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Council’s Berwick event to discuss climate change

An opportunity to play a key role in Northumberland County Council’s next Climate Change Action Plan is coming up. 
 
The council’s climate change team is inviting people in the North Northumberland area to have their say about making Northumberland carbon neutral by 2030 and wants to hear public views on climate-related issues in the county. 
 
On Wednesday 14 June, an event will be held between 5:45pm and 7:30pm at The Maltings to gather public perspectives on climate change, which will be used to shape the Council’s Climate Change Action Plan for the next three years. 
 
The evening event will begin with refreshments and welcome, which will be followed by a short presentation from the climate change team. This will then be followed by three separate breakout discussions which include renewables, energy efficiency and fuel poverty, reducing transport emissions or natural resources and land management. Attendees can choose which discussion they would like to take part in on the day.   
Cllr Glen Sanderson, council leader and portfolio holder for climate change will be introducing the event. Cllr Sanderson said: “Climate change is one of the greatest threats of our time. We know the importance of acting on climate change in our county and have already made good progress to help mitigate its effects. 
 
But we cannot do this alone and need everyone to do their bit, however small. This event is an opportunity for us to go out and speak to our local communities and find out about their challenges on the ground and explore ways we can work together to overcome these.  
 
“I hope to see as many faces there as possible and seeing what solutions we can come up with together.” 
 
For more information and to register for the free event, please go to: https://nland.cc/ClimateBerwick 
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