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The Nottingham Declaration Partners
The Nottingham Declaration Partnership was established in 2005 to support Nottingham City Council´s re-launch of the Nottingham Declaration. The Partnership is a unique collaboration of all of the key bodies that support local authority action on climate change. The eight partners are the: Carbon Trust; Energy Saving Trust; Environment Agency; International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives; Improvement & Development Agency; Local Government Association; Nottingham City Council; and UK Climate Impacts Programme. See below for more information on each of the partners.
Carbon Trust
The Carbon Trust was set up by Government in 2001 as an independent company. Our mission is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions and develop commercial low carbon technologies.
Energy Saving Trust
The Energy Saving Trust is one of the UK's leading organisations set up to address the damaging effects of climate change. We aim to cut carbon dioxide emissions - the main greenhouse gas causing climate change - by promoting the sustainable and efficient use of energy. The Energy Saving Trust is an independent, non-profit making organisation and acts as a bridge from government to consumers, trade, businesses, local authorities and the energy market. The Energy Saving Trust offers a range of advice, support and information to local authorities and housing providers. We also give up to two hours of free research to every enquiry and try to respond within three working days.
Visit www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/housingbuildings/localauthorities for more information or call our Practical Help enquiry line on 0844 8488830, email practicalhelp@est.org.uk.
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency recognises that climate change is the number one global challenge to the environment and it is happening now.
We use our frontline experience to allow us to shape UK and European Union policy on reducing emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change. It is one of our nine corporate priorities and we have set a target to embed climate change action into all our plans and policies by 2011.
We take a leading role on adapting to the impacts of climate change in England and Wales. In particular we are focused on adapting to climate change in our work responding to flooding on rivers and the coast, ensuring sustainable water supplies and protecting and enhancing the freshwater environment.
As part of our role to limit climate change, we regulate 45% of the emissions of greenhouse gases in England and Wales. We act as the administrator for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in England, and steer the development of renewable technology. We are also taking steps to increase our understanding of how to manage land to help limit greenhouse gas emissions.
The Environment Agency is responsible for overseeing management of all flood and coastal erosion risk in England. We are a statutory consultee on all development planning applications where there is a risk of flooding. We help local authorities avoid development areas that are at unacceptable risk of flooding through the proper application of PPS25. We are actively engaged in Local Strategic Partnerships, contributing to the development of Sustainable Community Strategies and delivery of Local Area Agreements, ultimately to ensure better outcomes for the environment.
Under the new Comprehensive Area Assessment framework, local authority performance against the new national indicator set will be scrutinised. This will include an assessment of how well local authorities are progressing the Adapting to Climate Change indicator (NI 188).
Working with many other organisations such as central government, local councils, planning authorities and the emergency services, the Environment Agency helps to shape regional strategies by funding the Regional Climate Change Partnerships, supporting their work to develop and promote the need for adaptation responses.
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
ICLEI is an international association of local governments, as well as national and regional local government organisations that have made a commitment to sustainable development. ICLEI was founded in 1990 at the United Nations in New York.
Today, more than 1000 cities, towns, counties, and their associations worldwide comprise ICLEI's growing membership. ICLEI works with these and other local governments through international performance-based, results-oriented campaigns and programs. The themes of ICLEI's worldwide work are directly derived from the Local Action 21 mandate.
ICLEI's European activities are co-ordinated by the ICLEI European Secretariat, which is situated in ICLEI member city Freiburg, Germany. The European Secretariat develops and implements various projects and campaigns to support local governments in their activities to protect the climate and preserve air quality. One of the core actions is the Cities for Climate Protection TM (CCP) Campaign, which is a global campaign that engages local governments to achieve measurable reductions in the emissions that cause air pollution and climate change.
ICLEI acts as "Local Authorities and Municipal Associations Constituency Facilitator" with the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), in addition to its own Observer status, whereby ICLEI acts on behalf of Local Government (as current Major Group) and facilitates dialogue with national governments and the UNFCCC Secretariat. In this context it also acts as facilitator for the international Local Government Climate Roadmap.
IDeA
The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) works for local government improvement so councils can serve people and places better. It is owned by the Local Government Association and belongs to local government.
The IDeA is committed to working with and supporting local authorities in addressing environmental sustainability. As part of this the IDeA supports the Nottingham Declaration as a practical solution to helping local authorities address the challenge of climate change.
Local Government Association
The Local Government Association (LGA) represents over 400 councils in England and Wales. The LGA exists to promote better local government. We work with and for our member authorities to realise a shared vision of local government that enables local people to shape a distinctive and better future for their locality and its communities. We aim to put local councils at the heart of the drive to improve public services and to work with government to ensure that the policy, legislative and financial context in which they operate, supports that objective.
Our strategic objectives are:
- deepening and strengthening relationships with our members
- deepening and strengthening relationships with our partners
- maintaining our capacity to influence government
- strengthening our capability to influence the public
- developing capacity to initiate policy and initiate debate about policy
- adopting an intelligent, proactive approach to generating news and interest in the sector and the organisation
- developing the LGA as an exemplar organisation providing value for money and high quality services to our customers.
The LGA has recently launched it climate change campaign "Small Change, Big Difference" as the third strand of its six-part Putting People First campaign.
Nottingham City Council
Nottingham is a unitary council serving a population of around 283,000 people. The City of Nottingham is at the centre of the largest urban area in the East Midlands (over 600,000) and is one of the eight core cities outside London.
The council recognised the challenge that climate change posed to local government and hosted a national conference in October 2000 (ten days before the UK's worst floods in fifty years). A voluntary, high level, public pledge on climate change (The Nottingham Declaration) was one of the outcomes of that event, with Nottingham City Council and North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council being the first to commit themselves.
The council has an established programme for energy management and set up one of the country's largest district heating schemes, (serving 5,000 council homes and large parts of the city centre) powered by a municipal waste incinerator, in the 1970s. Nottingham City Council reduced CO2 emissions from its own buildings by 31,850 tonnes in the first five years following the 2000 Climate Change Conference. The council is active on a number of fronts to reduce carbon emissions including energy, transport and waste, but recognises there's much more to be done corporately and in the community.
Nottingham City Council is delighted that the Declaration remains a tool for gaining commitment and is pleased to continue its support.
UKCIP
The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) helps organisations assess how they might be affected by climate change so that they can prepare for its impact.
Set up in April 1997, UKCIP is funded by the Department for Environment, Food Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and based at the University of Oxford. UKCIP works with its stakeholders and co-ordinates research on how climate change will have an impact at local, regional and national levels.
UKCIP provides support and guidance to a wide range of stakeholders and provides a bridge between researchers and decision-makers in central, regional and local government and business organisations. UKCIP has been the catalyst for a range of regional and sectoral studies into the impacts of climate change and is now active in helping to build resources to assist local councils in adapting to a changing climate.
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