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Our action on climate change

Climate change is now very prominent on the political agenda.  Media coverage is helping to raise awareness and instigate action at a local and global level. Everyone in Peterborough has a part to play in reducing the impact of climate change, but the council also acknowledges that it must put its own house in order whilst asking others to do the same.

Carbon management

 

In April 2010 Peterborough City Council adopted its Carbon Management Action Plan (CMAP), which was the result of 9 month partnership on the Carbon Trust’s local authority carbon management programme. The CMAP describes a model for how we intend to achieve our ambitious 35% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2008/9 levels by 2014. It also outlines steps to ensure carbon management is integrated into the council and maintained.

 

Our low carbon vision underpinning the CMAP is:

 "Reducing carbon, improving efficiency - creating the UK’s Environment Capital"

Through implementing this CMAP we commit to working at a local level to contribute to the UK’s Climate Change Act (2008). Taking action to put our house in order will provide leadership to Peterborough’s businesses and residential communities, and demonstrates our commitment to creating the UK’s Environment Capital.


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  Carbon Management plan
  (1569KB, 9 pages)

Covenant of Mayors

Covenant of Mayors 2010 - PCC is one of 505 European cities signed up to the Covenant of Mayors, a formal commitment to fight against Climate Change and go beyond EU carbon reduction targets by implementing plans for sustainable energy.

Policies and strategies

Prior to this we have signed up to the Nottingham Declaration on climate change which shows we recognise that current and future council activities will have a detrimental effect on the future environmental and socio-economic prosperity of the UK and Peterborough.  By signing this agreement we have agreed to consider the impact of climate change on all council services and put in a framework for future action. In 2007 we devised a climate change strategy which will provide a framework for action within our own areas of operation and ensure we take a leading role in the fight against climate change. This is now currently being reviewed and brought up to date to enable action not only within Peterborough City Council but across the whole of Peterborough.


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Climate Change Strategy

If you would like to comment on the Climate Change Strategy,  make a suggestion for action on climate change or make a commitment relating to climate change please email climatechange@peterborough.gov.uk.

An Inconvenient Truth for Peterborough

In 2007 Peterborough's own version of Al Gore's Oscar winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth for Peterborough was produced which is a short podcast focusing on the local impact of climate change in Peterborough.

Peterborough's Environment Capital aspiration

Peterborough has set itself an ambitious target to become the acknowledged Environment Capital of the UK. We already have much to build on:

  • Peterborough is one of only four environment cities and one of only three sustainable transport demonstration towns
  • The city boasts the largest cluster of environmental businesses in the country with our very own eco innovation centre
  • In 2007/8 Peterborough had the highest recycling rate for any Unitary authority in the country and we can now recycle glass in our green bins
  • Peterborough has been selected for a Carbon Challenge site which will deliver 450 dwellings on the city's south bank. All homes will be sustainable, environmentally friendly and zero carbon rated.
  • We are blooming great! The city won the "Best City for Anglia in Bloom" competition winning a silver gilt award in 2008
  • The BBC selected Peterborough as a Breathing Places city which aims to connect people to their local environment and make space for wildlife