Climate change

Contents 

1. Overview
2. What we are doing about climate change
3. How you can help
4. Preparing for a changing climate

Overview

South Tyneside Council declared a climate change emergency on 18 July 2019.

We are implementing strategies that will bring about real change. We aim to:

• make the Council carbon neutral by 2030
• move to cleaner, greener, renewable sources of energy 

For information on what climate change is and why it's important, visit:

• Met Office: What is climate change?
• GOV.UK: Climate change explained
• UK Committee on climate change

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