DRAFT North Somerset Sustainable Community Strategy 08 - 26.pdf

Examples of North Somerset Partnership achievements so far• ‘Change 1 Thing’ campaign successfully launched in July 2006 to encouragepeople to reduce their personal ‘eco-footprint’.• The successful development of the Eco Schools programme with 21 Schoolsregistered as taking part.• Implementing the Bio-diversity Action Plan for North Somerset.• Completion of eco-homes excellent units at Ashlands, Portishead – KnightstoneHA and Persimmon Homes.What we will do to achieve our shared priorityAimTackle Climate Change byreducing emissions ofgreenhouse gases.‘Not enough done toencourage renewable energy’-Banwell.related photo to be inserted?Improvements we want to see include:• Work with partners across the South West Regionto reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.• Planning policies to ensure new developmentsare carbon neutral.• All public buildings to be resource efficient – useless energy, less water and produce less waste.• Raised awareness about the causes of ClimateChange and local people, organisations,schools, businesses and institutions to reducetheir ‘carbon foot print’.• Innovative ways to improve the energyefficiency of our existing building stock found.• Development and use of renewable energysources, especially through the development ofcommunity or domestic scale ‘micro generation’schemes encouraged.Aim:Assist service providers,businesses, and communities toadapt to the effects ofunavoidable Climate Changeand to increasing energy costs.‘Everyone to be more aware ofthe environmental and socialimplications of their activities andtaking steps to minimiseunwanted effects’ – Backwell.related photo to be inserted?Improvements we want to see include:• Raised awareness about the effects of ClimateChange and peak oil. Local people, schools,organisations, businesses and major institutionssupported to adapt to these changes.• Likely effects of climate change are taken intoaccount in all policies and services and in thedesign of all new developments.• Support to the local economy by taking fulladvantage of new technologies and otherbusiness opportunities, and by helping businessesto adapt to rising energy costs and effects ofchanging climate.• Limit the more damaging effects of ClimateChange, e.g. by encouraging land managersand developers to adopt techniques that helpprevent the risk of flash flooding (e.g. SustainableUrban Drainage).46