Councils are key to our goals

摘要

It may be hard to imagine any major conferences taking place in the foreseeable future but there is now more than a glimmer of hope that the UK will go ahead and host the 26th UN Climate Change 'Conference of the Parties" (COP26) in Glasgow in November this year, accelerating the pace of change in meetine climate coals as Dart of a clobal effort. For the UK. the importance of COP26 has been highlighted by the report of the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC). The sixth carbon budget set out a series of hard-hitting but arguably optimistic reports on actions that could be taken to help the UK meet its own climate goals, with one such report focused on local authorities; with notable differences in structures between England. Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland it makes for a complex conundrum. Where do responsibilities lie? What actions can be taken? And if you want to take action do you actually have the powers to effect change?