As well as working to create a Devon Carbon Plan which will be a roadmap to a net-zero carbon Devon; DCE partner organisations have also been working on many projects in the short term. These are projects across Devon which are reducing the area’s carbon emissions and creating a Devon where people and nature thrive.
Category archives: Update
DCE letter to Boris Johnson
Today, Phil Norrey, chief executive of Devon County Council and chair of Devon Climate Emergency Response Group has written to Boris Johnson to endorse fully the recommendations offered to Government by the Committee on Climate Change regarding how we must work together to achieve a green COVID-19 recovery and to highlight opportunities within Devon for […]
Effect of Covid Lockdown on Carbon Emissions
Devon’s carbon emissions have reduced by almost a quarter (23%) during the lockdown new data suggests. The data has been collected on behalf of the Devon Climate Emergency Response Group (DCERG). Download a PDF of the paper here.
April Update
Have a read to find out what we’ve been up to recently.
Griffiths becomes the first private sector company to sign up to the Devon Climate Declaration
Members of the Devon Climate Emergency Response Group (DCERG) have welcomed the first business to endorse the Devon Climate Declaration.
Progress Update Slide Deck – January 2020
A slide deck is now available providing an update of the Devon Climate Emergency activity in January 2020.
Citizens’ Assembly principles agreed
A rapid review of evidence and best practice on citizens’ assemblies has been prepared by the University of Exeter, which has made recommendations on how the Devon citizens’ assembly should operate. Download the document below. The recommendations were endorsed by the Response Group at its meeting on the 18th December 2019. The selection of a […]