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Climate Change:
On 18 March 2019, Members of Plymouth City Council voted unanimously to declare a 'Climate Emergency', and pledged to make Plymouth carbon neutral by 2030.
On 16 December 2019, the City Council approved Plymouth's first Climate Emergency Action Plan and resolved to 'Undertake an early review of the Plymouth Plan with city partners in order to ensure that the plan responds to the climate emergency and the commitments set out in the Climate Emergency Action Plan'.
Since then a first scoping analysis of the Plymouth Plan has been undertaken and a discussion paper written to highlight what may need to change in the Plymouth Plan in light of the climate emergency.
The scope of this review is limited purely to the climate emergency and the consultation/discussion paper presents a series of questions to act as prompts which need to be considered. They highlight the sections of the Plymouth Plan the scoping exercise has identified may need updating and we would welcome your views.
The consultation ends at 5pm on Friday 30 October 2020.
Plymouth Climate Emergency Action Plan 2019
This document sets out how we intend to respond to the city-wide climate emergency. It explains why we need the Climate Emergency Action Plan and why the 2030 target is so imperative to tackling climate change. The Action Plan assesses Plymouth’s current carbon emissions and outlines the challenges associated with this ambitious 2030 target. It sets this against the timescale of current national policy, recognising that not all the solutions to tackling climate change currently exist. For the purpose of the declaration of a climate emergency, and this Climate Emergency Action Plan, we are defining carbon neutrality as the point when we achieve a net zero carbon budget by getting as close to zero greenhouse gas emissions as possible by 2030, and then offsetting any residual emissions via other credible initiatives.
The Action Plan also lays down the emergency response strategy that the city will implement to respond to the climate emergency. It sets out the objectives we aim to reach, the types of actions that we will prioritise in the first phase of the response and the specific interventions that the city will deliver over the next two years. This Action Plan has been produced under the leadership of Plymouth City Council, but its successful delivery requires collective action from across the city, from organisations and individuals. A city-wide collaborative effort is required if we are going to meet this enormous challenge head on and leave a positive legacy for our city.
Collectively we can deliver more of the things we already do well, faster, to reduce emissions and identify new and innovate ways to do more. We also need to use our collective power to ensure that government gives us more tools and resources to help stabilise our climate on our accelerated timeframe.
Plymouth cannot solve global climate change, but we are committed and determined that we will fully play our part. We will think big and act quickly. We owe that much to future generations.
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/PlymouthsClimateEmergencyActionPlan01.pdf
Plymouth Plan:
The Plymouth Plan is a ground-breaking plan which looks ahead to 2034. It sets a shared direction of travel for the long term future of the city bringing together a number of strategic planning processes into one place.
It talks about the future of the city's economy; it plans for the city's transport and housing needs; it looks at how the city can improve the lives of children and young people and address the issues which lead to child poverty and it sets out the aspiration to be a healthy and prosperous city with a rich arts and cultural environment; and it sets out the city's spatial strategy, incorporating the Plymouth-specific elements of the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan.
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/planningandbuildingcontrol/plymouthplan
