Newcastle City Council has declared a climate emergency, and pledged to make Newcastle upon Tyne carbon neutral by 2030. However, tackling climate change demands a whole-city approach and isn’t something the council can solve on our own. Find out more here:
Individuals, business and anyone who lives, works, studies or visits Newcastle has a part to play – and we want to hear the actions you are taking as well as your ideas as to how the city can address the climate emergency.
We have published plans for achieving a 50% reduction in carbon emissions from Newcastle upon Tyne by 2030, and we now intend to achieve carbon neutrality. You can view the plans here:
As part of this, we want to hear from everyone about:
- Your ideas for everyday, simple things everyone can do now to make a positive difference on climate change,
- Your ideas for any larger-scale projects, new ways of delivering services, new initiatives, and investment that could be done in the medium- to long- term,
- Evidence of proven, best-practice approaches,
- Any scientific, academic or technical submissions that can inform the Committee’s learning and conclusions.
This is the first stage of our information-gathering from local residents, organisations, academics, businesses and other interested parties about climate change and Newcastle upon Tyne. Findings from it will be published here and on our website, where you can also find more background information about our plans: Newcastle City Climate Change
Please give us your views here before 31 January 2020:
- If you would like to give us your general views and share your ideas about this, please do so here: Hearing from everyone on Climate Change
- If you have scientific, academic or technical evidence to submit, please do so here: Scientific Evidence
If you have questions about this, or you need this information in a different format (such as large print), please contact us at: climatechange@newcastle.gov.uk. Thank you for giving us your views.
