Tetbury Town Council is supporting the actions of Cotswold District Council and Gloucestershire County Council to create a carbon neutral county by 2050 and, by 2030, to have reduced our carbon emissions by 80%.
TTC has identified specific actions to:
Reduce carbon emissions and promote carbon alternatives
Improve carbon capture
Reduce energy consumption
Reduce overall consumption
Reduce waste and increase the opportunities to reuse unwanted goods.
Promote biodiversity and support our ecosystems.
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Although there has been some disruption during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Climate Change Team at the county council has been working on the Action Plan.
The team has considered ways to decarbonise highways activities, developed processes to allow organisations to access the £1m ‘Action Fund’, applied for Government funding to improve infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians and progress has been made on a county-wide Electric Vehicle (EV) Strategy. The council has switched to buying 100 per cent renewable electricity for its buildings and other assets, such as signs and bollards across Gloucestershire’s roads.
We are working with the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership (GLNP), which is made up of more than 30 public and private organisations including the county council, to deliver the Gloucestershire Tree Strategy that will see 35 million trees planted in the county by 2030.
The Youth Climate Panel has been able to meet virtually through the pandemic. The council is working with Gloucestershire partners across the public, private and voluntary sectors, to ensure a greener recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gloucestershire County Council has also joined the new Countryside Climate Network, set up by UK100, designed to amplify rural voices and signed the UK100 pledge on achieving 100 per cent clean energy by 2050.
In the near future, we will also be launching our public campaign which aims to encourage residents of Gloucestershire to make changes that help tackle climate change – watch this space!
If you have any questions about the strategy and the work we are doing, contact us at glosclimate@gloucestershire.gov.uk or if you would like to receive our updates, subscribe here.
