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
Do local authorities have the legal power?
Local authorities have numerous powers which they can use to tackle climate change.
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