County Durham Climate Change Agreement

On 1st November 2021, to coincide with the opening of COP 26 in Glasgow, local leaders in Durham held our own Conference of Partners and launched a new County Durham Climate Change Agreement, which all organisations in the County are invited to sign up to. The wording of the Agreement reads:

‘We agree to work together as a partnership of organisations across County Durham to tackle climate change.’

Over the lifetime of the Plan DCC will be working with signatories to support them in addressing the carbon emissions that they are directly or indirectly responsible for.

Cllr Mark Wilkes, DCC, and Paul Forster-Jones, Non-Executive Director of County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust Sponsor of the Green Plan, hold the signed Climate Change Agreement at Durham COP.

The Council will offer support to organisations, communities, or individuals who need help to reduce their carbon emissions. All partners will work collectively to find collaborative solutions and make the most of the opportunities available in Durham. Only by working together will we be able to build a Carbon Neutral County Durham.

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“Each theme summary includes a description of where we are now, where we are aiming to be by 2030, and what we hope a Carbon Neutral County Durham will look like in 2045”.