector organisations.Projects that would be coordinated by the centre include the optimisation and decarbonisation of transport routes, retrofitting housing stock, decarbonising the agri-food sector and heavy industry, and restoring the region’s natural environments and assets.The South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre has recently received £5m of funding from Research England.