Purpose
The Bath and North East Somerset Environmental Sustainability Partnership will oversee work across the LSP to achieve the following ambitions stated in the Sustainable Community Strategy:
‘To lead Bath and North East Somerset to an environmentally sustainable, low carbon and climate resilient future’
and to take action specifically to:
- Ensure that Local Strategic Partnership organisations get their own houses in order and make significant cuts in carbon emissions, at least in line with the national targets (34% by 2020 and 80% by 2050);
- Provide the community leadership needed to help people to reduce carbon across the district by around 45% by 2026;
- Ensure that unavoidable climate change impacts are planned for, and that homes, businesses and the natural environment are safeguarded.
In taking this action on climate change, a wide range of strategic issues will be encompassed, including energy infrastructure planning and sustainable buildings, transport, peak oil, air pollution and waste management, as well as local green space, bio-diversity and protection of the natural environment.
Membership
Chair: Cllr Paul Crossley, Leader of the Council, Bath & North East Somerset Council
Board Members from other LSP delivery partnerships:
- Responsible Authorities Group
- Stronger Communities Partnership
- Sustainable Growth Alliance
- Children’s Trust
- Health & Wellbeing Partnership
Expert Advisors:
- Environment Agency
- Natural England
- Transition Bath
- Independent Sustainable Energy Consultant