Charter Commitments
By signing up to the Charter, your organisation:
Acknowledges:
That climate change will profoundly influence the environmental, social and economic conditions in the Northwest of England and will continue to be a critical factor throughout the 21st Century. You have a responsibility to lessen the destructive effects of this phenomenon, in the interests of your own organisation and the region.
Commits To:
- Taking action to mitigate and adapt to climate change
- Acknowledging that action needs to take place at all levels – global, international, European, national, regional and locally
- Helping the region to achieve the national goal of reducing CO2 by 60% by 2050 (based on 1990 levels)
- Supporting better ways to co-ordinate action on climate change across the region
Agrees to take on the climate change challenge by:
- Putting climate change at the heart of your internal decision-making process
- Taking all practical steps to limit CO2 emissions and responding to the challenges posed by the impacts of climate change
- Setting up organisation-wide and effective CO2 measurement and monitoring arrangements and comparing your results with appropriate benchmarks
- Working with others to communicate your progress and successes and
- encourage others to take action to ensure that England's Northwest becomes a champion for climate change activity
The Northwest Climate Change Charter is coordinated by Sustainability Northwest. For more information call 0161 247 7800