Carbon neutrality: architects and planners call for pan-professional action

Sunand Prasad, RIBA President-elect and Rynd Smith, RTPI Head of Policy and Practice, have agreed to spearhead a joint plan of action to combat the effects of climate change and hope that all the built environmental professions will sign up to it. Their action follows an RTPI/RIBA conference in May in Woking,Surrey, at which both were key speakers. The conference, supported by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), looked at if, and how, the planning system might deliver sustainable design.