… Delivery/next steps Page 19 How we will monitor progress Page 20 Closing statement Page 21 A Strategy for Climate change- Net positive Powys 2021-2030 Foreword We are facing a climate emergency. As a Council we need to act now to reduce direct and indirect carbon emissions to net zero. We also need to prepare and adapt to deal…
… showed the commitment and ambition Powys County Council has to reduce its carbon emissions to net zero, in line with the Welsh public sector target of 2030.This document builds on that declaration. By formally declaring the emergency, the Council are saying that the work that we are doing to tackle climate change needs to grow and speed up. Powys council in collaboration with our partners…
… have recently seen the need to act on science to address this emergency. Our recovery from covid provides us an opportunity to build back better, to have a green recovery. In Wales the public sector has an ambition to not simply meet net zero by 2050 as the whole economy must, or by 2040 as many in the private sector but to take global responsibility seriously, we are looking to be net zero…
… for the transition to net zero by local authorities is something the Welsh Government is currently investigating. Appropriate funding is relied upon to meet the scale and pace of change that is required to get to net zero by 2030. The impacts of climate change for the future are dependent on the choices we make now. The next chapter of our collective journey on responding to climate change is one about what…
… intervention. The recent publication of “Net zero carbon status by 2030 A route map for decarbonisation across the Welsh public sector” has been fully utilised and the structure of this document includes the headings found there. Based on work with the Partnership Council for Wales and published by the Welsh Government. This plan also includes work on all six priority areas of the Mid Wales…