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Leicester City Council

…. Ensuring that sustainable living and choices are affordable and available to all, and that no-one is unfairly disadvantaged were seen as vital to the overall programme. There were also a number of comments that many of the actions would be hard to measure or monitor, and that clearer targets would be needed. More joined-up working between the council and other groups, organisations and local…

…. The challenges we face include reducing carbon emissions from our homes and businesses, promoting healthy and sustainable transport, protecting and enhancing green spaces and making changes to what we buy and dispose of. These are challenges that the council cannot face alone, and will need support and involvement of people, communities and businesses across the city – as well as a step-change…

…. These have involved individual residents, community groups, businesses, academic experts, public sector partners and more. Their contributions have been invaluable, and we’d like to thank everyone who has helped. We would like to acknowledge the following contributions: Leicester’s External Expert Commission – academic experts and sustainability professionals from De Montfort University…

… and managed workspaces for start-ups and small companies. Supporting ‘green job’ creation too, in areas such as housing retrofit and sustainable construction. Land use, green space and development – adopting a new Local Plan for the city with policies to ensure that new development addresses the Climate Emergency. Also delivering further schemes to reduce flood risk and ensuring that new…

… developments are designed to deal with rainfall runoff sustainably. The council – creating a ‘roadmap’ for the council to become carbon neutral, with programmes to decarbonise our buildings and vehicle fleet. For schools, delivering a programme of investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy in the school buildings we are responsible for and offering support to all city schools through our…