Climate change is the biggest challenge of the 21st century.
Human activity has changed the climate irreversibly resulting in increasingly extreme weather such as heatwaves, droughts and flooding.
According to the UK committee on climate change, the UK’s ten warmest years on record have all occurred since 1990.
Urgent change is needed. In 2019, Blackpool Council declared a climate emergency.
The council is committed achieving net zero carbon emissions and using 100% clean energy by 2030. In that same timescale, we’re working towards the whole town achieving net zero.
In 2020, Blackpool’s carbon footprint was 468.5 kiloton CO2e. Our net zero goal will help to protect the health, wellbeing and livelihoods of our community from the worst impacts of climate change. To do this, we need to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt Blackpool to our changing climate.
The council is responsible for a very small portion of Blackpool’s carbon footprint. This is why residents, businesses and communities need to work together to tackle the climate emergency.
Our Climate Emergency Action Plan sets out how the council and the town can aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2030.