Climate change action plan 2021-23
Climate change action plan 2021-23
Climate change action plan 2021-23
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As a Council, we will continue to lead the way by<br />
reducing the energy consumption of our estate and<br />
installing renewable heat and power solutions in our<br />
buildings. We will also be assessing the carbon impact<br />
of all the key policy decisions we make.<br />
But to have any chance of realising our ambition of<br />
a net-zero Northumberland, we need your support.<br />
Every resident, business and visitor to Northumberland<br />
will need to make their contribution to see<br />
Northumberland become the UK’s greenest county.<br />
Through our Community <strong>Climate</strong> Champions scheme,<br />
we will develop strong place-based communities<br />
united to deliver growth in the green economy and to<br />
achieve our ambition for climate <strong>change</strong>.<br />
Whilst addressing climate <strong>change</strong> will require<br />
<strong>change</strong>s to the way we live our lives and do business,<br />
there is also significant opportunity for Northumberland<br />
to position itself as the centre of the UK’s thriving<br />
green economy. We have vast natural resources,<br />
already absorbing more carbon than any other English<br />
county and with the potential to sequester far more,<br />
whilst supporting nature. We have resilient, innovative<br />
communities eager to build back stronger and<br />
greener from the Covid-19 crisis and as a council, we<br />
will be seeking to attract green investment, to create<br />
jobs and build more green infrastructure which will<br />
have a positive impact not only on the climate, but<br />
on our day-to-day lives.<br />
The publication of this new <strong>Climate</strong> Change Action<br />
Plan gives me great hope for the future of<br />
Northumberland. We will continue to review and<br />
update our <strong>plan</strong>s and I look forward to working with<br />
residents, businesses and visitors to our wonderful<br />
county to make our vision of a net-zero<br />
Northumberland by 2030 a reality.<br />
To have any chance of<br />
realising our ambition of a net-zero<br />
Northumberland, we need your<br />
support. Every resident, business<br />
and visitor to Northumberland will<br />
need to make their contribution to<br />
see Northumberland become the<br />
UK’s greenest county.<br />
Councillor Glen Sanderson<br />
Leader of Northumberland County Council<br />
<strong>Climate</strong> Change Action Plan <strong>2021</strong>-<strong>23</strong> 5
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