Climate Change Hub
Read the Climate Change Blog >ADEPT recognises that the climate crisis must be at the heart of our work.
Climate change and the environment is one of our three strategic priorities. With more than two-thirds of the UK’s councils declaring a Climate Emergency (or equivalent), local authorities recognise they hold a pivotal role in meeting the net zero carbon emissions target by 2050.
Critical to this is delivering solutions at scale and pace. There are many innovative solutions to the issues we face – anyone can plant one tree, but how do you plant one million trees over ten years? How do you replace gas central heating in five thousand homes in a year? What does this mean for the supply chain and workforce skills?
The UK will host COP26 in November 2021 and this gives an opportunity to lead, to accelerate climate change targets and influence other nations.
ADEPT has a key role to play in bringing local authorities and others together, to share knowledge and learning on the most effective actions to tackle emissions and overcome barriers. Local authorities have three main influences: to lead in our own operations; to enable a low carbon region with our programmes, policies and decisions; and to inspire business and residents to take climate action themselves.
We are forging ahead with various climate change activities. In June 2019, we launched Preparing for a Changing Climate: Good Practice Guidance for Local Government, a practical guide designed to assist local government with preparing for the impacts of change adaptation. We published a Policy Position on Climate Change at the same time. We published a Green Finance Toolkit for Place Leaders in May 2020, and a Policy Position on Clean Growth in June 2020. We have developed a signposting toolkit for members and published various blogs and case studies. We have hosted regional climate change workshops that bring local authorities together to share good practice, and workshops with our corporate partners to share issues across our sectors and places. Our leaders have also contributed to various national conferences and virtual events.
We worked with other local government and green organisations to develop shared policy asks of government: A blueprint for accelerating climate action and a green recovery at the local level. We continue to collaborate with the group. We are also working with corporate partners and government departments to develop proposals for net zero / economic restart Live Labs to drive green recovery and renewal as local economies come back from the Covid-19 emergency.
We believe that councils need the powers and resources to accelarate climate action and a green recovery: find out more and show your support.
ADEPT’s Climate Change Hub brings together our work and resources on climate change and sets out our key areas of focus. You can also read our Climate Change Blog.
Climate Change — updates and resources
- 18 February 2021
ADEPT NW regional climate change webinar
8 February 2021Climate Change blog 2021: David Dale looks at how the new year has started and what we can look forward to
1 February 2021ADEPT-Arcadis: ‘Going Dutch’ active travel behaviour change webinar
8 January 2021CIPFA Towards net zero and a green recovery - Q&A
8 January 2021CIPFA Towards net zero and a green recovery
6 January 2021Climate Change blog: Changing year, changing climate and a global pandemic – Nigel Riglar looks back on 2020
18 December 2020ADEPT response to the Climate Change Committee's Sixth Carbon Budget
9 December 2020Support local councils or miss your own climate targets – ADEPT and partners' call to government
8 December 2020Climate Change blog: Greening the Arc
1 December 2020ADEPT response to the Prime Minister's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
18 November 2020Embracing e-scooters
30 October 2020Climate Change Blog: Active Travel
30 September 2020ADEPT proposal for zero carbon and economic restart Live Lab programme
16 September 2020Show your support for the five immediate priorities for a green recovery
15 September 2020Time to embrace e-scooters - ADEPT launches new policy position
9 September 2020Climate Change Blog: Retrofit - a vital tool in achieving net zero
28 August 2020Valuing Green Space - joint ADEPT/Yotta webinar
25 August 2020Climate change work plan
30 July 2020ADEPT climate change webinar 30th July - slides
31 July 2020Active travel must be embedded into transport network to ensure government’s ‘new era’ - ADEPT launches new policy position
27 July 2020ADEPT policy position: Active Travel
27 July 2020Environment board update July 2020
24 July 2020Active Travel Facts & Figures
16 July 2020Climate Change Blog: We're all in this together - guest blog by Mike Childs, Friends of the Earth
9 July 2020Summary document: Blueprint for accelerating climate action and a green recovery at the local level
7 December 2020ADEPT response to Prime Minister's recovery plan announcement
30 June 2020Covid-19 recovery must address climate change – report calls on the Government to invest in indispensable role of local authorities
23 June 2020A blueprint for accelerating climate action and a green recovery at the local level
7 December 2020ADEPT Policy Position: Clean Growth
9 June 2020Green Finance Toolkit for Place Leaders
20 May 2020ADEPT launches toolkit to help local authorities with green finance
20 May 2020Reflections on green finance and the Excellence in Place Leadership programme
20 May 2020The Greening Campaign
21 April 2020SEDEPT Climate Change Workshop - Local Govt Embracing Innovation
6 April 2020SEDEPT Climate Change Workshop - LGA Climate Change Ambition
6 April 2020SEDEPT Climate Change Workshop - Greening Campaign
6 April 2020SEDEPT Climate Change Workshop - Oxford Citizen's Assembly on climate change
6 April 2020Climate change seminar slides - part 2
12 March 2020Climate change seminar slides - part 1
12 March 2020The Future of Aviation: ADEPT Policy Challenge Paper
27 February 2020Climate Change support & resources map
25 February 2020Climate Change support & resources map
20 February 2020ADEPT Climate Change Advisory Panel Proceedings
6 February 2020South West Climate Change workshop 30 Jan 2020 - summary
30 January 2020Midlands Climate Change workshop Jan 2020 - report
20 January 2020Midlands Climate Change workshop Jan 2020 - presentations
20 January 2020Can we plant our way out of the climate emergency? Guest blog by 1st Vice President Nigel Riglar
16 January 2020‘The climate crisis must be at the heart of our work’ – ADEPT launches its position on climate change
2 July 2019Preparing for a Changing Climate: Good Practice Guidance for Local Government
27 June 2019Climate Change Policy Position
27 June 2019