Including 4 closely related terms such as climate, climate change, and change.
… .................................................................................................................... 28 chesterfield.gov.uk/climate-action-now 3 4 Climate Change Strategy | Chesterfield Borough Council A word from our Deputy Leader, Councillor Amanda Serjeant Climate change is one of the most significant challenges humanity faces globally, and will require us to make substantial changes in the borough of Chesterfield. In 2019, Chesterfield Borough Council declared…
… a climate emergency and with support from members of the local community we created our first Climate Change Action Plan. Now, four years on we have made some significant steps towards becoming a carbon neutral council, but we still have more to do. Since our baseline year (2019/20), we have reduced our emissions by around a third (32%), to March 2022 and there has been significant work across all…
…, and to demonstrate progress towards delivering the strategy and reaching organisational targets. chesterfield.gov.uk/climate-action-now 11 3 Climate change 3.1 Climate change is a major long-term shift in the Earth’s weather patterns. While there are many natural factors that affect the climate, scientists agree that human activity (mostly burning fossil fuels) is the main cause of the changes…
… Now campaign (CAN) which is engaging audiences on a range of platforms and issues • Climate change questions were included in the “Are you being served?” resident’s satisfaction survey for the first time. The results are being used to inform ongoing communications work on climate change • A large number of other local authorities have expressed an interest in the Climate Change Impact…
… the council to ensure that the strategy and delivery plan are realistic and achievable. In addition, as part of our ongoing engagement in relation to climate change, and to complement the ‘CAN’ (Climate Action Now) campaign, the council ran a public consultation on the themes of the proposed strategy during November 2022. This consultation has provided additional insight into the priorities…