Hosted on the Cambridge Carbon Footprint website, the Charter will enable people to measure their carbon footprint, then pledge to reduce their impact, and use the online advice hub to help them succeed.
To meet Cambridge City Council's goal of becoming net zero by 2050, the average carbon footprint will need to come down from 9 tonnes to 1.5.
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner, who will be attending the virtual launch, said: “We are in a climate and ecological emergency, and it’s now more important than ever to reduce our city’s carbon footprint. Cambridge City Council have committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions, and I’m immensely proud to now see the creation of this Cambridge Climate Change Charter to help support businesses, organisations and citizens across the city to do the right thing and reduce emissions.
"We are a vibrant and innovative city, and one that cares about our shared environment – the fight to protect it is one that concerns us all, and I would urge everyone to play their part, sign up to the Charter and help implement it.”
Event Details
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Monday 7th Sep 2020
Individuals, businesses and organisations in Cambridge are about to get a big boost to understanding and acting on the environmental impacts of their everyday lives and operations with the launch of the new Cambridge Climate Change Charter. Featuring a free carbon footprint calculator and city specific advice hub, the Cambridge City Council initiative means that finding out where to pick up an electric car club vehicle, how to eat sustainably, save energy and reduce waste in and around the city has never been easier.
The Charter, hosted on the newly launched Cambridge Carbon Footprint (CCF) website will ask people to measure their footprint, pledge to reduce their impact and then use the online advice hub to help them succeed. To meet the Council’s goal of achieving net zero by 2050, the average carbon footprint will need to be drastically reduced from its current 9 tonnes – a big challenge but with global emissions continuing to rise, the urgency is great. The City Council believe that there is a huge appetite for a cleaner, fairer and healthier city now and that the Charter and footprinting tool can support all of us to be the change we want to see. Believing that we’re all in this together, they’re urging every one of us to sign-up, make plans to reduce our environmental impact and bring colleagues, friends and family on board.
All are invited to find out more and contribute to a discussion around the new Charter, footprinting tool and advice hub on Monday 7th Sept at 7pm. The launch will be via Zoom and speakers include:
Rosy Moore, Executive Councillor for Climate Change, Cambridge City Council
Richard Hales, Energy and Sustainability Manager at Cambridge University Hospitals
Bev Sedley, Chair of Cambridge Sustainable Food
Edward Leigh of Smarter Cambridge Transport
Nicola Terry of Transition Cambridge
Tom Bragg, Cambridge Carbon Footprint Trustee and Open Eco Homes Manager
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