Climate change and natural environment

Climate and Nature Strategy

Executive adopted the Climate and Nature Strategy in July 2024. 

Executive meeting

Agenda for Executive on Tuesday 23 July 2024, 10.30 am | Cumberland Council

Climate and Nature Strategy

We have now moved into delivery, working across our Directorates and partnerships to make a difference for climate and nature.

Update on our projects and programmes

For an update on our projects and programmes, as well as the activity of our partners please read the recent newsletters:

Issue 8 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published December 2024

Issue 7 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published October 2024

Issue 6 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published September 2024

Issue 5 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published May 2024

Issue 4 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published March 2024

Issue 3 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published December 2023

Issue 2 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published September 2023

Issue 1 - Environment and Climate for Cumberland Council - published July 2023

You can keep up to date with information and news about environment and climate change by subscribing to our Environment and Climate newsletter.

The Climate and Nature Strategy is a key strategy for the Council Plan theme: environmental resilience and climate emergency. The performance of the programmes within the strategy are reported through the Council Plan Delivery Plan.

Carbon and Energy Management Plan

The Carbon and Energy Management Plan forms part of the overarching Climate and Nature Strategy and focuses on reducing energy and carbon emissions from our Council assets, services and supply chain. It is through this Plan that we will set our Council’s targets for emission reduction and the route to Net Zero.

Executive adopted  the Carbon and Energy Management Plan as part of the Climate and Nature Strategy in July 2024.

Climate and Nature Strategy

Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Cumbria is one of 48 strategy areas that are required by the Environment Act to develop a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for their area by March 2025.

The Cumbria LNRS will outline our county’s priorities for nature recovery and identify key locations that could contribute to achieving these priorities. Westmorland and Furness Council are the responsible authority for the Cumbria LNRS with the following as supporting authorities:

• Cumberland Council
• Lake District National Park Authority
• Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
• Natural England

There are also many other organisations involved in the development of the LNRS such as:

• Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
• Forestry Commission
• Environment Agency
• Cumbria Wildlife Trust
• many more non-governmental organisations and individuals

Find out what an LNRS is and to get involved in the development process by visiting the Cumbria LNRS website.

Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy Survey

This is the second survey that we are running. 

Your voice matters. You are experts about this place. We want to know what is important to you and where you feel nature in Cumbria needs our help the most. We want this strategy to reflect what is important to the people of Cumbria and want to hear, why and where habitats or species should be prioritised. Your views will help shape our Local Nature Recovery Strategy, the issues it could address and what we could do to tackle them.

Please follow the link below to get started. The survey should take around 20 minutes to complete and your input is greatly appreciated. 

Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy Survey