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Taking Action

 

What can councils do?

Local authorities have a central role in leading society's response to the challenge of climate change, by:

  • Helping communities to become resilient to more extreme weather events
  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their own buildings, services and the community

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Do local authorities have the legal power?

Local authorities have numerous powers which they can use to tackle climate change.

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