Campaigning for local action

to tackle climate change

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• Councils have a central role to play in delivering solutions

• More money and support is needed to help councils act

• There are huge benefits to local action to tackle climate change – create jobs and slash fuel bills

40%by 2020

Councils from all political parties have signed up to emissions cutsin their area ofat least

and have agreed to draw up a Climate Change Action Plan

BirminghamManchester

DurhamPlymouthIslingtonBristol

HarrogateHarrow

HaringeyLeeds

Brighton & HoveYork

Suffolk

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Council and Government negotiate a fair cap on emissions in the local area - a local carbon budget

Council measures local emissions and undertakes a local situation report

How local carbon budgets would work

Council works with national government and local stakeholdersto draw up a climate change strategy

Council works with partners to implementthe climate change strategy

Conservative Party backing

“On behalf of Greg Clark, Caroline Spelman and myself, I can confirm that we recognise the need for local carbon budgets as part of the implementation of the Climate Change Act.

Oliver Letwin, Government Minister and policy advisor to PM

28 April 2010

Lib Dem backing

Pledge: A local carbon budget for every local authority: that caps CO2 in the local area in line with the scientific demands for emissions cuts and local circumstances.

Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy

and Climate Change27 April 2010

Campaigning for Local Carbon budgets legislation

in this session of Parliament

Councils’ ‘offer’ to Government

“I want to ask

you to put forward

an ‘offer’,

outlining how

local and central government

can work together

to meet our national climate change

targets.”

National support

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