Our pledge
In 2019 we declared a climate emergency, whereby we recognised the magnitude of the issue and, as a local authority, the role we must play in tackling climate change and reducing carbon emissions.
To drive this agenda, a Working Group was formed in July 2019 between Councillors and Officers to discuss, oversee and progress the council's climate agenda and projects, including more recently our biodiversity commitments.
A Climate Change Officer was appointed in November 2021 to co-ordinate and deliver projects internally and throughout the borough that support sustainability and reduce climate change.
In March 2023 we signed the Leicestershire Climate and Nature Pact.
The pact is a commitment, signed by a number of organisations, to tackle climate change and ecological decline throughout Leicestershire.
Signing the pact shows our commitment to providing a strong message on the collective need to reduce carbon emissions, adapt to global heating and support nature recovery, by taking decisive action to 2030, the definitive decade.
The Climate and Nature Pact can be viewed on the GreenerFuture website.