… report Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy https://www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/community/climate-change/ Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy Introduction 3 In July 2019 we declared a climate emergency. The main purpose of this is was to commit to becoming carbon net zero and fully climate resilient by 2030. In some ways it was an easy thing to do; climate…
… have had a glimpse of how a better balance positively impacts not only on CO2 emissions but also on our lives and we must ensure that this is not wasted. Matthew Bird Lead Cabinet Member for Sustainability Part 1 The Vision for 2030 4 Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy The Vision 5 By 2030 we will have a net zero carbon and fully climate resilient council. Through our…
… partnerships we will have enabled the district as a whole to progress to net zero carbon and to address the ecological emergency. Lewes District is a mix of urban and rural communities, coast and countryside, modern and historic buildings, agricultural and industrial businesses. We have a beautiful district but it can be congested at times, it contains pollution hotspots particularly in Newhaven…
… and acknowledge that we have a huge amount of work ahead of us to meet our ambition of becoming a net zero carbon and climate resilient council by 2030 and that we will be doing this with uncertain financial resources. There is enormous enthusiasm and capacity in our local communities to help us meet these challenges. We have seen how fast we can act and come together and enable massive change when…
…, already do to mitigate and adapt to climate change must be ramped up and progressed at pace. But we cannot do this alone. We have committed to becoming a net zero carbon Council by 2030. This means reducing our directly controllable emissions to as low as possible and then, if required, investing in solutions to reduce the remaining carbon emissions (offsetting). We have also committed…