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Staffordshire County Council

… to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net- zero by 2050. This means that the country needs to remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as it emits. Following this, Staffordshire County Council members declared a Climate Change Emergency and made the commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. An All-Member Working Group was established to develop a list of actions and a Cabinet…

… (2005) and Hard Rain 2 (2007) and more recently Green Shoots in 2011, which contributed to substantial carbon emissions savings, through projects such as building energy effciency, LED street lighting and a substantial reduction in staff mileage.  Staffordshire County Council Climate Change Vision Staffordshire County Council will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In doing this we…

… months between September 2019 – September 2020 the Council completed 70 formal flood investigations (an investigation being generally where 5 or more properties flooded internally). The previous f ive years no more than 5 investigations were required in this period. Each year the Council monitors its carbon emissions. Buildings, waste and transport are the highest emitters and reducing…

… (removing carbon from our atmosphere by, for example, planting more trees) where the carbon emissions cannot be reasonably reduced any further. To achieve a resilient county, we not only need to look at ways to reduce carbon emissions, but also to adapt to the changing climate. We will identify ways to better prepare for the changing climate and extreme weather events. Key principles…

… carbon emissions that occur within the council area. We therefore want to work with our partners and the wider community, to ensure we are considering all the areas we can influence to get a truly countywide approach to reducing carbon emissions. Areas we directly control/guide Areas we can enable through funding Areas we can enable through policy Areas we can influence locally Areas we…