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Malvern Hills District Council

… but realistic vision, which will help ensure Malvern Hills District Council, residents and businesses play their part in supporting the national and international effort to tackle climate change. 4 Destination Zero 3 LOCAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Our climate is already changing and even if we are successful in achieving our ambitions both locally, nationally and internationally, we…

… of local government in tackling climate change and urged the setting of ambitious, but realistic targets. Based on this report, Malvern Hills District Council’s role in tackling climate change can be summarised into six principles: 1. Leadership – inspiring and encouraging others to take action 2. Reducing emissions from Malvern Hills District Council’s own operations 3. Enabling – creating…

… the policy and planning environment to support the creation of infrastructure and innovation needed to help tackle climate change 4. Service provision (planning, waste transport etc) 5. Partnership – working with other stakeholders to deliver schemes jointly, recognising Malvern Hills District Council does not have all the answers 6. Mitigation – implementing measures to help communities build…

… of products and the movement of those goods. Encouraging people to consume less, reuse more and recycle as much as possible is crucial to the global effort to tackle climate change. Locally it is more difficult to measure the impact of waste reduction as a lot of the emissions will be generated higher up the supply chain. However, disposal of the district’s waste at the Energy from Waste plant…

… to reduce their carbon footprint While technology and policy changes have a key part to play in tackling climate change; whether or not we are successful will ultimately rest on the willingness of the public and businesses to make changes to their lifestyle and activities. The chart below from the Committee on Climate Change demonstrates how crucial it is the public willingly change…