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Buckinghamshire Council

… have allocated £5 million to a specific Climate Change Fund which will help us to deliver further reductions in emissions, for example by improving the energy efficiency of our estate, installing more renewable generation and embarking on a programme of large scale tree planting. 6 A £5 million Climate Change Fund has been established to support continued emissions reductions, including…

… funding tree planting, energy efficiency and renewable generation projects. We also continue to identify external sources of funding and develop bids for these, for example from Defra’s Air Quality Grant to help improve air quality, support for electric vehicle charging infrastructure from OLEV, and funding from BEIS to support decarbonisation in the public sector. Developing this Strategy We…

… from plant- based (green) measures as well, such as: improving biodiversity, food production (e.g. fruit trees, and roof allotments), improving stormwater quality, and being a barrier to noise and electro-magnetic radiation. Another example of a mitigation and adaptation measure would be implementing systems that store rainwater, such as household water butts. The stored water can be used…

… are approximately 45% higher now than they were before the industrial revolution and this is largely due to burning fossil fuels for energy. Human activity has also reduced the amount of carbon dioxide that can be absorbed and stored in natural carbon sinks. Plants and oceans absorb around 57% of the carbon dioxide that’s produced. Removing trees (deforestation) and affecting plants’ ability…

… mitigate climate change and poor air quality – trees absorb/screen air pollutants and sequester carbon, but also absorb water, slow the flow and reduce the amount of water going to the ground (as their leaves intercept raindrops and water evaporates from the leaves); and their roots bind the soil preventing it from being washed away and allow for better penetration of the water through the soil…