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… Dover District Council Climate Change Strategy January 2021 3Dover District Council Climate Change Strategy January 20212 Our vision Delivering a better environment for everyone and helping to inspire individuals, businesses and other organisations to commit to act to reduce the district’s carbon footprint. Contents Forward from…
… responsibility to tackle climate change. We all need to take positive action, and we need to do it now. Dover District Council declared a climate change emergency in January 2020 and set about developing this strategy and action plan, overseen by a cross-party working group. Our aim is simple: for Dover District Council to become a net zero carbon emitter by 2030 at the latest. This involves looking…
… at all aspects of the Council’s work. From the way we heat our buildings, to our supply chain, and from how we travel in the district, to how we support local residents and businesses. Because we also want to help you live and work more sustainably. We aspire for the whole district to be carbon neutral by 2050. This will, of course, take time. But we now have a far greater understanding…
… of the effects of human activity on the environment, and the technology, resources and shared commitment to tackle it. The Climate Change Strategy sets out a vision for a cleaner, greener future. Cllr Trevor Bartlett Leader of the Council 54 Dover District Council Climate Change Strategy January 2021 Dover District Council Climate Change Strategy January 2021 Introduction & Purpose The purpose…
… of this strategy is to explain how the Council intends to step up to meet the challenge and turn the climate emergency declaration into a plan of action that will refocus the Council’s activity, operations and spheres of influence to reduce emissions, increase sustainability and benefit the wider environment. Dover District Council (DDC) has a long history of action to improve the environment…