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 service it delivers, by 2030, and to work with partners to help achieve this target for the Staffordshire Moorlands as a whole.

The Council also adopted a Nature Recovery Declaration in 2024. This committed the Council to supporting the recovery of nature across Staffordshire Moorlands. Plans for Nature have also been adopted in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust. 

About our work

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.

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.

Here you can find information about the group, links to meeting agendas and minutes, and the latest bulletin from the group.

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