City Centre Theme - Climate Change
The Council declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ in 2019 and it is vital that our response to this shapes the future transformation of the city centre. We will need to rethink how the city centre functions to respond to climate change. We need more sustainable ways of getting into, out of and around the city centre, with less emphasis on motorised vehicles. We also need to repurpose old buildings, increase energy efficiency, identify opportunities for clean decentralised energy, along with bringing nature back into the city. It also means adapting to the effects of climate change, including the increased risk of flooding.
Under this theme we gathered feedback on:
- Responding to a Climate Emergency - this section discusses how we are responding to climate emergency
- Our City Our River (OCOR) - flood risk, creation of open areas and regeneration of the river area
- Energy and Resource Efficiency - exploring the development in the city centre should incorporate energy efficiency measures and create low to zero carbon footprints
- Renewable Energy - exploring the possibilities of the city centre entirely from renewable and other sustainable fuel sources.
- Urban Cooling - tackling the issues created by the "Urban Heat Island Effect"
- Sustainable Transport - ideas around how we can create more sustainable transport patterns
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We'd love to hear your ideas relating to our City Centre theme of Climate Change. We have identified areas that we think are important such as:
- Responding to a Climate Emergency;
- Our City Our River (OCOR);
- Energy and Resource Efficiency;
- Renewable Energy;
- Urban Cooling and
- Sustainable Transport,
But we'd like you to tell us...
Is there anything else we should be considering in responding to climate change?
View All Ideasover 1 year ago
Save greenfield sites - instead replace car parks with sustainable/ zero carbon housing, community allotments and public green spaces
If a decent public transport system and active travel network are deployed, there will be no need for so much space dedicated to car parks around the city. So much could be freed up for sustainable developments, food growing and nature / green spaces. Private vehicles are an inefficent and unfair use of city space.
over 1 year ago
Expand the network of cycle lanes on major routes
over 1 year ago
Talk to children about the future they want
Grand daughter, 11, wants many more trees planted for the future, for shade, for biodiversity, and to help save the overheating climate for her to have a future
almost 2 years ago
Green spaces on streets and buildings are needed across the city centre to reduce the effects of pollution, noise and urban heating.
over 1 year ago
City wide public awareness campaign
The council comms currently focuses on individual action such as recycling and reducing food waste but we need an urgent, wide reaching and engaging campaign on a similar level to the COVID response to inform all residents of the climate emergency.
