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Wealden District Council

… and 2024. v. Transitioning the waste collection fleet and street cleansing vehicles to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel has resulted in a 75% reduction in emissions, measured over the eight months following the transition from diesel. This reduction is expected to increase. c) To note the revised draft timetable set out to complete the new Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan…

… and Forestry sector. o To consider offsetting options as well as promote the importance of insetting in Wealden to reduce the Council’s operational emissions to net zero. o To continue developing the new Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan.  Community Resilience & Wellbeing o To encourage active community involvement through climate change initiatives, such as the promotion of local…

… nature-based solution to address climate change impacts. Despite the challenges, the Council is committed to pursuing this target as part of broader efforts in offsetting, nature recovery, and biodiversity restoration. New Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 71. Policy updates from trusted scientific bodies on climate change – such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC…

…), the Climate Change Committee (CCC), and research from the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme (MOHCCP) – increasingly highlight that the impacts of human- driven climate change are already visible worldwide, as well as locally in Wealden District, affecting both our staff and residents. 72. As a result, in 2023, it was decided that a new Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan would…

… be developed to reflect the ambitions of the new administration in addressing climate change. This new strategy aims to ensure the continued wellbeing of Wealden residents by focusing on proactive climate action, resilience building, and sustainability initiatives tailored to the district’s needs. 73. This new strategy and action plan strengthens the commitment to tackling climate change with a new…