Climate emergency strategy
Playing Our Part
Tackling climate change is a critical and urgent challenge for all of humanity. It poses a significant threat to the future viability of cities, including Leicester - its people and its places.
We believe that Leicester must play its part in national and international efforts to deliver the Paris Agreement on climate change which aims to limit global temperature rise well below 2°C and ideally below 1.5°C.
We believe that Leicester must play its part in national and international efforts to deliver the Paris Agreement on climate change which aims to limit global temperature rise well below 2°C and ideally below 1.5°C.
Based on the latest scientific estimates we need to reduce Leicester’s carbon emissions to as close to zero as possible over the next decade.
By declaring a Climate Emergency in 2019, the city council has demonstrated its commitment to leading Leicester towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
This three-year strategy sets out the initial stages of our journey to become a carbon neutral and climate adapted city by 2030 or sooner.
By declaring a Climate Emergency in 2019, the city council has demonstrated its commitment to leading Leicester towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
This three-year strategy sets out the initial stages of our journey to become a carbon neutral and climate adapted city by 2030 or sooner.
Leicester City Mayor,
Sir Peter Soulsby
Sir Peter Soulsby
Deputy City Mayor
Environment and Transportation,
Cllr Adam Clarke
Environment and Transportation,
Cllr Adam Clarke