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… action. The list is not comprehensive but covers some of the main elements that are likely to form part of a Climate Change strategy. 3.10 Reduce emissions/energy efficiency Clearly the drive and first port of call should be to reduce emissions from our estate, and by the City as a whole. This can be achieved through the use of energy efficient appliances such as LED lights, or ensuring heat…

… and the need to reduce emissions as well as adapt to a changing climate. Back in 2001 it adopted the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change and later that year it adopted its own Agenda 21 (Sustainable Development Strategy). This was a project-based document and was rolled forward on an annual basis. Moving into the new century, the City Council put forward an annual Energy Management strategy…

… since at least the United Nations Convention on Climate change in 1992, whose findings were signed off later that year at the UN Rio Conference (the Earth Summit). The Summit’s objective was to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions that would prevent dangerous man-made interference with climate systems. Since then the parties to the convention have met as the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP…

… a carbon audit. 3.6 To implement this resolution, there is a need for a new strategy to provide clarity on what the City Council intends to do, and so that it can be judged as to whether or not it has been successful. This will take some time to develop, hence this document provides a ‘road map’ as to how the Council can develop that strategy and reduce overall emissions. This roadmap also…

… describes Carbon Accounting before moving on to the broad principles of addressing Climate Change. It sets out a timetable for developing a revised Climate Change strategy. However, acknowledging that time is running out to further reduce carbon emissions, the appendix details a series of quick wins that we intend to investigate and implement over the coming months whilst a strategy is developed…