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Reading Borough Council

… reduced carbon emissions and contributed to ‘climate-positive’ behaviour. For example, the reduction in air traffic and commuting has reduced emissions and air quality has improved in many towns and cities, including Reading. Being confined to our homes has brought many of us a new appreciation of the importance of green spaces for health and wellbeing; it has also changed our patterns…

… of £11 million in the process • Reading’s vibrant voluntary sector and active network of community groups have promoted a wide range of climate-related projects, and small grants to local organisations, such as Draughtbusters, Transition Town Reading and Econet, have funded behaviour change campaigns to reduce carbon emissions and test new ideas • The Reading Community Energy Society has…

… solutions: improved management of greenspace and the water environment in Reading also offers scope to reduce carbon emissions as natural areas can act as ‘carbon sinks’. This will also have the advantage of helping the town adapt to the impacts of a changing climate by mitigating flood risk, reducing the urban heat island effect, improving air quality and enhancing health and well-being…

…. Reliance on electricity and technology to reach net zero will not be enough: we need to be reducing the amount of energy and other resources we use; drastically cutting the amount of ‘stuff’ we consume; changing our travel patterns and habits; adopting healthier, lower carbon lifestyles; and working with our natural assets to combat both the causes and impacts of a changing climate. The action plans…

…. • Energy networks must be strengthened for the net zero energy transformation in order to support electrification of transport and heating: the Committee argued that Government has the regulatory tools to bring forward private sector investment and that new hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure will provide a route to establishing new low carbon industries. The Committee also…