This report argues that a transition towards a low carbon economy requires a fundamental change in the way we think about climate change at the local level.
The power and responsibility to make this transition is shared across society. However, local government has a pivotal role to play in the process. To date, most local authorities have focused on reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of their estate and related operations. Yet whereas an average council produces at least 30,000 tonnes of carbonper annum, an average local authority area in England has a Carbon Footprint totallingover one and half million tonnes.
To help local authority officers assess the situation in their area, and identify and mobilise action in their organisation, WWF-UK and the Stockholm Environment Insitute have jointly developed The Right Climate for Change, a new report offering the following:
The report has been produced using the Stockholm Environment Institute’s REAP tool.
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