Climate Change Strategy Revision 2008

Review of the Worcestershire Partnership Climate Change Strategy – Have Your Say!

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The Worcestershire Partnership Climate Change Strategy covers the period 2005 – 2011. Since the Climate Change Strategy was first published the profile of climate change has increased significantly and the need not only to reduce emissions but also to adapt to climate change has become ever more urgent.

We promised to review the Climate Change Strategy every 3 years to:

• Check on our progress to date – we have included some case studies to highlight what is happening in Worcestershire
• Refine and update our objectives in the light of new information and
• Set out further actions and activity for the next 3 years

Through the Local Area Agreement the Partnership has agreed to work together to reduce CO2 emissions from Worcestershire’s homes, businesses and transport and take steps to make the County’s services and infrastructure more resilient to the impacts of climate change. A target of 9% reduction in CO2 emissions per capita (NI186) has been set and Worcestershire’s County and District Councils have also agreed to assess and address the impact of climate change on their services and communities (NI188) by 2011.  The revised strategy outlines how this can take place, commits the Partnership to actions and asks for input from partners in many ways including;

• signing up to the Worcestershire Climate Change Pledge to take and report action within their own organisations,
• encouraging and assisting other organisations to take action
• putting forward actions that will contribute to the delivery of the climate change strategy
• ensuring that action on climate change is incorporated into all relevant plans and strategies, both Partnership and organisational
• raising awareness of the issue of climate change to staff, the public and businesses

As this is a ‘review’ we are not starting from a blank sheet. The purpose of the draft document is to stimulate debate and further development of actions for agreement by partners over the next 3 months. Whilst all views on the Strategy are welcome we would like you to concentrate your feedback on the contribution you can make to the Strategy by developing actions that can be included in the detailed Action Plan that will accompany this Strategy.  You can therefore contribute by:

• Completing the Action Planning template found at Appendix Two in the Draft Climate Change Strategy
• Contributing to the on line Climate Change Forum – this can be found under consultation at www.worcestershirepartnership.org.uk/forum
• Distributing the Draft Strategy throughout your organization giving as many people as possible the chance to contribute

Please return your comments and contributions to:

Liz Alston, Sustainability Officer, Worcestershire County Council, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NP 01905 766745 or email ealston@worcestershire.gov.uk

By Friday 27^th February 2009