Overview of SW Local Authority work on Climate Change (primarily Strategic authorities but with some district level LA’s included)

Plans / Strategies / Partnerships / Projects / Other
Bristol City Council
Unitary / Bristol's climate protection and sustainable energy strategy (2004/06) with bi-annual reviews of accompanying action plan. Bristol City Council: Policies and plans: Climate Change
Carbon Reduction Strategy – for BCC estate
Bristol City Council: Sustainability: Energy Management / Bristol Carbon Action – working group ? / Bristol Partnership's Green Capital Initiative - the objective launched in March 2007 for making Bristol a low carbon city with a high quality of life. / ·  Community Strategy committed to 60% target by 2050 for Bristol
·  Proposes ‘Sustainable Energy Supply Strategy’ (Renewables etc)
·  Strategy aims to reduce Council & Community emissions
Cheltenham Borough Council.
/ Climate change: A strategy for Cheltenham
Climate change- consultation
Cornwall County Council / 'The Energy Strategy for Cornwall - Action Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow, 2004' / -. This is delivered by the Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership (CSEP) and
Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust / CSEP's supporting delivery programme Community Energy Plus.
Devon County Council / Climate change strategy (published September 2005). Climate Change Strategy
/ Devon Sustainable Energy Network (DSEN)Homepage
Devon Sustainable Buildings Initiative (DSCI)DSBI :: Devon Sustainable Building Initiative
Renewable Energy 4 Devon - Home / Devon Association for Renewable Energy (DARE)Template / Devon Community Strategy supports work on energy / carbon reduction / renewable energy.
Gloucestershire County Council
/ consultation draft of the Gloucestershire Energy Strategy 2007-2017 on the Gloucestershire First website Gloucester First - Search
Mendip Strategic Partnership / draft Climate Change Strategy (January 2007)
http://www.mendip.gov.uk/Documents/Mendip%20CCS%20May%2007%20v1.pdf / Note: the 'Tackling Climate Change Locally' action plan, within Mendip's Community Strategy, was national winner of Local Government Chronicle and Health Service Journal award, March 2007.
Penwith District Council / - A Climate Change Strategy for Penwith. Penwith District Council - A Climate Change Strategy for Penwith
Plymouth City Council Unitary / - Climate change: the impacts and implications for Plymouth.
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/ecofootprint.pdf / Plymouth 2020 Environment and Sustainability Partnership
South Gloucestershire Unitary / South Gloucestershire Climate Change and Action Plan December 2006 - Full Technical Version - South Gloucestershire Council
Swindon Borough Council - Unitary / climate change action plan 2006-2010 (published November 2006).Environment
Wiltshire County Council / http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/wiltshire-renewable-energy-action-plan.pdf / Wiltshire & Swindon Renewable Energy Action Plan
Bath and North East Somerset(UA)
/ None ?
North Somerset Council(UA) / None?
Dorset County Council“Dorset for You” Site (includes District authority information)
/ Developing Dorset, Bournemouth & Poole Renewable Energy Strategy / Dorset Energy Group set up to deliver Strategy / Dorset Renewable Energy conference held June 2007
Borough of Poole(UA)
/ None ?
Bournemouth Borough Council(UA)
/ Bournemouth CC Strategy (2003)
http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/Library/PDF/Business/change_strategy.pdf
Torbay Council (UA)
/ Torbay Community Strategy includes ref to reducing carbon
Exeter City Council
/ Environment Strategy 2007-12
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/media/pdf/t/5/Environmental_Strategy_2007_-_2012.pdf
Preparing climate change strategy
Council for the Isles of Scilly (UA)
/ None?