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CarbonNeutral North East England: Climate Action and Community Impact

CarbonNeutral in North East England aims to raise awareness of climate change, help individuals reduce carbon emissions, offer carbon services to businesses, raise funds for low-carbon projects, and influence policy. The initiative has successfully reduced CO2 emissions, funded local projects, and raised media awareness. Looking to engage more businesses and continue impactful initiatives.

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CarbonNeutral North East England: Climate Action and Community Impact

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  1. CarbonNeutral in North East England

  2. Aims raise the profile of climate change across all audiences help people reduce their carbon emissions offer a carbon service to businesses raise funds for low-carbon projects influence policy

  3. Helping Newcastle • meeting CO2 reduction targets: • progress: have reduced by 20,000 tCO2 (including partners) • and raised enough to offset 4,000 tCO2 (of 1.8mt pa) • supports local projects: • raised over 50k, enough to insulate 500 homes / plant and manage 4,000 trees • raise awareness, profile: • generated over £2m positive media, advertising. Seen by over 2m people, opp. to view 50x

  4. CarbonNeutral and the Council • started by individual, run through PHEP, funded consistently • CNNE charity was set up to fulfill wider objectives (offset and fundraising): and initiatives run by CNN employees • CNN/E has been a major part of the City’s climate change activity - outward facing • going forward: CNN will fulfill business engagement element of City’s climate change strategy (autumn ‘08) • unclear what future of CNNE, offset and public engagement will be

  5. Aims raise the profile of climate change across all audiences help people reduce their carbon emissions offer a carbon service to businesses raise funds for low-carbon projects influence policy

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