Cross-cutting actions
Going forward the following cross-cutting actions are planned between now and 2024:
Climate Team, and others as relevant X3. Seek and allocate funding for implementation of Climate Strategy Delivery Plan
| Action | Milestone | Co-benefits | Responsible Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| X1. Explore effective ways of engaging with partners and stakeholders, and look for ways to encourage and support delivery of the Climate Strategy through local initiatives | |||
| X1.1 Set up Climate and Environment Forum | Inception meeting July 2022; 2-4 meetings per year thereafter | Awareness; Shaping council climate policy and comms | Environment Directorate with Communications |
| X1.2. Support town and parish councils in their efforts to address climate change, e.g. dedicated webinars for town/parish councils, building on the workshop held in 2021 with Centre for Sustainable Energy to develop climate action plans | Event for town and parish councils Autumn 2022 | All | Climate Team; Partnership and Engagement Team; Communications; Environment Directorate. |
X1.3. Support Area Board Environment Leads, town and parish councils and community groups to identify and initiate local action that helps to create a significant impact on key priority areas of the climate strategy. e.g.
| Event for Area Board Environment Leads, and town and parish councils Autumn 2022 (first in a series of webinars) | All | Climate Team; Partnership and Engagement Team; Communications; Environment Directorate. |
| X1.4. Continue to develop the council's communications and engagement with residents and organisations | Social media campaign continues throughout 2022
Library climate displays and book selections - Autumn 2022 | All | Communications; Environment directorate |
X1.5. Continue to convene and contribute to working groups as a springboard for collaboration, showcasing, providing leadership and a catalyst for action on climate change e.g.:
| Regular meetings with named working groups. | Awareness; Collaboration; Leadership | Climate Team |
| X1.6. Participate in regional and national networks to share learning on Wiltshire Council climate programmes, and learn from other local authorities. Explore collaboration on projects where possible, for example on retrofit, fleet transition, green finance and renewable energy investment mechanisms
| South West local authority climate officers monthly meetings South West Net Zero Hub (swenergyhub.org.uk) (opens new window) support and regular meetings | All | |
| X2. Lobbying and influencing national government and national bodies | |||
X2.1. Lobby central government and national bodies (such as Ofgem) through national networks such as UK100, ADEPT and APSE. Key priorities:
| Regular lobbying activity & consultation responses | Awareness; Leadership | Environment directorate; Wiltshire Council senior leadership and councillors |
| X2.2. Respond to government consultations where relevant and input to government funding programmes to make sure they are appropriate for Wiltshire residents and business, and that they are available at the scale required to meet our targets | Ongoing | Leadership; Influencing | Cross-cutting |
| X3.1. Develop project ideas to outline business case in order to have 'off the shelf' projects ready to apply for funding as soon as the opportunity arises. | Ongoing | All | All service areas |
| X3.2. Identify key areas of the Climate Strategy Delivery Plans that could be supported through the council's own budget and capital funds | 2023-24 budget supports delivery of climate strategy | All | Finance, Service areas |
| X3.3. Explore new ways of raising finance, such as green community bonds or an Environment Fund. | Council has assessed different ways of raising finance and identified a way forward by Dec 2023 | All | Finance, Climate Team |
| X4. Offsetting our unavoidable carbon emissions and working towards net zero | |||
| X4.1. Develop a strategy for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions that cannot be avoided or reduced. (See Carbon Neutral Council Plan actions C6.5) | Produce strategy by end of 2023 | Leadership; Biodiversity, Health and Wellbeing | Climate Team; Estate and Development |
| X4.2. Continue to seek to make the county of Wiltshire carbon neutral by 2030 while acknowledging the findings of the Wiltshire Pathways report and the government's target to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 (on a 1990 baseline). We will work with the evolving evidence base to inform our ongoing delivery. | Local Plan and Local Transport Plan consider the available evidence in their development. | All | Climate Team; Spatial Planning; Sustainable Transport. |
| X5. Continue to implement, review and update the Wiltshire Council Climate Change Adaption Plan | |||
| X5.1. Review progress against the Wiltshire Council Climate Adaptation Plan [See X5.1] | Review progress by Summer 2023 | Nature recovery; biodiversity; health; awareness & engagement; Resilience & adaptation | Climate Team |
| X5.2. Produce a revised Climate Adaptation Plan, which includes an opportunity to reflect on the latest research in terms of likely global warming scenarios. (see also action C8, and NE6.1) | Revise & update the plan by Dec 2023 | Nature recovery; biodiversity; health; awareness & engagement; Resilience & adaptation | Climate Team |
| X6. Governance & Monitoring | |||
| X6.1. Report every six months as part of the 6-monthly updates to Cabinet and Council. Use this as an opportunity review and refresh actions and targets.
| Delivery Plan progress reported twice a year. Delivery plans refreshed annually. | All | Climate Team, using information from all service areas |
| X6.2. Councillors to provide challenge through Overview and Scrutiny structures | Delivery Plans presented to the Climate Emergency Task Group, August 2022 | All | Democratic services - Overview and Scrutiny |
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