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Jan 2022
Harrogate Borough Council has been given a low score by a national campaign group for its plan to tackle climate change.
Climate Emergency UK employed a team of 120 volunteers to assess over 450 UK councils' written plans to cut emissions.
They wanted to find out if each plan is costed, whether it has a clear goal and if local residents were engaged with what the councils were doing.
Harrogate Borough Council's plan was ranked in the bottom 15% of all councils.
The authority's carbon reduction strategy sets a target of a net zero-carbon economy in the district by 2038. This means the district would put no more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than what it takes out.
A public consultation on the council's updated carbon reduction strategy ended this month.
Jemima Parker, chair of Zero Carbon Harrogate, said she hoped the updated carbon reduction strategy can be fully costed:
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