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<h2 id="climate-work">Climate work</h2> <p>Local Partnerships’ climate work supports the public sector to </p> <ul><li>deliver strategic and practical approaches to achieve net-zero</li> <li>plan for a changing climate, by assessing local impacts and necessary changes</li> <li>deliver renewable energy infrastructure and energy efficiency projects</li> <li>develop and deliver to minimise waste and facilitate a circular economy</li></ul> <p> It is funded by fee income from chargeable services and money 'top-sliced' from local authorities' <a href="/facts/Local_government_in_England/W23quv4Y">Revenue Support Grant</a> (RSG) payments from the UK government, grant funding from UK government departments such as <a href="/facts/Department_for_Environment%2c_Food_and_Rural_Affairs/w9EYr8KE">Defra</a> and <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Housing%2c_Communities_and_Local_Government/oetFDolr">MHCLG</a>. </p><p>Local Partnerships and the <a href="/facts/Greater_London_Authority/vLfapVHS">Greater London Authority</a> are responsible for the operation of the Re:fit 4 programme which is a procurement initiative for public bodies wishing to implement energy efficiency measures and local energy generation projects on their assets.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The Re:fit framework will be operational until April 2024. </p><p>Local Partnerships has a team of PFI specialists who provide support to contracts across the full range of financial, technical and legal specialisms, particularly as the contracts come to an end or may benefit from refinancing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Local Partnerships". localpartnerships.gov.uk. Local Partnerships. Retrieved 19 March 2024. <a href="http://localpartnerships.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://localpartnerships.org.uk/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Our expertise - Local Partnerships". 15 May 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024. <a href="https://localpartnerships.gov.uk/our-expertise/" target="_blank">https://localpartnerships.gov.uk/our-expertise/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Switch2 will accelerate heat network development via Re:fit framework". BDaily. 12 June 2020. <a href="https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2020/06/12/switch2-will-accelerate-heat-network-development-via-refit-framework" target="_blank">https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2020/06/12/switch2-will-accelerate-heat-network-development-via-refit-framework</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end" (PDF). National Audit Office. 5 June 2020. <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Managing-PFI-assets-and-services-as-contracts-end.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Managing-PFI-assets-and-services-as-contracts-end.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>