A blueprint to dramatically curb carbon dioxide emissions and introduce a wide-ranging and ambitious programme of environmentally-friendly projects in North Yorkshire is set to provide “crucial foundations” in helping tackle climate change.
Senior councillors are next week due to consider a draft strategy and are expected to approve plans to embark on a major public consultation on the document.
Members of the authority’s decision-making executive are also set to endorse a hugely ambitious bid for York and North Yorkshire to become the first carbon negative region in the country, meaning more carbon dioxide emissions would be removed from the atmosphere than are emitted.
This ambition is seen as key for the nation to reach the Government’s target for the UK to become carbon neutral by 2050, and will rely heavily on North Yorkshire’s prized natural habitats as well as an increasing focus on developing cutting-edge industries in the green sector.
The draft strategy sets out how the new North Yorkshire Council, which will launch on 1 April, will develop…
