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Our elected members declared a climate emergency in October 2019. We are committed to becoming a carbon-neutral organisation. We are also working with partners to reduce Belfast's net carbon emissions by 80 per cent compared to 2005 levels as quickly as possible. We also want to transition to a low-carbon economy in a generation. In 2022 we adopted these city targets:
Our Resilience Strategy is Belfast's first climate plan. It is the basis of our climate adaptation and mitigation plan.
Through these external and internal plans, we want to:
You can read our climate aspirations and a vision of what we want Belfast to be as a city in Belfast Resilience Ambitions.
On our journey to tackle climate change, we have:
We are also setting an example to other organisations and businesses in the city by becoming carbon neutral. We are doing this by:
To develop ideas for tackling climate change and progress climate action, we set up a Resilience and Sustainability Board through our Community planning process. This board has people from key public and community organisations in Belfast. They intend to share experience and knowledge on environmental sustainability to advance the agenda.
The purpose of the Committee is to meet monthly with the Climate Commissioner to consider the potential implications of climate change for the city of Belfast and make recommendations to the Council on Belfast City Council’s approach to addressing the climate crisis and Council’s role and responsibilities at city level.
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We represented Belfast at COP26 in Glasgow(link opens in a new window) during November 2021. COP26 means 'Conference of the Parties'. This is the annual UN climate change conference. It will be the 26th annual summit. We are working with city partners to develop and promote a local programme of events in the run-up to this global event.
Making changes like the food you eat and the way that you travel could reduce your carbon footprint. These 16 Steps (link opens in a new window) have been selected with experts from the UN Environment Programme based on three criteria:
For updates on what we're doing about the climate change emergency:
To support coordination, planning and delivery to tackle climate change, we set up a Resilience and Sustainability Board through our Community planning process. This board has people from key public and community organisations in Belfast. They share experience and knowledge on environmental sustainability to advance the agenda.