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 Trust Local Authority Programme
In 2009
we were selected to take part in the seventh phase of the Carbon
Trust’s Local Authority Carbon Management programme. This
programme enables local authorities to control their carbon
emission through understanding energy consumption and adopting
measures to achieve reductions. We have set an ambitious target to
reduce emissions by up to 35% of 2008/9 levels by 2014. The result
of this 10 month partnership with the Carbon Trust is the
development of a comprehensive Carbon Management Plan which will
document how we will meet this ambitious target. This work
demonstrates our commitment to creating the UK’s Environment
Capital.
Policies and strategies
Consequently 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.
The document(s) below appear in Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF) format. In order to view a document you will need to have Acrobat Reader installed. (Those with visual impairments may wish to investigate Access Adobe, which provides tools and information to help make PDF files more accessible). Please note that some of the files are more than 1MB in size, and could take some time to download. |  |
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