How is your local council doing on climate change?

After a spate of climate emergency declarations in 2019 and 2020, local authorities up and down the country began to set climate targets for themselves, independently of government. Climate action plans were drawn up to outline how cities and towns could reduce their carbon and meet those targets. A couple of years on from that moment, how is that wave of good intent translating into real change? Are council climate action plans getting us anywhere?

One organisation that’s been looking into ...