Climate Action and Carbon Reduction Plan 2024 - 2027

Introduction

Climate change

International, regional, and local context

Hyper-local context: mapping our emissions

What we are doing

Appendix one

Appendix two

Introduction

Climate change is fast becoming the defining challenge of the 21st century and constitutes the largest existential threat to humankind (and indeed of most life on earth) in the current age. In response to this, Wyre Forest District Council has worked on tackling climate change and reducing carbon emissions through its own activities for number of years. The council, along with many other local authorities, declared a Climate Emergency on 22 May 2019. This Climate Change Action and Carbon Reduction Plan pulls together activities across the council and some of its partners to tackle climate change, increase resilience and reduce carbon emissions. It considers both existing actions and new projects that could be delivered over the next few years until 2027.