What the Council is doing on climate change

The Council has been working on a number of programmes to reduce carbon emissions in the district and to prepare and adapt to the inevitable effects of climate change and these are outlined further below.

• Northamptonshire Climate Change Strategy - The Council is working with a number of partners to minimise the effects of climate change and ensure resilience to its inevitable effects; this is being achieved through the 2010-14 Northamptonshire Climate Change Strategy

• Carbon Management Plan 2009-2014 - The Council has a Carbon Management Plan in place with an aspirational target to achieve a 30% cut in carbon emissions by 2014.

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting - The Council has produced a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report at the request of the Department of Energy & Climate Change. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report 2010-11.

• Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change - Along with its countywide partners, the Council has signed-up to the Nottingham Declaration on climate change, which is a commitment to tackling key areas on climate change. Nottingham Declaration Progress Statement

• Adapting to Climate Change - The Council has achieved Level 3 of the LRAP (Local & Regional Partnership) guidance relating to adapting to climate change - ensuring that climate change considerations are becoming embedded into our policies, processes and practices.

• Environmental Management System and Accreditation to ISO 14001 - The Council operates an Environmental Management System (EMS) that is accredited to the international standard ISO 14001. The EMS provides a framework to ensure that the Council identifies the environmental impacts arising from its buildings and service delivery and that these impacts are minimised through legislation compliance and environmental improvement. Environmental Goals 2010-11 end of year status.  Environmental Goals 2011-12 quarter 3 status.

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