We carry out research and support partners in meeting their data and intelligence needs, such as the West Midlands Regional Skills Partnership, Advantage West Midlands and Government Office for the West Midlands.
Recent and ongoing research includes:
Growth into a low carbon economy
Published 8th March 2010
Research by the Observatory and Atkins Global to develop a better understanding of opportunities the low carbon economy can deliver in the West Midlands. The work includes regional opportunities and carbon constraints.
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Challenge or opportunity? How to plan for climate change
Published 6th November 2009
Our report, Challenge or Opportunity? How to plan for Climate Change (pdf, 1.3mb), aims to help decision makers understand how climate change will impact on them.
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Low carbon economy research programme
Updated 15th May 2009
In 2008 we started a new three-year programme of research work with Advantage West Midlands assessing the West Midlands' progress towards a low carbon economy.
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Analysis of current transport schemes in the West Midlands
Draft report published: 24th December 2008
This research tries to understand the cumulative effect that priority transport schemes potentially could have on the West Midlands economy and what influence the schemes may have in closing the region's productivity gap.
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Environment, transport and low carbon interactive maps
Updated November 2009
We use interactive maps to present a variety of datasets. These provide a geographical display of data to help understand how separate issues affect the region and localities.
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