… The Suffolk Climate Emergency Plan Our journey to Net Zero Suffolk’s public sector leaders have all set out and committed to pursue net zero strategies in our own organisations that respond to local, national, and international evidence. Furthermore, we will all work together to support and guide our residents, communities…
…, and businesses to make the changes required to best set Suffolk on the path to net zero by 2030. The Suffolk Climate Emergency Plan 2 Foreword Tracey Bleakley, Chief Executive of NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board Councillor David Busby, Leader of Babergh District Council Dr. Ed Garratt, Chief Executive of NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board C-J Green, Chair…
… with ambitious goals and helped to energise the county following two challenging years. Now, amid a cost-of-living crisis, the emphasis on the co-benefits of a greener county is more pertinent than ever. Our journey to net zero should not just acclaim carbon reduction as an outcome, when the financial, health, economic and social benefits are boundless. The public sector began this journey in 2007…
… on the path to net zero by 2030. For this journey to be successful it will also need positive support from Government, and for us all to work together. It is a living plan and publishing it in 2021 was the first step in the journey of making climate action part of our daily lives. This update in 2023 recognises the progress we have achieved and updates the actions considering changing technology…
… Plan links with other key strategies, plans and partnerships. The Suffolk Climate Emergency Plan 4 Achieving net zero emissions means attaining a balance between GHG emissions into and removals from the earth’s atmosphere. In Suffolk, we are emitting far greater quantities than we are removing, which this Plan seeks to address. GHG emissions removal technologies (such as carbon capture…