The new succinct two page document brings together a number of existing initiatives in one place and describes how the council will safeguard the environment and cut emissions.
It will help residents and council staff to see and understand how each policy fits together to deal with the environmental challenges. Ultimately this will sharpen action and allow everyone to judge success. It will also make it easier to bid for money from environmental programmes for green council and partnership projects to benefit Cambridge.
Cllr Lewis Herbert, Leader of the Council, said: “The city council is determined to provide the city with leadership to ensure that we care for our precious environment, and control our many wider environmental impacts as a city. This is not only in our day to day activities, but also in providing clear strategies and policies and in partnerships we set up for reducing carbon emissions and ensuring Cambridge is a more environmentally sustainable place to live, work and visit, including transformational investments like the City Deal on transport.
“Quality of life is central to our vision for the city’s future and so is our city’s contribution to reducing emissions and climate change. The new ‘Environmental Statement’ captures the wide range of objectives and activities that the council is committed to delivering.
Antoinette Jackson, Chief Executive, said: “Environmental sustainability is about both new and existing development and it is also about how the council operates through the actions of its own staff and use of its buildings. The Environmental Statement describes how the council will care for the environment and reduce greenhouse gases that create climate change.”
Read the Environment Policy Statement here.
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Contacts
Cllr Lewis Herbert (Labour), Leader of Cambridge City Council, email: lewis.herbert@cambridge.gov.uk, tel: 07748 536153
Cllr Tim Bick (Liberal Democrat), Opposition spokesperson, email: tim.bick@btinternet.com, tel: 07720 413173
Simon Payne, Director of Environment, email: simon.payne@cambridge.gov.uk, tel: 01223 458277
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City Council signs up to new environmental statement
4 March 2015
Cambridge City Council has developed and adopted a detailed new Environmental Statement that commits it to a comprehensive range of actions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and climate change impacts, and promotes a high quality and sustainable environment in the city.