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… currently have available to us. There are gaps in our understanding and more work will need to be undertaken over time. • Integrated. It covers both direct and indirect carbon emissions as well as climate resilience. This plan is not: • Perfect. We are facing a climate emergency and this plan is a next step. • Static. The field is fast changing – policy, finance, technology, the markets and public…

… ambitious and coordinated action at the right level and increase the potential for attracting the interest of investors. P age 21 Ten areas for action 1. We will put climate at the centre of our decision-making 2. We will be proactive in finding ways to resource the action that is needed 3. We will take action to reduce carbon now 4. We will work towards reducing Council emissions to net…

… impact on reducing our carbon emissions, but also have other positive impacts. This will require us to work across our organisation and with partners, to think strategically and long term. It may mean that action is sometimes slower but we will work to achieve a balance. Long term The climate emergency can be hard to respond to because the payback from our actions is not always…

…. Nature is also vital for our wellbeing. We will seek to act in ways which maximise our emissions reductions and addresses the nature emergency and uses nature based solutions. P age 23 Electric vans trials Our hugely popular electric van trial scheme uses behavioural change insights to tackle one of the key barriers in switching to electric vehicles: uncertainty about new…

… to thrive in the world that we find ourselves in. Sheffield changed the face of the world in the industrial revolution, and we can do that again, accelerating the business and economic opportunities that will arise from the move towards a low carbon future, including renewable energy, sustainable transport, smart technologies, research and development. Sheffield and the surrounding region…