This report argues that it is crucial to our prospects of tackling climate change that the new Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), formerly the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), steps into a leadership role. With responsibilities for housing, planning and local government DCLG is in a unique position to deal with climate change on the ground in the UK. The way our homes and communities are designed and built has tended until now to lock us into carbon-intensive lifestyles. In the twenty-first century quality design must be about making low carbon living the easier choice.
