Red tape ‘stopping local climate action’
A bureaucratic system of bid-funding is hampering efforts to reach net-zero targets, according to a new survey for the LGA.
A bureaucratic system of bid-funding is hampering efforts to reach net-zero targets, according to a new survey for the LGA.
A continuing deterioration in coastal water quality is affecting residents’ health and impacting local industries, such as tourism and fishing, the LGA’s Coastal Special Interest Group (SIG) has warned.
The health impacts of climate change are already being felt locally and globally, and these risks will accelerate, says a recent report from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
For the first time, local government had a proper seat at the top table with the other negotiators at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, and was saluted by many who now see the sector as at the heart of climate action.
Empowering councils to act locally would halve the cost of delivering net zero nationally.
As a country, as a planet, we must reach net zero carbon emissions – but that is certainly easier said than done.
Just 5 per cent of the British public feel prepared for climate change, according to an LGA poll.
The lack of support for councils in this Government’s Autumn Statement will see rising needs unmet and an estimated £4 billion shortfall by 2024.
A life-size white elephant called HS2 greeted us as we arrived to support so many of our inspiring councillors at the Green Party Conference in Brighton in October.
Risks to people’s health from heatwaves is the greatest priority climate concern for councils, according to a new LGA survey on local climate preparedness.