Our climate change work

Since declaring a climate emergency the Council has taken a number of actions to reduce emissions across the district.

The declaration commits the Council to become carbon neutral in its internal operations and the services it delivers, by 2030, and to work with partners to help achieve this target for the Staffordshire Moorlands as a whole.

Joint Climate Change and Nature Steering Group

The Joint Climate Change and Nature  Steering Group brings together members from both High Peak and Staffordshire Moorlands to  influence the Climate Change Delivery Plans and Plans for Nature.

Since declaring a Climate Emergency, the Council has taken a number of actions:

• The Council has hosted events which brought together a number of interested groups to highlight local issues and share ideas.
• The Council set out its Climate Change Plans along 7 key themes

• Established a community Climate and Nature fund to support community groups deliver related projects
• Established the Staffordshire Moorlands Green Network with community groups invited to share ideas and liaise with Council officers.
• The Council has a Carbon Literate Organisation award.
• The joint Climate Change and Nature  Steering Group has been established
• The Council compiles and publishes a Climate Change Annual Report which includes district-wide emissions along with the operational emissions of the Council. The report includes
• We are working with community groups across the district to mutually support initiatives to decrease the carbon emissions and to develop strategies to enhance biodiversity.
• We work with other local authorities across Staffordshire on collective climate and nature projects
• The Council has declared a nature emergency and has committed to actions to support its recovery.
• The Council has published a district-wide Plan for Nature to support nature recovery - Click here for our Nature landing page.

Latest news on Our Climate and Nature work

Here we will publish our latest bulletins - please check back once the next one is out.

Plans and Statements

You can find our plans and statements on these links

• Climate Change Action Plan Part 1 - Our operational emissions
• Aiming Low - Staffordshire Moorlands district Climate Change Plan part 2
• Plan for Nature summary
• Nature Recovery Declaration