We want Sheffield to be a flourishing, sustainable and inclusive city economy which creates opportunity and better jobs for Sheffielders. As a strong partner alongside businesses we have an ambition to be a net zero carbon city by 2030.
COP26: the 2021 United Nations climate change conference started on 31 October. It was where world leaders came together and aimed to commit to reducing carbon emissions at a rate to limit warming to 1.5 degrees.
What was decided influenced much of the work that is needed across the city to achieve our 2030 target. We were already working hard to reduce our emissions along with our partners across the city, and we are in the process of developing our 10 Point Plan, a key objective in our One Year Plan, to set out how we will tackle the climate emergency in Sheffield. It involves working with people, partners and businesses to develop and deliver the actions needed to deliver the plan.
Sheffield showcased all the climate change and net zero work happening over the city. The events, activities and action plan launches can be found below.
Wednesday 27 October
Cycle for our climate event at Weston Park and join the Sheffield Children’s Hospital for a cycling trail, workshops, art installations and opportunities to learn about climate change and how cycling plays a part in reducing it.
Thursday 4 November
Cycle Sheffield, in partnership with Sheffield Sustainability Partnership, are hosting a cycling through Winter event in Harland Works. There will be drop in information stalls and Dr Bike.
Friday 5 November
A school Street event at Porter Croft.
Saturday 6 November
Urban greening, active travel and sustainable food event at Kelham Island.
Wednesday 10 November
Launch of Yorkshire and Humber Climate Change Action Plan. Read the Climate Change Action Plan here.
Our commitment to the climate and environment hasn’t just started here: we declared a climate emergency in 2019 and a nature emergency in 2021. Following this, there has been a big drive to achieve these commitments. We have published an independent assessment of the steps needed to get to Net Zero by 2030
Responding to the climate emergency gives new and unique opportunities for innovation on a city scale in:
- manufacturing businesses
- energy generation
- quality of housing
- transformation of our transport systems
Examples of some of our projects being delivered are here:
Connecting Sheffield - part of the long term vision for the future of travel in your city
Grey to Green - an award-winning scheme bringing colour and sustainability to inner-city Sheffield
10 Point Plan - updates were available at SheffNews
ERDF funded Low Carbon Business project
Electric van trial - we're offering organisations in Sheffield the chance to trial a Nissan e-NV200 electric van free of charge for 2 months
