This month read about a drop in carbon emissions in the borough and how to play your say on the next Climate Emergency Response Plan
Tackling the Climate Emergency
July 2024
Climate Emergency Response Plan engagement
*Help shape plans to tackle the impacts of climate change*
People across west Cheshire are being asked to share their thoughts on how the Council can continue to tackle the impacts of climate change.
The Council’s Climate Emergency Response Plan was launched in 2021 and now needs to be renewed for the 2025-2030 period. An early-stage engagement activity will seek the views of residents, and other partners across the borough, and the results will enable priorities and actions to be co-produced with communities. It will be followed by a formal consultation in the autumn on a draft plan.
_Provide your feedback on the Climate Emergency in west Cheshire [
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Image showing CO2 symbol and held in someone's hand
*****Latest data shows over 20% drop in carbon emissions*****
The latest available data from The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), published in June 2024, shows a significant drop in carbon emissions in west Cheshire in 2022.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the borough stood at 4.021 million tons in 2021. These reduced to 3.201 million tons in 2022. This represents a 20.4% year-on-year drop in carbon emissions.
Read more about the drop in emissions [
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Pupils at Huntington Primary School helped to plant trees on their school site
*****Community set to benefit following bumper tree planting season* ****
Generations of communities across Cheshire and Merseyside will benefit from the creation of new woodland across The Mersey Forest, following a bumper tree planting season over the winter. Over 264 hectares of woodland have been planted across Merseyside and Cheshire, the equivalent of 380 football pitches. The Mersey Forest continues to look for areas of land that would be suitable for tree planting.
Read more about the growth of The Mersey Forest [
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Person installing loft insulation
*****Funding for energy efficient home improvements available through ECO4 scheme*****
Eligible residents in west Cheshire could benefit from the Energy Companies Obligation scheme that aims to help households cut energy bills and reduce carbon emissions. Referred to as ECO4, the scheme will target some of the borough’s most inefficient homes to provide insulation and clean-heat technologies.
Read more about the ECO4 scheme and how to apply [
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Image of Castle Park Arts Centre's solar panels [
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*Castle Park Arts Centre runs successful crowdfunding campaign *
The Cheshire West Crowd has helped Castle Park Arts Centre successfully crowdfund solar panels, reducing energy costs and helping the environment at the same time. A crowdfunding initiative run by Cheshire West and Chester Council in partnership with Spacehive, the Cheshire West Crowd allows everyone to put forward community-led projects and attract funding, creating a stronger future where we all play our part in thriving, caring and sustainable communities.
Read more about Castle Park Arts Centre’s successful project [
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Sustainable House Cheshire College
***View the sustainable house at Cheshire College’s Ellesmere Port campus***
Cheshire College is just one local organisation that is helping the borough to tackle the Climate Emergency and create greener, more sustainable communities. The college has built a fully functioning sustainable house, aimed at giving students hands-on experience with sustainable technologies, at their Ellesmere Port campus. The house addresses the ever-increasing demand for environmentally friendly properties, as well as the skills gap in sustainable construction methods.
Watch a video showing you around the college’s sustainable house
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Research into red squirrels
*New insights discovered on the minds of squirrels and impact of urban life*
The impact of the urban environment on squirrels’ problem-solving, learning and memory has been highlighted in new research from the UK’s University of Chester and Hokkaido University in Japan. In one of the few studies that joins ecology and psychology to look at the animal mind in the wild, researchers have examined how stressful urban environmental characteristics are for squirrels and discovered they have a greater effect on cognitive performance than previously shown.
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