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.
- View our Climate Emergency Strategy and find out about our plans to update this strategy in 2024
- View the Climate Emergency Strategy 2024 Action Plan
- View the 2024 annual report
- View the Richmond Emission Reduction Pathways Analysis Report and Executive Summary (2023)
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.
Focus areas
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