Acting on the Declaration of Climate Emergency
Zero Carbon Kington & The Great Collaboration
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) Report in 2018 drew attention to the critical
extent of Global warming and prompted worldwide
action amongst active groups. Extinction Rebellion
(XR) and student strike demonstrations have driven
a new wave of awareness and concern.
On 4 March 2019 Kington Town Council declared a
Climate Emergency and within a week Hereford
Council also declared. Since then over a hundred
more Councils across the UK have followed and so
has our UK Parliament along with Councils and
governments in countries all around the world.
The Zero Carbon Kington (ZCK) working group has
been formed to take forward our Council’s noble
aspiration into practical actions. 5 members of
Kington Town Council’s Environment Committee are
working with Kington Local Energy and
Environment Network (KLEEN) and Kington XR to
clarify what the most effective ideas might be.
By the time you read this we will have held the first
Great Collaboration event in Kington (29th July)
providing education on climate change and
reduction approaches for all Councillors, including
those from our neighbouring Parishes.
Led by The Herefordshire Green Network (HGN)
this workshop will be run with the other Market
Town and the County Council. The aim is to help
understand the implications of climate change,
potential methods to restrict CO2 emissions and
reduce our Carbon Footprints.
What Can You Do? Put your money where your
mouth is!
One really effective action you can take right now is
to switch to a truly renewable energy supplier such
as Ecotricity or Good Energy. These Green energy
companies invest our money in wind and solar
generation. We may not have our own wind
turbines for Kington but this is the next best thing!
10 years ago KLEEN helped Kington produce an
Energy Decent Action Plan
(EDAP) which we are now reviewing to see what
we’ve already achieved, what is still to be done and
what our priorities should be.