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Don t show me this message again✕ The Bullring retail redevelopment was gutted by the permanent closure of key stores (AFP/Getty) J ust 15 months ago Birmingham council leader Ian Ward was in Hong Kong at the MIPIM Asia event (the Oscars of the Asian real estate world), trumpeting the virtues of his city. It was, he believed, the ideal inward investment location for Chinese and Asian investors due to the HS2 high-speed train link and the 2022 Commonwealth Games on the horizon. Today, however, “it’s like chalk and cheese”, says one senior council official. The city centre resembles a ghost town with the heart of the showcase Bullring retail redevelopment gutted by the permanent closure of key anchor stores, John Lewis and Debenhams. The empty office blocks cast doubt on future plans for city centre redevelopment. “It feels like we’re back to the 1980s.” ....
Jon Bloomfield It has been a golden autumn for the high politics of climate change. In September, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, announced that his country would be carbon-neutral before 2060. The following month, the new Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, pledged to make the world’s third largest economy carbon-neutral by 2050, a commitment echoed by South Korea. And in one of his first actions as United States president-elect, Joe Biden promised to return the country to the Paris climate agreement of 2015. Fred Steward Less visible in the glare of the global spotlight yet essential to the realisation of these ambitions are innovative policies to promote a ‘green recovery’ in a post-pandemic world. The European Union has led the way with its €750 billion green recovery fund, which individual countries will complement with specific national programmes. ....