The Zero Carbon Group is a working Group of Sustainable South Brent set up in May 2019.

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Aims of the Zero Carbon Group are to engage, inform and inspire action towards a zero carbon future in South Brent and its meetings are open to anyone.

Its current programme of activities includes:

  • Delivery of the Climate Fair on 18 April 2020;
  • A Cutting Carbon Workshop programme from May 2020 onward;
  • A Community skillshare from May 2020 onward;
  • Supporting the establishment of a proposed electric car club.

To access an electronic guide to Electric & Hybrid Cars – Click here

If you would like to be part of the group or just want to be on the mailing list contact Jeremy and Kim – zerocarbon@ssb.org.uk.

The Zero Carbon Group was set up by SSB to find practical ways of reducing our carbon footprint as individuals and as a community. The group is exploring ways of working differently to reach a wider audience.

Prompted by SSB, South Brent Parish Council declared an ‘Climate and Ecological Emergency’ on 20 May 2019 and will work with the SSB ‘Zero Carbon South Brent’ sub-group to pursue further local measures/projects that help to reduce the carbon footprint of the parish. This will move the parish towards the fulfilment of some of the aims in the ‘Parish Plan 2016+’. Refer to the plan on the Parish Council website for more detail, but the overall aims in this respect were that

“The community will take steps to sustain itself, socially and economically and with opportunities for all who wish to make their lives here. This will include affordable and environmentally friendly homes to enable families and individuals with low to moderate incomes to continue to live and work within South Brent. It is also about our broader impact on the environment, which in turn impacts on us, economically and socially. We will play our part in the global efforts to mitigate climate change and resource scarcity, in ways that are compatible with the need to maintain and improve the quality of life in the community for all. We will therefore include locally produced energy solutions such as hydro, wind and other renewables, encourage more domestic recycling and in so doing strengthening the local community and protecting the long term economic, social and environmental health of the village.” and “Work to assess the Parish’s carbon footprint and identify and incentivise a programme to reduce it to an agreed series of targets compatible with UK goals and the need to achieve sustainability across the community.”

The South Brent Climate and Ecological Emergency Declaration can be seen on the Parish Council website: www.southbrent.gov.uk/

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Climate Change & Zero Carbon documents

TitleDescriptionVersionSizeHitsDate addedDownload
Climate Change and Zero Carbon_Key Documents and References_JWR - Updated March 2023 207.08 KB69808-04-2020 DownloadPreview
Climate Change 2023_IPCC_AR6_Synthesis Report_20-03-2023_Headline Statements 127.12 KB11221-03-2023 DownloadPreview
COP 15_UN Convention on Biodiversity_Press Release_19-12-2022 442.85 KB7921-12-2022 DownloadPreview
COP 15_UN Convention on Biodiversity_Kunming-Montreal Global biodiversity framework_18-12-2022 373.97 KB8521-12-2022 DownloadPreview
Net_Zero-The_Ambition_Gap_Zero Hour_August 2022 1.66 MB15420-08-2022 DownloadPreview
Working with nature to protect people_IFRC & WWF_Report_2022 33.04 MB15930-06-2022 DownloadPreview
Climate Change 2021_The Physical Science Base_IPCC_09-08-2021_Summary for Policy Makers 3.54 MB24309-08-2021 DownloadPreview
Climate Change 2022-Mitigation of Climate Change_IPCC_AR6_WGIII_04-04-2022_Summary for Policy Makers 5.14 MB11104-04-2022 DownloadPreview
Climate Change 2022-Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability_IPCC_AR6_WGII_27-02-2022_Summary for Policy Makers 10.14 MB17110-03-2022 DownloadPreview
South Brent's Carbon Footprint - Impact Report 02/02/2022 501.76 KB15903-02-2022 DownloadPreview
COP 26: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Glasgow Climate Pact_FCCC-PA-CMA-2021-L16 on 13 November 2021 with revised text note on p4-5 176.35 KB15314-11-2021 DownloadPreview
Climate Change 2021_The Physical Science Base_IPCC_09-08-2021_Press Release 148.09 KB38309-08-2021 DownloadPreview
England Trees Action Plan 2021-2024_UK Government_May 2021 10.59 MB32322-05-2021 DownloadPreview
Climate Outreach_After the lockdown-New lessons for building climate engagement_Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations_April 2021 6.56 MB33006-05-2021 DownloadPreview
State of the Global Climate 2020_WMO_19-04-2021 13.69 MB25920-04-2021 DownloadPreview
Path to Net Zero_Climate Assembly UK_September 2020 11.15 MB54310-09-2020 DownloadPreview
Path to Net Zero_Climate Assembly UK_September 2020_executive summary 1.27 MB42210-09-2020 DownloadPreview
Reducing UK emissions-Progress report to Parliament_Committee on Climate Change_June 2020 4.22 MB49025-06-2020 DownloadPreview
Reducing UK emissions_Supplementary report on Costs and Benefits of Net Zero_Committee on Climate Change_June 2020 1.06 MB59425-06-2020 DownloadPreview
World Scientists Warning to Humanity_A Second Notice_Ripple et al_2017_Bioscience 180.54 KB100719-06-2020 DownloadPreview
Advice on using nature based interventions to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050_Natural Capital Committee_April 2020 3.82 MB61608-04-2020 DownloadPreview
SSB/JWR presentation to South Brent Climate and Ecological Advisory Group_16-01-2020 1.62 MB73616-01-2020 DownloadPreview
Zero Carbon Britain_Rising to the Climate Emergency_Centre for Alternative Technology_28-11-2019 5.78 MB72204-12-2019 DownloadPreview
Zero Carbon Britain_Rising to the Climate Emergency_Centre for Alternative Technology_28-11-2019_Executive Summary 4.04 MB64804-12-2019 DownloadPreview
WMO Provisional Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019_03-12-2019 5.36 MB73004-12-2019 DownloadPreview
SBPC_Parish Plan 2016+_launch version 5.36 MB91610-06-2019 DownloadPreview
SSB Presentation to South Brent Parish Council on Environment and Climate Emergency_10-05-2019 236.82 KB75510-06-2019 DownloadPreview
Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services_IPBES_May 2019_advance summary for policymakers_v1 2.79 MB149410-06-2019 DownloadPreview
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change_Report_Global Warming of 1.5 °C_Summary for Policy Makers_06-10-2018_stand alone version revised Jan 2019 1.54 MB66810-06-2019 DownloadPreview
Net-Zero_UK contribution to stopping global warming_Climate Change Committee_May 2019 6.78 MB72610-06-2019 DownloadPreview
Zero Carbon Britain_Raising Ambition-Zero Carbon Scenarios from across the Globe_CAT_2018_full report 4.93 MB85310-06-2019 DownloadPreview
Zero Carbon Britain_Rethinking the Future_CAT_2013_summary 1.32 MB119910-06-2019 DownloadPreview
Zero Carbon Britain_Making it Happen_CAT_2017_full report 4.94 MB170710-06-2019 DownloadPreview
Energy Sustainability in South Brent_Francis Macnaughton_14-02-2008 489.98 KB94610-06-2019 DownloadPreview