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Climate change
The council’s Climate Change Action Plan
The plan illustrates the council’s long term commitment, as a signatory of the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change, towards a sustainable future for the local (and global) community.
The 2006 version of the council's Climate Change Action Plan [PDF 238kb] is currently in the process of being reviewed and refreshed with the aim of making it a city and council-focused document.
The 2006 Action Plan succeeded in providing a comprehensive overview of the actions taken by various council departments at that time. The revised plan will include the city in its vision; consultation will be ongoing with our partners in the LSP to gather information on their climate change actions for Brighton & Hove. It is expected that the latest version will be available Summer 2010.
Signing up to combating climate change
Floods, tidal waves and droughts are just a few of the potentially hazardous results of a climatic change.
The Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change [PDF 60kb] was signed by the Leader and Chief Executive of the Council in 2004, demonstrating their commitment to reducing this risk. The declaration commits the council to contributing to the delivery of the national climate change programme, preparing a plan with the local community to address the causes and effects of climate change, reduce its own emissions, encourage all sectors of the local community to reduce their own emissions, work with key providers to adapt to changes, and provide opportunities for renewable energy generation within the area.
Climate change is becoming a more immediate threat, as carbon dioxide levels are dangerously high and rising faster than ever before, largely due to greenhouse gas emissions and the burning of fossil fuels.
For more information on climate change, its causes and impacts, please click on the following link to the UK Climate Impacts Programme website: www.ukcip.org.uk.