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