Surrey's Greener Future Task Group will focus on
Surrey County Council's recent declaration of a climate emergency
and the actions the council needs to take to achieve net zero carbon
emissions as soon as possible. The task group will also
consider the role residents need to play in their local community
and the wider impact of other public sector organisations and the
private sector on the county’s environment to develop a
system-wide position.
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Why are we consulting?
Surrey’s Community Vision for 2030 contains
the ambition that:
“Residents will live in clean, safe and green
communities, where people and organisations embrace their
environmental responsibilities”
This reflects Surrey residents’ desire to
preserve their county for future generations. It recognises that
people and organisations are collectively responsible for ensuring
Surrey is safe, free from pollution and has open, green spaces to
enjoy in the future.
As this is part of the vision, there’s a
responsibility on all of us to turn this into a reality.
So, when members of Surrey County Council met in
July, we declared a climate emergency and made a number of
commitments to our environment. This included that we would deliver
a strategy setting out what we will do to improve the environment
in Surrey.
And this is where you come in. We are forming a
cross-party task group of councillors that will test what the
ambition means in reality. To do that, we want to hear from Surrey
residents, businesses and partners so we can write a call for
action.
Please share with us what’s important to you
on climate change. Whether it’s what you’re already
doing, the need for action, or the reasons why it is important to
you. We’ll be considering all the responses we receive and
might ask you to meet with us to discuss it further.
That’s not all we are doing. We’re
making sure our approach and research is right; as well as
challenging residents to come up with ways they can make changes to
their community, with the offer of support to make them a
reality.
These are a really exciting opportunities which we
hope will not just improve the environment in Surrey, but make our
contribution to combatting global climate change. This matters to
all of us, so we urge you to get involved.
Andy Macleod
Chairman of Surrey's Greener Future Task
Group
