Comment

Representation ID: 16550

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Friends of the Earth Stourbridge

Strategic Priorities: (BC Plan pg. 10-70)
As part of Dudley MBC’s priorities, we urge you to embed the following Climate
Emergency principles in all areas of policy and practice:
• Put our climate at the heart of all local decision making: Develop a
Climate Action Plan with measurable targets to address Dudley’s Climate
Emergency.
• Protect the most vulnerable: to ensure that those most vulnerable to the
effects of climate change are properly supported and protected.
• Land Use and Nature: restore nature to increase biodiversity, help
drawdown carbon pollution from the atmosphere and to ensure everyone has
access to nature in nearby green spaces
• Transport: reduce air pollution to meet World Health Organisation levels.
Match European best practice in the use of public transport; trains; buses;
cycling and walking and ensure all vehicles are zero emission.
• Power: enable and support the growth and use of green energy, ensure
energy is not wasted and prevent the development of new fossil fuel
extraction. Make a commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2030
and ensure political commitment is in line with Climate Change Act carbon
budgets.
• Buildings: ensure all homes are well insulated to minimum EPC C level,
eradicate fuel poverty as fast as possible and make a proportional
contribution to the 1 million eco-heating heat pumps that need to be fitted in
the UK each year.
• Waste: achieve a zero-waste area by 2030 where all waste reused or recycled as
part of a circular economy approach.
• Influencing others: encourage and support other entities with their
contribution to the fight against the climate emergency.
• Resources and raising money: have sufficient resource to invest in the
changes needed to substantially improve Dudley MBC’s performance, restore
nature and meet climate goals so that Dudley Borough can reap the dividends
and deliver our fair share of greenhouse gas reductions.