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… baseline. In June 2019 the UK Prime Minister announced a revised target - the UK will cut emissions to net zero by 20503. The UK Government published its 25-Year Environment Plan4 in 2018. Central to this plan is climate change and it sets out its goals for “cleaner air and water; plants and animals which are thriving; and a cleaner, greener country for us all.” The Government’s Plan…
… in the Borough should decrease in line with the UK Government’s 2050 zero carbon objective; however, there is a significant amount of influence the council will bring locally to facilitate this. The action plan to reduce emissions is broken down into 5 areas: • Behaviour Change and Internal Policy - Actions that focus on internal policy, culture and behaviour of the council (e.g. decision-making…
… 2020 following the general election. Upon introducing the Bill, the Secretary of State wrote to local authority Chief Executives across the UK reaffirming the importance of central and local government working together to protect and improve the environment, and explaining how the Bill would bolster the role of local government in responding to environmental issues at a local level, leading…
… performance management system. OFFICIAL 8 May 2020 2. REDUCE WASTE A key objective of sustainable development is to produce less waste and as far as possible use it as a resource. In Cheshire East the waste produced in our community needs to be sustainably managed in order to protect the environment and help to achieve the Government’s key aim of moving towards a ‘zero waste…
… economy’. In 2018 the Government published its Resources and Waste Strategy – Our Waste, Our Resources: A strategy for England. This set out the ambition to preserve material resources by minimising waste, promoting resource efficiency, and moving towards a circular economy. It also advocated minimising the damage caused to our natural environment by reducing and managing waste safely…