Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… pdf file Bury Climate Action Strategy (text only version) [665KB] Download pdf file Background information Climate change is a wide-reaching issue that touches…
… every aspect of our lives as well as our communities. It is therefore vital that we have a strategy that will take us into the future and enable us to reach our target to be carbon neutral by 2038 In tackling the climate emergency and the range of issues associated with it, there is an opportunity for us to not only improve our environment but also our local communities. Climate change is a fast…
…-changing issue with science and policy being regularly updated. In response, we have created the following two documents. 1. The Bury Climate Action Strategy: A document that provides information on climate change science, background, place-setting, details the key action areas and the thinking behind our decisions. 2. The Bury Climate Action Plan: A document that shows our progress towards being…
… carbon neutral by 2038 and where more work is required. The action plan will be updated every year to account for new issues, ideas, and technology. Key action areas Given the range of issues associated with climate change, the strategy includes the following nine key action areas. 1. Our energy supply We will work to generate and source all our local energy needs from zero-carbon renewable sources…
… and transition the necessary vehicles to zero emission alternatives. 4. The things we buy and throw away We need to buy, use, and dispose of goods in a sustainable way so that our collective decisions do not add indirectly to the burden of climate change, creating pollution in Bury or elsewhere. 5. Food We need to work towards reducing the impact of our diet on climate change. This requires a shift to more…