Empowering Communities Together
About Our Community Climate Emergency Strategy
Our Strategy
Our strategy is focused on reducing and ultimately eliminating fossil fuel use in our buildings, transportation, and economy through electrification. Our strategy focuses on protecting our environment and enhancing biodiversity. Our strategy focuses on creating a sustainable local food system and ensuring that our community remains physically and mentally able to meet the challenges ahead.
A Living Resource of Local Stories
We believe there are many way to address the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and energy affordability and security and therefore our strategy is not a single Strategy but a store of Community Stories
It features local Stories of climate action from residents and organisations, showcasing their efforts to help the environment and save money, making it a truly community-created resource.
It is a living resource that will be continually updated to reflect policy trends and technologies and will be available online and as a printed book made available in local libraries and community centres across the borough.
We have divided our stories into 6 themes that are shown below.
Our Community Stories
Heat and Buildings
Heat and Buildings
Heat and Buildings
Providing Power and Heat to our homes, offices, shops, factories, churches and community spaces represented XX% of local emissions here in Bracknell Forest in 2023. These stories show how local residents and organisations are addressing this challenge.
Transport
Heat and Buildings
Heat and Buildings
Driving our cars, vans, and trucks accounted for XX% of local emissions in Bracknell Forest. We have one of the highest car ownership rates in the country, with 89% of households having one or more cars, but some of the smallest spaces for parking. Rates of Active Travel are also low. These stories show how local residents are replacing their fossil fuel cars and vans with Electric Vehicles or ditching their cars altogether.
The Green Economy
Heat and Buildings
Our Economy, both private and public, accounts for XX% of local emissions here in Bracknell Forest in 2023. Many of our local organisations are working hard to reduce their emissions and improve the sustainability of their supply chain. These stories showcase some of this great work.
Natural Environment
Bracknell Forest is a great place to live and work and we enjoy an unique environment of woodlands and heathlands. Our natural environments needs protecting and improving. These stories show what residents and organisations are doing to enhance our local biodiversity.
Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Living
Maintaining our Health and well-being is vitally important during times of uncertainty and change if we are to thrive as a community. These stories highlight the efforts of local community members to maintain their own well-being and what they are doing to live more sustainable lives
Food
Our food systems are a key part of our natural environmental, health and wellbeing, carbon emissions and national security and therefore it is vital to ensure we have a sustainable and secure food system. These stories tell of what residents and organisations are doing to create a more sustainable and safe food supply.