A welcome to our communities

Mid Devon District Council acknowledges the evidence that shows that our climate is changing rapidly, and will have far-reaching effects on the UK’s people, places, economy, society and environment.

This Council is aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2030, and seeks to address the climate challenge through our own services and by working with communities across the district. The Council can make a positive impact through the quality of housing, energy supply, planning decisions, choice of transport, tree planting, education and more. We can also influence decision-making in partnership.

Importantly we can also listen to and learn from residents, many of whom have been working on environmental sustainability issues for a long time.

Councillor Natasha Bradshaw - Cabinet Member for Climate Change.

The Council works jointly with other local authorities and agencies in the Devon Climate Emergency partnership. Mid Devon District Council is a signatory to the Devon Climate Emergency Pledge and endorsed the Devon Carbon Plan's target of carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest.

The Council's Climate Change Strategy provides a starting point for engagement between the Council, local communities, businesses and partners which seek to co-create community climate action planning for adaptive resilience and ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions for the district. Collaborative work will generate more detail and research such as joint and community action programmes, sometimes led by others.

Climate Action Plan and its Climate Change Strategy link into our Corporate Plan to highlight tangible, feasible, affordable projects. We seek benefits that will make a real impact - and some of this work has already come to fruition.