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Climate change
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing Norfolk today. As a low-lying coastal county with a growing population, Norfolk is particularly vulnerable. Higher sea levels, heatwaves, drought and storms are all more likely as global temperatures rise. The need to take action is now widely accepted, yet in Norfolk, annual emissions per person of carbon dioxide (CO2) – the build-up of which in the atmosphere is the main cause of man-made global warming – are well above the national average (8.0 tonnes compared to 7.4 tonnes). Real progress on reducing emissions and adapting to climate change will only be achieved through concerted action across the whole community. |
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'Tomorrow's Norfolk, Today's Challenge' is the climate change strategy for Norfolk, produced and endorsed by the county's eight local authorities working in partnership. It is a key element in 'Norfolk Ambition', the county's Sustainable Community Strategy, which has set a target of an 11% reduction in carbon emissions by 2011.
The strategy's twin goals are:
• to limit global warming by playing our part in reducing carbon emissions,
• to prepare for the consequences of unavoidable climate change.
Continued partnership working between all of Norfolk’s local authorities, as well as in the wider Norfolk community, will be a crucial part in implementing the strategy, as climate change affects us in so many different ways.
For more information contact the Sustainability Strategy team on 01603 224024
- Adapting to the Changing Climate
- Air Quality - Climate change
- Ecological - Carbon Footprints
- Food - Reduce your contribution to climate change through food
- How you can change the impact your travel has on the environment.
- Norfolk Climate Change Strategy - part 1 - Introduction (pdf - 845kB)
- Norfolk Climate Change Strategy - part 2a - Towards a Low Carbon Norfolk (pdf - 921kB)
- Norfolk Climate Change Strategy - part 2b - Towards a Low Carbon Norfolk (pdf - 964kB)
- Norfolk Climate Change Strategy - part 3 - Further Information (pdf - 624kB)
- Saving Energy and Saving Water
- Schools
- Statutory Legislation
- Strategy launch event presentation - Chris Lawrence, PricewaterhouseCoopers (pdf - 99kB)
- Strategy launch event presentation - Paul Bettison, Local Government Association (pdf - 425kB)
- Strategy launch event presentation - Saffron O'Neill & Lorraine Whitmarsh, Tyndall Centre (UEA) (pdf - 419kB)
- Strategy launch event presentation by Cllr Simon Woodbridge, Broadland District Council (pdf - 1372kB)
- Tips on reducing motoring emissions
- Tomorrow's Norfolk, Today's Challenge - summary of the county climate change strategy (pdf - 712kB)
- Towards a Low Carbon Norfolk