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Apr 2023
Claim North Yorkshire Council ‘not in people’s faces’ about climate change
A Green Party councillor has said North Yorkshire Council’s plan to curb climate climate change does not go far enough.
In January the council published a draft climate change strategy includes ambitions such as becoming carbon neutral by 2030, increasing walking and cycling as well as planting 37,000 hectares of new woodland by 2038.
Last month, it then launched a survey called Let’s Talk Climate that asked residents a series of questions about the strategy
However, Arnold Warneken, Green Party councillor for Ouseburn division, said the survey has garnered just over 1,000 responses, which he called disappointing.
He blamed the number of responses on a lack of promotion by the council and said it should be offering more, particularly around agriculture which is estimated to contribute one third of the county’s total emissions.
Cllr Warneken said:
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Cllr Warneken called on residents to fill in the survey before the deadline.
He added:
North Yorkshire County Council’s Conservative executive member for managing our environment, Cllr Greg White, said:
You can take part in the survey on the council's website here.
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