… resilience. Built Environment Improved Green Infrastructure and climate resilience. Natural Environment’ including Ecology (Biodiversity) Improved Green Infrastructure and climate resilience. Education and Information Youth Climate Panel and schools engagement. Tackling Climate Change Carbon Emissions Implications? Positive Vulnerable to climate change? No; will improve…
… towards the cost of landholder engagement; development of the ‘Biodiversity Off-site (Offsetting) Scheme’; and tree maintenance incentives; and £100,000 for community tree planting, March 2021. 3. Establish a £1m ‘Action Fund’, in 2020/21 to develop and incentivise the adoption of low carbon initiatives and improved resilience to climate change. The fund has been established, earmarked…
… Gloucestershire Tree Strategy through development of the ‘Biodiversity Off-site (Offsetting) Scheme’. The Woodland Trust (WT) has approved GCC’s Expression of Interest bid to the pilot Emergency Tree Fund to go forward to a ‘Development Phase’, aiming to plant 360,000 trees by 2023 and fund coordination; a spatial planting and natural regeneration plan; and mechanisms to secure land and funding for large…
… scale planting and natural regeneration, including through the Biodiversity Off-site (Offsetting) Scheme. 25. Expand Green Staff Travel Plan and develop Clean Fleet Replacement Plan Two Electric Vehicle pilots undertaken with frontline services; EV being procured for first pilot; second pilot is ongoing. A review of the council’s fleet is currently underway and is due to conclude in early…