Climate Emergency

Wem Town Council declared the following Climate Emergency motion on 25th April 2019 

RESOLVED:- that Wem Town Council

 1) Supports the Declaration of a Climate Emergency.

2) Pledges to make the Town Council carbon neutral by 2030.

3) Calls on Westminster to provide powers and resources to make this possible.

4) Will sign up to the Covenant of Mayors.

5) Will set up a working party composed of Cllrs Mellings, Drummond, Soul, Nash, Dee and Towers to discuss the development of a draft action plan in pursuant of the above objectives to be considered by The Planning & Transport Committee within the next 6 months

Following this resolution the Town Council has developed an action plan that will be reviewed on a quarterly basis - most recent review was held in December 2019

Climate Change Action Plan Reviewed 30.7.20

Carbon Baseline Survey 2019

Wem Area Forum

Wem Town Council has also helped to establish an area forum to develop projects aimed at dealing with the climate emergency on a local scale.