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Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

… emissions from Council vehicles Reduce emissions from Council buildings Look at generating green energy for Council buildings Increase tree cover and improve nature Reduce carbon emissions from our waste and recycling service Consider Climate Change in all Council decisions and policies Tackle fuel poverty and reduce emissions from homes Support sustainable travel and development…

… is the greatest threat that we face. It is a threat that impacts on all of us and on future generations. It is a threat that we need to respond to now, tomorrow and the days that follow with an unrelenting focus on preventing the emergencies. This plan explains how Staffordshire Moorlands District Council will contribute towards Staffordshire Moorlands becoming carbon neutral. We want to be ambitious…

… lives, learns or works in the Moorlands to join us in doing what they can to mitigate the impacts of climate change starting today. This document is intended to provide information, support and guidance to enable every one of us to play our part. It is amongst the most important things we will ever do. OuR VISION Staffordshire Moorlands will become carbon neutral by 2030, taking…

… into account emissions from both production and consumption OuR MISSION Encouraging people, businesses and other organisations to do what they can to reduce their carbon footprint and making it easier, where we can, for those changes to happen OuR STRATEGY We will use our tools, levers and powers and apply the Carbon Management Hierarchy as we focus on our 7 Ways to Net Zero; applying our…

… of heating and powering our buildings and vehicles, and the goods and services that we procure, when providing essential services for our communities. We will need to adopt zero and low carbon alternatives and put climate change at the centre of our decision making. In July 2021, the Council took the important step of approving its first Climate Change plan to set out how it intends to reduce…