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VAT reform would promote CO2 emissions reductions, more sustainable building & cost nothing – so why the delay: a Project Compass response to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency objectives defined in ARCHITECTS DECLARE

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VAT reform would promote CO2 emissions reductions, more sustainable building & cost nothing – so why the delay : a Project Compass response to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency objectives defined in ARCHITECTS DECLARE. / Menteth, Walter.

In: Project Compass, 26.07.2019.

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Harvard

Menteth, W 2019, 'VAT reform would promote CO2 emissions reductions, more sustainable building & cost nothing – so why the delay: a Project Compass response to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency objectives defined in ARCHITECTS DECLARE' Project Compass. <https://projectcompass.co.uk/index.php/2019/07/26/vat-reform-would-promote-co2-emissions-reductions-so-why-the-delay/>

APA

Menteth, W. (2019). VAT reform would promote CO2 emissions reductions, more sustainable building & cost nothing – so why the delay: a Project Compass response to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency objectives defined in ARCHITECTS DECLARE. Project Compass. https://projectcompass.co.uk/index.php/2019/07/26/vat-reform-would-promote-co2-emissions-reductions-so-why-the-delay/

Vancouver

Menteth W. VAT reform would promote CO2 emissions reductions, more sustainable building & cost nothing – so why the delay: a Project Compass response to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency objectives defined in ARCHITECTS DECLARE. Project Compass. 2019 Jul 26.

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Menteth, Walter. / VAT reform would promote CO2 emissions reductions, more sustainable building & cost nothing – so why the delay : a Project Compass response to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency objectives defined in ARCHITECTS DECLARE. In: Project Compass. 2019.

Bibtex

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