Recommendations for action to address the climate emergency

The toolkit contains seven areas where local government can affect climate emergency action. It is important that suggestions and actions including a climate emergency declaration match the level of urgency and ambition that comes with that declaration. Therefore each of the recommendations in the toolkit are within the power of local government and are specific and measurable and include time frames. The recommendations provide who should enact the change within council, via what method and the key document for embedding the change.

Where applicable, each recommendation will also establish three levels of ambition (one, two and three stars). One star being the recommended minimum level of ambition, through to three stars being best-practice. To achieve ‘two stars’ both one- and two-star actions must be achieved. To achieve ‘three stars’ both one-, two- and three-star actions must be achieved.

View the toolkit to learn about what actions you can take.

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