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Campaigning for local action to tackle climate change

GET SERIOUS ABOUT CO2. Campaigning for local action to tackle climate change. Councils have a central role to play in delivering solutions. There are huge benefits to local action to tackle climate change – create jobs and slash fuel bills.

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Campaigning for local action to tackle climate change

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  1. GET SERIOUS ABOUT CO2 Campaigning for local actionto tackle climate change

  2. Councils have a central role to play in delivering solutions • There are huge benefits to local action to tackle climate change – create jobs and slash fuel bills • More money and support is needed to help councils act

  3. Birmingham Manchester Durham Plymouth Islington Bristol Harrogate Harrow Haringey Leeds Brighton & Hove York Suffolk Councils from all political parties have signed up to emissions cuts in their area of at least 40% by 2020 and have agreed to draw up a Climate Change Action Plan

  4. How local carbon budgets would work Council measures local emissions and undertakes a local situation report Council and Government negotiate a fair cap on emissions in the local area - a local carbon budget Council works with national government and local stakeholders to draw up a climate change strategy GET SERIOUS ABOUT CO2 Council works with partners to implement the climate change strategy

  5. Campaigning for Local Carbon budgets legislation in this session of Parliament Lib Dem backing Pledge: A local carbon budget for every local authority: that caps CO2 in the local area in line with the scientific demands for emissions cuts and local circumstances. Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change27 April 2010 Conservative Party backing “On behalf of Greg Clark, Caroline Spelman and myself, I can confirm that we recognise the need for local carbon budgets as part of the implementation of the Climate Change Act. Oliver Letwin, Government Minister and policy advisor to PM 28 April 2010

  6. Councils’ ‘offer’ to Government “I want to ask you to put forward an ‘offer’, outlining how local and central government can work together to meet our national climate change targets.”

  7. National support

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