Climate Ready Leicester
We have an ambition to become a climate ready city by 2030 which means reducing our carbon emissions as close as possible to zero.
Our climate emergency strategy and action plan
Following our climate emergency declaration in 2019 we launched our Climate Emergency Strategy and our accompanying Climate Emergency Action Plan for the period 2020 to 2023.
Actions completed
We completed over 150 actions in the period from 2020 to 2023:
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delivering warmer homes
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cost savings for small businesses
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more solar energy
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electric buses
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more homes protected from flooding
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new habitat for pollinating insects
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more items saved from landfill to raise money for charity
We've also saved lots of carbon and done much more. Details are available below in our final progress update for the 2020-23 action plan.
This plan presents actions undertaken by us up to March 2023.
Climate Ready Leicester strategy and action plan to March 2028
We have been delivering further actions since 2023 and we've developed our new strategy and action plan covering the period up to March 2028. The new plan is underpinned by evidence from a Carbon Neutral Roadmap study (available below) carried out for us in 2022 by experts from Ricardo Energy and Environment.
This report advises us on the actions needed for Leicester to reach net zero by 2030, including the speed and scale of action.
We consulted on a draft of our new plan between November 2023 and January 2024. Since then we have revised the plan to take on board comments from the public, and we expect it to be presented to a meeting of the Council for adoption later in 2024.
If you have problems accessing or viewing any of the documents above, please email [email protected].
What is the climate emergency?
Human activity produces greenhouses gases, particularly carbon dioxide. These gases cause climate change, raising the average temperature of the world. This is already causing extreme weather, sea level rise and damage to nature. If we don’t take urgent action these impacts will get much worse.
Declaring a climate emergency means we are prepared to play our part. Alongside other cities around the world, we are committed to taking the action needed to prevent climate change becoming much worse.
You can learn more about what we’re doing to tackle the climate emergency, and the city and council’s carbon footprints on our climate action page.
Contact us
If you have a question about our work on the climate emergency, please use the contact methods below to get in touch or keep up to date.
Send us an email: [email protected]
Ring us: 0116 454 2110
Follow us on Twitter (@ClimateReadyLCC)