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New environmental campaign seeks to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
Action Net Zero has launched a campaign to support individuals, communities and businesses in reducing their reliance on fossil fuels.
“We all share the responsibility for making changes to live more sustainably,” explains the founder of the community interest company, Pamela Barbato.
“This campaign, over the next year, will highlight the many ways that people can act, helping everyone understand that small incremental changes really do make a difference.
“We can take action and we can bring about change, our programmes are evidence of that. We’re already supporting community venues to install EV chargers, we’re running community events to engage people around simple ways to reduce their energy bills and switch to renewable energy and we’re working with our partners to deliver change across the South West.”
The campaign launched with the tag line “Help us make the South West of England a beacon of hope”.
It will include activities such as a roundtable event, taking place this October, bringing experts and influential voices in the matter to discuss how the region could move further towards its goals of decarbonisation, reducing the use of fossil fuels and traditional sources of energy.
The West of England’s metro mayor Dan Morris, who has been included in the panel, added: “There is a climate and ecological emergency. We desperately need everyone to do their bit to help end our reliance on dirty fossil fuels and make that transition to a zero-carbon economy; so important for the West of England.
“I welcome this really important campaign to support and guide all of us – companies, communities and individuals – to act now and decarbonise. This will be vital if we are to reach our super ambitious net zero by 2030 targets locally.”
One of the campaign’s aims is, later this year, to produce a white paper and ‘action framework’ including practical steps to implement a net zero future, supported by Action Net Zero’s work.
Barbato adds: “For businesses, we want to support them to be at the forefront of change with projects both large and small which align to their business goals; reducing costs and their carbon footprint whilst increasing energy resilience.
“We hope this will help the rest of the UK see the South West as a pioneer in reducing its reliance on fossil fuels and increasing its generation of renewable energy; supporting 2030 net zero targets.”
This piece of independent journalism is supported by NatWest and the Bristol24/7 public and business membership
Main photo: Action Net Zero
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