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West Sussex County Council

… and greener local economy - businesses across our County will be able to have the competitive advantage by leading the way to a new, greener, economic model, providing new secure skilled local jobs for residents. • Reduced bills - while increased energy efficiency has the potential to reduce overall energy used and save money, achieving carbon neutral can be more expensive than current business…

… to use new technologies, clean energy sources, change people’s behaviour, or make older technology more energy efficient.) Climate change adaptation Adaptation refers to the to the actions taken to manage the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Climate change resilience Resilience refers to the ability to the state of, a community for example, to cope and recover from the impacts of climate…

… local authorities achieve a wide range of other plans and ambitions. • Reduced financial costs - studies show that adaptation action is generally cheaper, and more effective over time, than the costs incurred responding to the impacts over time. For example, our street lighting project (which will deliver a 61% decrease on current energy use with the planned conversion of 64,000 street…

…. West Sussex Climate Change Strategy 2020 – 2030 8 9 We will source and use resources sustainably One impact of climate change is to make resources harder to come by. Further, there is a hidden carbon cost in everything we do. We need to use our limited natural resources wisely and demanding less from the environment. a. We will use resources efficiently and economically b. We will take…

… business when planning, delivering our services and operations. We will mitigate the effects of climate change by reducing carbon emissions a. We will be a net carbon zero organisation by 2030 1. We will reduce the County Council’s overall energy consumption 2. We will reduce the County Council’s demand for fossil fuel-based energy 3. We will contribute to a greener grid b. We will reduce…