South Gloucestershire Council recognises that climate change is one of the key issues of local and global concern this century and that urgent action is required to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to manage the impacts of climate change.
The South Gloucestershire Climate Change Strategy Review of Progress and Revised Action Plan to 2010 was adopted by the council in December 2008 and sets out how the council will:
- Incorporate climate change considerations into the decision-making and business planning of the council, including joint working with other agencies
- Reduce energy use and use energy more efficiently
- Increase the generation of energy from renewable sources
- Reduce emissions from waste
- Enable a shift towards more sustainable lifestyles and development
- Assess the likely impacts of climate change and implement appropriate adaptation measures
Please look at the links in the Read More section to view the full strategy and progress report.