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What are we doing to tackle climate change?

We have committed to becoming a Council that takes robust action to tackle the local and global threat of climate change, both internally and in partnership with local organisations and residents.

Our progress

We are working hard to deliver our Climate Emergency Strategy and Action Plan and have been awarded a CDP A rating for the second year in recognition for our work towards our 2030 and 2043 targets.

Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan

In July 2019, we declared a Climate Emergency, committing to working towards becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

Reducing our borough’s carbon emissions will require changes to the way we live and work, and changes from government and business. But change doesn’t have to be a difficult. This is a unique opportunity to work together as a community to improve our quality of life and create a borough that’s healthier, better to live in and fairer for everyone.

We need to be ambitious to combat climate change and reduce air pollution, and have made significant progress so far against our goals.

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