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As a Council we are passionate about our role as a community leader, in tackling the causes and impacts of climate change, both locally and further afield.

We took our first step towards tackling climate change when we signed the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change in November 2001. Later in June 2008 we also signed up to the Staffordshire Declaration on Climate Change.

Our first real commitment was demonstrated through two very significant initiatives; the early championing of kerbside recycling, and the sustainable design of the new theatre, the Lichfield Garrick.

Then, in March 2008 we launched the Warmer Homes Greener District initiative which has helped local homeowners to cut their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient.

We firmly believe that local businesses and public partners, as well as residents, need to come together to tackle climate change. To this end, in 2008 the council joined forces with a host of local organisations, including the University of Birmingham and Staffordshire County Council, through the award winning initiative, Chasewater Green Park Projects.

Chasewater projects include researching greener ways to energy manage historic buildings, such as Lichfield Cathedral, looking at ways to create carbon neutral business parks, and demonstrating how to harness unused energy from coal fired power stations.

The council is also working to help climate change on a local level, by fostering and creating low carbon community action groups in parishes across Lichfield District, through partnerships with Whittington & Fisherwick Environmental Group (WFEG) and LoCaL.

Through this range of measures, as well as a series of emerging projects and initiatives, the council and its partners will firmly establish, and continue to play, a pivotal role in mitigating the effects of climate change.

Find out more about Chasewater Green Park Projects.