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Cheshire West and Chester Council

…, including national Government, local industry and communities to bring about the required change. Cheshire West and Chester is not without assets; it is a borough with vibrant and engaged communities, with one of the highest recycling rates in the country, with well-developed relationships with industry and agriculture, with the unique ability to be at the heart of the UK’s hydrogen infrastructure…

… will work with Government to seek to devolve these competencies to a more local level. As a Climate Emergency Taskforce, we unanimously believe that climate change is not a party political issue; it is an existential crisis that we must work together to solve. Therefore, this plan has been designed from the outset as a cross-party initiative, that is based on the best available evidence…

… anything currently envisaged by either local or national 5 Government to deliver carbon neutrality. While we have not created the current situation; we have a moral responsibility to do all we can to resolve it. 1.1 Introduction This plan sets out how the Council will support the borough to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. It is a highly ambitious and aspirational plan, and its…

…-term funding settlement from government. We will continue to work with government to create the foundations required for effective local action on climate change, and in the interim will do all we can with the powers, resources and time available to us. There are also significant links between the Climate Emergency Response and the Council’s priorities on tackling poverty, inequality…

… to the importance of carbon capture and storage, given the need to offset a proportion of emissions. • The importance of ensuring that new housing development include renewable technology, and that it is feasible to retrofit these technologies on existing property. • The need to take advantage of the Government’s ten-point plan for a green industrial revolution, noting Cheshire West and Chester’s unique…