Climate Change Emergency

In 2019, South Ribble Borough Council declared a climate emergency, pledging to work to make the Borough carbon neutral by 2030.

In order to tackle this, a Climate Emergency Working Group was formulated and a Climate Emergency Strategy was developed followed by a Climate Emergency Action Plan (PDF) [688KB]

Our Climate Emergency strategy encompasses two broad themes:

Carbon Reduction Measures     

• Transport                                                             
• Energy and the Built Environment                            
• Waste and Water                                                      
• Consumption                                                           
• Off-setting                                                            

 Resilience

• Infectious diseases
• Food safety
• Flooding
• Planning