Climate change strategy - further information

We will work with the community to lead change and increase climate change engagement. To do this, we will:

• Use the council’s communication channels to promote carbon reduction messages to raise awareness and encourage public engagement
• Work with the county and district councils and other partners to progress joint initiatives
• Work with schools to bring together a school community around climate change and ensure young peoples' views are heard and acted upon
• Through our employment and skills taskforce bring best practice together from businesses across the borough
• Work with the BID to develop a low carbon Hinckley town centre and to share best practice with our key rural town centres
• Work with rural parishes and farmers on their climate initiatives
• Work with community champions throughout the borough
• Lobby central government and MPs to provide powers and resources to support local action
• Support communities through our voluntary and community sector and partnership structures to provide training and awareness raising
• Introduce an annual award at our Making a Difference Awards for the most innovative and impactful climate change community initiative
• Use Environmental Protection and Clean Air Act powers to ensure residents activities are compliant and to monitor and review air quality across the borough
• Support Neighbourhood Plan Groups in considering their resilience to climate impacts and incorporate locally relevant adaptation and mitigation policies in neighbourhood plans
• Lead change within the council through climate friendly staff and member initiatives

Last updated: 24/01/2023 09:38