… Gloucester Climate Change Strategy Gloucester City Council December 2023 December 2023 2 1. Introduction and Context 06 2. Why is a Climate Change Strategy Needed? 08 3. Our Approach to the Climate Change Strategy 10 4. Mitigation – Achieving Net Zero Emissions 19 5. Adaptation – Understanding Vulnerability to Climate Change…
… of both Councillors and the people of our city to see action at both the level of the council and the wider district. That is why we are committed to delivering Net Zero Emissions across the council’s functions by 2030 – having brought the target forward five years – and to do everything within the council’s powers to achieve carbon neutrality across the wider district by 2045: in line…
… cathedral. This strategy represents our own attempt to build something of which Gloucester and its people can be equally proud. Gloucester Climate Change Strategy (GCCS) Gloucester City Council December 2023 5 Executive Summary Gloucester City Council (GCC) is committed to reaching net zero emissions across its own functions by 2030 and working towards net zero emissions across the wider…
… district by 2045. GCC announced a climate emergency in July 2019, joining over 300 local authorities and councils in England aiming to be carbon neutral 20 years before the national target. Local leadership as well as well as partnerships between central and local government is needed to tackle climate change. Councils are well placed to support the Government to meet its net zero emissions target…
… by 2050. The Gloucester Climate Change Strategy (GCCS) has been developed for Gloucester District to enable communities, local businesses, and every household to work towards meeting the dis- trict’s ambitious 2045 net zero target and enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change. The GCCS also provides actions for GCC to achieve net zero emissions by 2030 across its own opera- tions…