Carbon Neutral Cornwall Call to Action
Cornwall has set an ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030
Aiming for 2030, ahead of the Government's target of 2050, gives us the best chance of keeping global warning below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Which scientists tell us will avoid the worst impacts on our planet.
Becoming carbon neutral can be achieved in two ways, by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases we are producing, and by capturing the carbon dioxide we do produce so that it can't enter the atmosphere.
This challenge can give us hope, not just that we can find our way through an emergency, but that we can rise to the challenge and come out the other side even better than before.
We’re not starting from scratch, there are pioneers in Cornwall, demonstrating how we can change the ways we live, work and play. But there is always room for new ideas.
Cornwall Council is working towards becoming a Carbon Neutral Council; and Cornwall's response to Climate Change needs everyone to think and act differently. We need to change our options and our decisions.
The Carbon Neutral Cornwall Call to Action explains our vision for how Cornwall can become carbon neutral. We have made a good start and now we need everyone to get involved.
We want everyone to shape Cornwall's vision for reaching carbon neutrality.
Together we can
If we all make small changes to how we move, shop, eat, think and live, together we can make practical changes on a huge scale.
Please take a look at the Carbon Neutral Cornwall Call to Action and get involved in the conversations below that are going to shape Cornwall's Carbon Neutral 'greenprint' Plan and put it into action.
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Prosperity for One and All
Share Prosperity for One and All on Facebook Share Prosperity for One and All on Twitter Share Prosperity for One and All on Linkedin Email Prosperity for One and All link8 ResponsesThinking about the impacts of the decision wheel.
How can we all make decisions which support prosperity for One and All in Cornwall?
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How can we create and use energy
Share How can we create and use energy on Facebook Share How can we create and use energy on Twitter Share How can we create and use energy on Linkedin Email How can we create and use energy linkQuick ReplyThinking about cleaner and renewable energy.
How can we all support Cornwall to reduce emissions by shifting how we create and use energy at home and work?
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How we travel
Share How we travel on Facebook Share How we travel on Twitter Share How we travel on Linkedin Email How we travel linkQuick ReplyThinking about how we travel.
How can we all change how we get about to reduce traffic emissions and cut greenhouse gases?
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How we consume
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hinking about what we buy.
How can we all shop for what we eat, wear or use to reduce our impact on the planet?
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How we live
Share How we live on Facebook Share How we live on Twitter Share How we live on Linkedin Email How we live linkQuick ReplyThinking about how we live and use energy every day.
How can we all reduce how much electricity or heating fuel we use, or change how we live at home to reduce our carbon footprint?
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How we enhance our environment
Share How we enhance our environment on Facebook Share How we enhance our environment on Twitter Share How we enhance our environment on Linkedin Email How we enhance our environment linkQuick ReplyThinking about our environment.
How can we all enjoy our landscape and take care of it, whether in our own garden, a local park, green area or the countryside?
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How we work
Share How we work on Facebook Share How we work on Twitter Share How we work on Linkedin Email How we work linkQuick ReplyThinking about how we do business, operate as employers and employees, and go about how we work day to day.
How can we all work or run our business to reduce how much carbon we produce and improve our carbon footprint?
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How we reduce waste
Share How we reduce waste on Facebook Share How we reduce waste on Twitter Share How we reduce waste on Linkedin Email How we reduce waste linkQuick ReplyThinking about how we reduce waste.
How can we all make less waste, reuse and repurpose more things, and increase what we recycle?
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HCAG
The Helston Climate Action Group have developed their own Action Plan which is a great example of community action. click on the image below to see their Action Plan.
CEG
The Chacewater Energy Group is helping their community become more energy self-reliant, sharing environmental building advice and retrofitting homes to improve the overall energy performance of houses in Chacewater.
Bude
The Bude Climate Partnership is a partnership of seven local environmental and community groups working together to address climate change in the Bude area, financed by a £200,000 Lottery grant.
