Surrey Climate Change Strategy
Surrey Climate Change Strategy
Thanks to funding and support from SIP and IESE, the SCCP commissioned Jacobs consultants to produce a joint Climate Change Strategy to formulate a new and far reaching agreement for Surrey local authorities. At its foundation is a core strategy which recognises the established and ongoing work of authorities and their partners. It also aligns shared goals and objectives to better enable us to tackle climate change together looking ahead to 2020 and beyond.
Whilst establishing a common purpose by using a ‘core strategy’ that establishes agreed objectives and actions for Surrey local authorities, recognition has been given to the fact that it’s our differences that makes the SCCP special. In this way, the action plan represents a menu of activities and actions that can form a tailor made approach for individual authorities to meet our collective aspirations.
The strategy provides a framework for:
- Establishing a consistent approach and overarching policy for the county.
- Building on work to date and plan future activity through identified workstreams.
- Communicating key messages internally within local authorities and externally to residents.
- Providing an exemplar approach for the South East region.
The SCCP believes that this approach will help us to build capacity and bring about efficiencies in addressing our local climate change targets and help to make significant contributions to the regional and national picture. Regional estimates developed by Defra showed that in 2007 residents, business and visitors in Surrey produced 7,330 kt CO2. This strategy will be at the centre of all that we do to reduce our county-wide environmental footprint.