East Suffolk Council Climate Action Framework - Paper - Page 9
4. Summary: Our climate action framework
East Suffolk Council's response to the climate emergency has three core components:
a. Decarbonising the council's assets and services, to reach net zero by 2030
b. Utilising the council's powers and duties to enable others to reduce their own emissions and impact on the environment.
c. Work with other local authorities and partners to deliver the Suffolk Climate Emergency Plan.
This framework provides a summary of East Suffolk Council's environment core programme, which is focuses on the following areas:
Priorities
Leading: Internal examples
Enabling: External examples
1. Net zero: Reducing our footprint to
deliver net zero
Low emissions fleet, leisure centre
decarbonisation programme, buildings & asset
decarbonisation plan (emerging), Planning
policies
Supporting the Suffolk Climate Emergency
Plan delivery, and 2030 net zero ambition for
the county.
2. Energy: Delivery of low carbon
energy projects
Planning policies, Energy Teams, green
hydrogen strategy (emerging)
Facilitating the delivery of consented
nationally significant energy and
infrastructure projects.
3. Low energy homes: Reducing energy Warmer homes, HRA property retrofit
use, increasing use of renewables
programme (emerging), Planning policies
Warmer homes, solar together, home energy
advice services and loans
4. Nature: Biodiversity loss & habitat
restoration
Biodiversity programmes e.g. pardon the weeds, Supporting the Greenprint forum, informing
tree planting; Biodiversity Net Gain (emerging), the Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Planning policies
(emerging)
5. Sustainable transport: Supporting
low carbon mobility
Cycling and Walking Strategy, Strategic
transport and sustainable mobility planning
through Regeneration, Housing, Asset
Management and Planning functions.
Supporting Transport East's Decarbonisation
programme and Suffolk Climate Emergency
Plan's low carbon mobility projects e.g.
supporting EV charger network development.
6. Circular economy: Recycling &
reducing use of resources
Recycling & waste programme, procurement
strategy, Environmental Protection, Planning
policies
Resource & Waste Strategy (RAWS - emerging)
