Knowledge and empowerment
Our ambitions:
- Medway Council and local communities understand what causes climate change, how it affects us, and what can be done about it. They are empowered to take steps to lower their carbon footprint and adapt to its effects
- Medway Council plays a leading role in local climate action and works to help create the right conditions for change
- people and organisations across Medway and Kent are working together to tackle climate change and create stronger, more resilient communities.
Clean, efficient and equitable energy
Our ambitions:
- buildings and assets/structures use energy more efficiently and need less power to run
- there are local opportunities to produce, use and share renewable energy at affordable costs.
Sustainable travel and transport
Our ambitions:
- walking, cycling, public and shared transport are the top travel choices for people living, working or visiting Medway
- Medway supports the switch to ultra-low emission vehicles by providing fair access to infrastructure.
Resource efficiency
Our ambitions:
- Medway benefits from a low carbon waste management system
- everyone uses resources sustainably by following steps like refusing, reducing, reusing, repairing, and recycling, to help cut down waste.
Green and resilient Medway
Our ambitions:
- Medway’s natural environment is protected, is resilient to climate change, and continues to absorb carbon
- Medway can handle the effects of climate change and remains a good place to live/has a liveable urban environment.